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07 Apr 2021
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How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

When COVID-19 first sent office employees home last year, many managers filled their teams’ calendars with online check-ins, drop-ins, and updates to make up for the loss of spontaneous interactions—often sinking morale and efficiency.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

2024
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EPCorp: Convincing the C-Suite

By: Jacob M. Cook

In EPCorp: Convincing the C-Suite, Shivani Bahl is attempting to sell EPCorp's CEO, Debbie Sullivan, on her ideas for not only a new website upgrade but also a more expansive vision on how data and Generative AI can be used to grow the company. Debbie is understandably... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; E-commerce; Growth and Development Strategy

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August 2016
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Independent Directors' Dissent on Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China

By: Juan Ma and Tarun Khanna

In this paper, we examine the circumstances under which so-called "independent" directors voice their independent views on public boards in a sample of Chinese firms. First, we ask why independent directors dissent, i.e. how they justify such dissent to public... View Details

Keywords: Independent Directors; China; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; China

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What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

“masculine norm” of leadership. While organizations may start out hiring a good number of women, it's not hard to see why these experiences lead to retention problems—and a significant loss of talent for the organization. Finding and... View Details

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national factors rather than local infection rates or policies. However, the pass-through of revenue losses to owner consumption was limited: each dollar of revenue loss resulted in only a 1.6-cent decline... View Details

16 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 16

http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers1112.html#wp12-005 Cases & Course MaterialsAccounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-062 The IASB and FASB propose new contingency... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

and retail online. So I think that's where a lot of portfolio managers started seeing misalignment in performance among stocks supposedly belonging to the same GICS sector resulting in big losses on their books. This can be attributed to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail

16 Nov 2016
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Ben Shiller, Brandeis University

07 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big

significant negative returns—an average loss of 19 percent after three months. "It could also be the case that they’re just pushing the hype because they want followers." Crypto influencers—many of whom are based overseas and use... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Oct 2001
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How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

"prepackaged" bankruptcy plan. In addition, if ownership of the firm's equity changes significantly, say because creditors exchange their claims for new stock, the firm can lose the often sizable tax benefit of its net operating View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

landscape is bitterly divided and the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the economy and led to widespread job losses globally, a corporate focus on trust may be more important than ever, Sucher says. She has studied corporate trust for two... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

30 Mar 2021
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Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

5 percent fewer patents. The quality of the patents took an even bigger dive, dropping 7 percent with every 6.2 miles added to the inventors’ commute. The most talented inventors suffered the most; the greatest productivity losses were... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 May 2025
HBS Seminar

Dan Iancu, Stanford Graduate School of Business

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

“I felt that we could regain the loss of our earnings in three years. But we would not be able to restore the trust of our customers for years if we failed to meet their needs at a moment of crisis,” he told Takeuchi. With the company’s... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Nov 2023
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Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

the loss of power on one side would bring about the demise of the other. Both forms of state–business relations would be described as “cooptation,” but, as I show, they produce vastly different outcomes with regard to both economic growth... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

cover losses if borrowers default on their loans. Investors, including investments banks, can also purchase credit default swaps on CDOs or MBSs they do not own and receive money if the securities incur losses. Subprime mortgages, which... View Details

23 Oct 2000
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The Strategy-Focused Organization

several key drivers: Product quality improved each year for four consecutive years Annual yield losses were reduced by 70 percent Safety incidents resulting in lost work were reduced by 80 percent Environmental incidents were reduced by... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

26 May 2022
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Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

and telecom corporations. The shocking revelations caused many consumers, businesses, and governments to take their business away from US tech companies; A New America analysis estimated the loss to US cloud computing over the Snowden... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

30 May 2018
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Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

self-match? The research team found self-matching can work to a company’s advantage in three ways: Retailers can raise online prices. While prices online tend to be cheaper, a retailer that self-matches can raise the online price of a product to offset the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

01 Dec 2023
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A More Accommodating Approach

comprehensive leadership programs offered by Executive Education at HBS, is designed to enhance one’s business perspective, management expertise, and leadership skills. “As a woman in construction, I wanted to elevate myself more around profit and View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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