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- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
advisors consider the important perspective of the CEO looking across the whole company. An example is Leading Breakthrough Innovation in Established Companies (Harvard Business School Press), which provides a longer reference set for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
imperative to a matter of value. “Climate is extremely important to understanding the long-term value prospects of individual companies,” said guest speaker Ronald P. O’Hanley (MBA 1986), CEO of State Street, which oversees nearly $32... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
something? Based on my experience as a real estate and construction CEO and my academic research on urbanization, new cities, and the finance of sustainable infrastructure, I propose these simple ABCs (actually A-F) for business leaders... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
states count on to pay for those projects. "We have tended to live with a lot of short-term bills. You want long-term bills," Gallagher said. General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt (HBS... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
within stores. Align incentives within your organization and in the supply chain. Use technology judiciously and pay attention to emerging new technologies, whose value might still not be apparent. Explain the changes you are making to... View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
run-ups on venture-capital foundings between 1984 and 2011. The results pinpoint the aspects of the social environment that most heavily influence entrepreneurial activity and the dynamics of organizational sectors. How Should We Pay for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
leadership, alumni from Procter & Gamble's online operation, carefully laid out plans in which they estimated they would need a next round financing of $30 million. The representative from Flatiron indicated his partners would like to see a proposal. When our View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
uncover and release a company’s latent potential, defying traditions if necessary.” Such examples include the appointments of Marissa Mayer, just 37 when Yahoo! named her CEO in 2012 (she had been a vice president at Google), and Daniel... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
difficulty in obtaining further positive results for the class of solvable one-sided assignment problems in line with Sasaki's (1995) characterizations of the core for two-sided assignment problems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-146.pdf View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
leaders who don't develop self-awareness are subject to becoming seduced by external rewards, such as power, money, and recognition. They also have difficulty acknowledging mistakes, an Achilles' heel that has crippled a number of CEOs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Panera Bread, the fast-growing bakery-café chain with over six hundred locations in mostly suburban markets across the United States. Panera’s ability to deliver high-quality food... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (B): Made in Germany, "really play off the idea of what exactly Porsche is and what it stands for," says Fear. Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking's bet-the-company decision to branch out into SUVs, combined... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
competitors had recently been forced to pay a record $108 million to settle a class action suit brought by female employees who had been denied advancement opportunities. Aiyer wanted to know what Albertsons was doing to avoid this costly... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007), president and CEO of Baskits, one of Canada’s leading gift services companies, about why she chose Baskits, how she weighed the personal and professional risks, and how she found a competitive advantage in... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
after retirement. Levy was seeing the same set of circumstances play out in her day job at the time, as president of Thrive Global, a wellness company she founded with CEO Arianna Huffington. “Something that was quite frustrating to me... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
1991 and served in various managerial capacities before being named president in 2000 and CEO in 2005. Despite the chain’s strong showing in a down economy (with three new stores scheduled to open in March 2010), Schiffer expects he and... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Africa. As founder and CEO of Adesemi, Monique Maddy (MBA '93) spoke about her goal to deliver wireless communication - through a system of voicemail, pagers, and pay phones - to underdeveloped areas of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
part on his former role as CEO of a highly respected S&P 500 U.S. corporation. He makes clear his position by asserting that boards' almost single-minded devotion to shareholder returns may be an important cause of the recent... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
generation to run Tension Envelope, the company (now Tension Corporation) founded by Berkley’s grandfather in 1886. Berkley became CEO in 1962; his son Bill was the fourth generation to step into the role, in 1988, with Berkley staying on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; hobbies; balance; meaning; longevity; aging; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
use by examining the relationship between convex pay schemes and overconfidence. In a laboratory experiment, subjects chose between a piece rate and a convex pay scheme. We find that overconfident subjects... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace