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  • Research Summary

Overview

Having grown up in a developing country, Professor Sikochi’s research focus is driven by a desire to understand how capital flows to firms and entrepreneurs with the ultimate goal to help build capital markets in the developing economies. To this end, he conducts... View Details

  • 19 Oct 2022
  • Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

you are a technologist, but lack management or operating skills (marketing, sales, etc.), you may benefit from a more seasoned business leader as cofounder who has seen the movie before. While many operating skills can be learned,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • Web

Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Boston Consulting Group Trends Over Time Managing Distance Broadband Subscriptions per 100 People Trends Over Time Corporations Carrefour: Countries of Operation Trends Over Time Corporations Coca-Cola: Countries with Bottlers Trends Over... View Details
  • 10 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

differentials. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-089.pdf The Bloody Millennium: Internal Conflict in South Asia Author:Lakshmi Iyer Abstract This paper documents the short-term and long-term trends in internal View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Events - Business History

Business and the Making of the Single European Market" 12 pm to 1:30 pm Apr 30 30 Apr 2025 Virtual Seminar Andrea Lluch (CONICET; National University of Los Andes), "Global Development and International Organizations during the Cold War Era: ILO's View Details
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

Your Customer Relationships By: Avery, Jill, Susan Fournier, and John Wittenbraker Abstract—Consumers have always had relationships with brands, but sophisticated tools for analyzing customer data are finally allowing marketing organizations to personalize and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

since 2016. Regional Leaders Each Circles region requires multiple volunteer leaders for them to be successful. Together, Regional Leads manage program aspects that ensure smooth operations and an engaged community: Oversee and support... View Details
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 4

illustrates the challenges of pluralistic risk and disaster management and asks students to consider how to bring about solutions in the face of pluralistic risk issues, such as the depletion of natural resources and many other disasters,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2021
  • Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

is a well-documented phenomenon. Women are less likely to receive specific feedback tied to work outcomes, while men are more likely to get the advice they need to move to the next level of seniority in their organization. When giving feedback to women, View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

Figure 1. Senior management is the organizing mechanism and voice of the employees. The family council and family assembly are the organizing mechanisms and voice of the family. The board of directors is the principal organizing mechanism... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

Management Series. Oxford University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the Book: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199552863.do Shadow of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

experience of individuals in a team (i.e., years in a given role within a team) is associated with better team performance. We examine the impact of role experience separately for team managers and team members. We find that a manager's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 2006 (Revised September 2007)
  • Case

Bentington Industries

By: David Ager and John A. Davis
Describes the situation facing Paul Bentington, the president, CEO, and member of the owning family of BIND, PLC, a large and successful family-owned engineering consulting firm in London. Bentington's sister and brother, both of whom are owners of the firm, confront... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Leadership; Family Business; Management Succession; Conflict and Resolution; Diversity; London
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  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

use process mapping and time-driven activity-based costing to measure the costs of treating patients over a complete cycle of care for a specific medical condition. With valid outcome and cost information, managers and clinicians can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2009 (Revised June 2014)
  • Case

CityCenter (A): Vision and Design

By: A. Eugene Kohn, John D. Macomber and Ben Creo
CityCenter is a $9 billion project for MGM MIRAGE. The project's star architects have a major disagreement about a critical design issue. Bill Smith, head of the MGM MIRAGE Design Group, must resolve this issue to the satisfaction of all the project's stakeholders.... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Cost vs Benefits; Design; Construction; Projects; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict Management; Value Creation
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  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

come first. The authors have identified six common barriers to change: (1) unclear direction on strategy and values, which often leads to conflicting priorities; (2) senior executives who don't work as a team and haven't committed to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
  • Case

Versity.com

By: Leslie A. Perlow
Versity.com has grown from four college students working out of a dorm to a $125 million venture capital-backed company. The young founders and new professional managers struggle to create a company vision and grapple with the question of whether to acquire another... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Organizational Design; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Core Relationships
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  • November 2001 (Revised December 2002)
  • Case

Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter
Genzyme, a tracking stock pioneer, has used its innovative capital structure as a way to frame and grow its R&D-intensive business. Facing the question of how best to integrate a new acquisition into its tracking stock structure, Genzyme's top management is forced to... View Details
Keywords: Integration; Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Conflict of Interests; Stocks; Capital Structure; Research and Development; Corporate Governance; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

consultant with National Economics Research Associates on high-profile antitrust cases: Microsoft and Visa, mainly. Economics consulting is very different from management consulting. It involves coming up with economic arguments grounded... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 31 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

not appropriate for the team member); not providing enough clarity about an assignment; changing assignments or objectives too frequently; giving assignments that conflict with other management... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace