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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
direction. "For the first three months," Charron continues, "I did nothing but listen. I had to listen to figure out what the hell was going on. All I did was go around and meet people — hundreds of people inside and outside the company, in the View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
bankruptcy court protection in November 2008 despite high advance demand for its planes. In January, a judge approved the sale of Eclipse’s assets to Eclipse Jet Aviation International, an affiliate of Luxembourg-based European Technology and View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
companies with detailed data on how CEOs allocate their time, which we define as their span of attention. CEOs with larger executive teams do not save time for personal use or to cultivate external constituencies. Instead, CEOs with broader spans of control View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
compensation. We would note similar problems if we were to look at auditors, at investment analysts, at rating agencies, at virtually every aspect of the governance system in our economy. It's not true of every one of every kind of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
mechanisms of value infusion in the institutionalization of organizations. Publisher's link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044011 April 2015 Harvard Business Review The Type of Socially Responsible View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
focused on revenues was foreign to many of the people he encountered. Halfway through his assignment, he discovered that a GSM license was being tendered for the Afghan market. “With the vision of the Aga Khan and his willingness to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
mentality” (an insurgent's clear mission and purpose, an unambiguous owner mindset, and a relentless obsession with the front line) can resolve the predictable crises of growth. Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare... View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
curriculums-theory creep, mission creep, doing well by doing good, and the quest for enlightenment-are teaching students to be uncompetitive in today's global markets. If this hypothesis is true, I argue that business school curriculums... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
the ability to have a longer-term vision. One concern is finding a way financially to compete with the rest of Silicon Valley for talent, so we can retain top people for the long haul with attractive compensation. Our total invested... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Fund—Managing Towards Impact 2018 No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218086-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-072 Background Note: Introduction to Investing for Impact No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
unpopular and very costly war in Iraq. Meanwhile, countries that used to be called "less developed" became emerging markets, and have invested much more in the development of talent than we have. So there are also concerns about... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
public entrepreneurship is going to work, we have to cut off the failing projects and invest in those that are working. So it’s essential for us to try new things in quick and efficient ways and move on from them, eventually, if the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
"People need to know what goal they're trying to reach, but they have to have autonomy in order to get there," Amabile says. "It's a delicate balance. You do want to make sure that people understand what their mission is,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
talent, so we can retain top people for the long haul with attractive compensation. Our total invested capital to date is equivalent to the budget of a small elementary school, and we’re reaching 4 million students a month. So the social... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
incentives to invest in the face of potential holdup problems and also with the proposition that exclusive arrangements lead firms to seek contingent control rights to avoid lock-in when environmental uncertainty is high. Private Equity... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Peer Advisory Council By Tina Corner-Stolz (PMD 74, 1999) ForbesBooks Tina Corner-Stolz has been driven by one mission for almost two decades: creating such an exquisite Member Experience (MX) for her peer advisory councils (PaCs) that,... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
estate firms' decisions to provide investment property fair values prior to the required disclosure of this information under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We find evidence that investor demand for fair value... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
inspire curiosity in my kids and read to them every day, I call that a win. Peter: The first thing I’ve learned is that you have to be intentional by using calendars and Outlook or Google docs to stay on top of everything. Whether it’s an View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
businesses. Gemini's target investment size was between $4 million and $6 million, and a typical portfolio company had revenue of between $8 million and $30 million. In early 2010, Gemini was completing the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne