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- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
the founder is still in control of the board of directors and/or the CEO position are significantly less valuable than those in which the founder has given up control. On average, each additional level of founder control (i.e.,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
professional life. His odyssey epitomizes the fulfillment of the American dream. A penniless immigrant from an environment entirely unlike that in the United States comes here and winds up at the center of the industry which is at the... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
signature cocktails, and what happens next is just what Royle and Wood had hoped for: Around the tables, people start to talk about what exactly they were tasting, just like you might talk about a wine or any other cocktail. Those who guessed correctly might have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody dropped the girl off the bridge. And so John D. MacDonald (MBA ’39) begins another book, with an opening line so deft it makes other writers want to give View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
staffing, services, physical space, strategic guidance and more — are popping up in the private sector almost as fast as the dot.com companies they hope to hatch. They're pulling in veteran entrepreneurs and established Internet players... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
If your idea of a Ph.D. in business conjures up visions of spectacled scholars toiling in solitude in the library's darkest, dustiest corners, think again. At HBS, students in the School's Doctoral Programs are doing much more than... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
votes receive relatively little media attention yet may foster investor risk perceptions. This research presents a multifaceted view of activists and their tactics and suggests that this approach in examining activists and their tactics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Raffaelli : Finalist for the 2019 Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference Best Paper Award for “Cognitive Framing and Capability Development at the Federal Bureau of Investigation” with Tiona Zuzul, Ranjay Gulati, and Jan Rivkin. Ryan L. Raffaelli :... View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
"Ted Levitt changed my life," wrote Barry Koh (HBS PMD 30, 1975). "In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer—the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From... View Details
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
for an enterprise dedicated to the intersection of science and art. Public and professional recognition propelled the work of Land-Wheelwright Laboratories to the attention of Wall Street. In 1937, with major investments from James P.... View Details
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
says Grantham. Based on her interest and commitment to furthering her career, as well as on her educational background and strengths—including attention to detail, adherence to rules, and persistence—the company offered her the position... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
e-mail Q&A with HBS Working Knowledge. (An excerpt follows from his new book, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.) Martha Lagace: What leadership gaps do you see today in business and society? Bill George: I wrote 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis to explore why so many... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Harvard Business School
and Connecticut General Insurance Corporation, where Jones became the first African American board member. Otis Gates III MBA 1963 Otis Gates grew up in Roxbury and graduated from both Harvard College and HBS. In 1968, Gates began his... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
before, the heady boom was followed by a sharp correction—at least for entrepreneurs in all arenas except for artificial intelligence. What happens next, however, is unclear. This talk seeks to understand the implications of these recent events for the future of... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
Nicholas M. Schenck
When Marcus Loew died in 1927, Schenck assumed control over all of his holdings, including Loew’s theatre company and its production arm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Despite the onslaught of the Depression, though, Schenck’s attention to... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Back from the Brink
MILLS: Sometimes when the bottom falls out of the bottom line, the only place to go is up. Harold Mills (MBA ’98) is CEO of ZeroChaos, an IT staffing and human- resources outsourcing firm based in Orlando,... View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
Summing Up Those offering insights into ways to make the corporate brain function more effectively suggest that the corporate brain may be as complex as its biological counterpart. Respondents alternatively focused on learning, constant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Venture: Time Heals All
Assembling a nursing schedule for a hospital ward can be surprisingly difficult—a little like playing three-dimensional Tetris, says Ilana Springer Borkenstein (MBA 2022). “It is a really challenging, tedious task.” Nurse managers must take into consideration a host of... View Details