Gerald Zaltman

*Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91

*Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details

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The American Chief Executive from 1850 to 2000

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Richard S. Tedlow's research explores changes in the leadership strategies, styles, and backgrounds of corporate chief executive officers in the United States over the past century and a half. This project has both a qualitative and a quantitative component. The... View Details

• 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

it through to make a positive change. Purchase the Book: http://www.library.hbs.edu/forms/purchaseform/ The Power of Alumni Networks Authors:Lauren Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 10 (October... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

  PublicationsAdding Bricks to Clicks: Predicting the Patterns of Cross-Channel Elasticities over Time Authors:Jill Avery, Thomas J. Steenburgh, John Deighton, and Mary Caravella Publication:Journal of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009

margin can obscure the more subtle intensive margin effects of changes in financing constraints. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-010.pdf Insider Trading Preceding Goodwill Impairments Authors:Karl A. Muller III, Monica Neamtiu, and Edward View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-063.pdf Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans Authors:Doug J. Chung, Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

School Case 207-028 In 1980, Thomas J. Klutznick, president of a Chicago-based development company, was considering whether he should build a Class A building on a second-rate site outside the Central Loop... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 04 Nov 2009
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What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?

Summing Up How broad is government's role in a capitalistic society? The debate this month boiled down to the extent of government's role in relation to capitalism. Those arguing for a relatively narrow role included C. J. Cullinane, who... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

• 22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22

over time. On the Origin of Shared Beliefs (and Corporate Culture) Author:Eric J. Van den Steen Publication:The RAND Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This article shows how corporate culture, in the sense of shared beliefs and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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The “Hawthorne Effect” – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Electric), Donald W. Thomas (Western Electric), Fritz J. Roethlisberger, William J. Dickson (Western Electric), and Harvard Business School Dean George P. Baker at the... View Details

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