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  • November 2019
  • Supplement

United Technologies Corp.: Are the Parts Worth More Than the Whole?

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
After spending more than 50 years creating a diversified industrial conglomerate that Fortune Magazine described as “arguably the most profitable conglomerate in America” in 2014, UTC’s CEO Greg Hayes was under pressure from activist investors (Dan Loeb and Bill... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Financial Management; Corporate Governance; Organizational Structure; Diversification; Valuation; Investment Activism; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Value Creation; Aerospace Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States
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  • 17 Nov 2020
  • In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

and gift certificates for post-pandemic gatherings. Large businesses and state and local governments need to make... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
  • Web

Industry Information - Alumni

columnist discuss the financial aspects relating to all areas of sports. Business of Sport (BBC) News from around the globe featuring the connection point between business... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

has prohibited NCCs for many years. Many argue that it hasn’t hurt business in the state. After all, Silicon Valley, with all of its training and talent, has been able to thrive without NCCs, although... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 16 Dec 2016
  • News

The Right Way to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure

  • 25 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

always be authentic and genuine.” About the Author Dina Gerdeman is a senior writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: pixelfit] Related Reading The Right... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Oct 2016
  • News

What separates honest executives from white-collar criminals

  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

business relations, and then reputation and regulatory relations. The impact on stock price has been much less significant, and this could be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • News

What Was Volkswagen Thinking?

  • 08 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

field studies, researchers tend to think that workers submit resumes to open positions. In fact, scholars have learned a lot about discrimination in labor markets by sending resumes to job postings to see who gets called back and who... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
  • Web

Diversity on Boards - Alumni

receive the HBS Alumni Board Diversity Network “BDN” Newsletter to stay up-to date on board trends and information related to board diversity and board readiness, learn about... View Details
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Dec 2016
  • Webinars: Trending@HBS

Buying a Small Business: How to Take Advantage of Big Opportunities

There are over 1 million smaller firms in North America and each year thousands and thousands come up for sale, principally as founders retire. Acquiring the right kind of smaller firm offers very compelling economic rewards, and you can become CEO of one of these... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2016
  • News

’Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal’

  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

studied and how it relates to the environment in which it occurs—affect the dissemination of knowledge from subfields to the broader field of study. Micro-process research in organizational studies rests on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

CSR Under the Pressure of Financial Shocks

By: Monica Kabutey, Syrena Shirley and Anywhere Sikochi
This study examines how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced firms' interactions with customers and suppliers. Customer-supplier relationships are essential because the success of interconnected firms affects the sustainability of the entire supply chain. We use the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Supply Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Crisis
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  • 17 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

There’s a scene in the drama series Mad Men when junior ad exec Peggy Olson complains to her mercurial boss Don Draper, “You never say thank you.” Don peevishly replies: “That’s what the money is for!” Harvard Business School Professors... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 25 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

About $162 billion was spent in 2012 in the United States on corporate training—in what Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer calls the “the great training robbery.” Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education
  • Web

AASU50 - Alumni

links related to African Americans in business, as well as links to the AASU50 celebration at HBS in 2018. African Americans at HBS Agents of Change: The Founding and Impact of the African-American Student... View Details
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Distributional Consequences of Monetary Policy Across Races: Evidence from the U.S. Credit Register

By: Laura Alfaro, Ester Faia and Camelia Minoiu
We examine the consequences of monetary policy on racial disparities, focusing on the role of bank lending to firms through collateral and selection channels. Leveraging comprehensive loan-level data from the U.S. credit register (Y-14Q) of the Federal Reserve, we show... View Details
Keywords: Monetary Policy Transmission; Inequity; Credit Registry; Wealth; Collateral Channel; Selection; Racial Disparity; Racial Inequality; Equality and Inequality; Banks and Banking; Credit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banking Industry; United States
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  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

examining a unique dataset consisting of over 150,000 pages of documents relating to 102 business disputes. We find that the level of contractual detail affects the type of dispute resolution approach that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace