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- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
and marketing. Retailers, for instance, will be inclined to give bigger bets more shelf space, and we know that in itself is a key driver of sales. Q: If you were to pick a manager to execute a blockbuster strategy, what attributes would... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
gamer, the coder, the hacker—all stereotypically male. Recent statistics give some truth to that image. In 2014, Google reported that 7 out of every 10 of its then 48,600 employees were men. The number was even higher among its engineers and managers, and only 3 of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Recent work documents large positive abnormal returns around the time that a hedge fund announces its activist intentions with a publicly listed firm. We show that these returns are largely explained by the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and risk over many... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
far more attention. In this compelling and authoritative new book, the authors document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives as well as from a detailed analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
sales force? And should the sales team be led by an experienced senior sales executive or a scrappy, mid-level sales manager? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/813125-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-148 Glynn Roberts:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
and, second, a growing threat of politically motivated changes to regulatory regimes. There has been much talk recently about the extent to which the proliferation of derivative products has allowed banks to manage their balance sheets better. By enhancing the View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
top biotech managers, companies leave an imprint of their worldview on young executives through such things as the firm's structure, strategy, and culture. There is a GE imprint, an IBM imprint, a Bain imprint—all of which influence... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This case explores CCL's approach to leadership and management education for executives and presents some of the challenges the CCL faces as many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
Should managers lead innovation or get out of the way? It's not an either/or decision. Executives of some great innovative companies—Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg—are active participants in creation, getting their hands... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ink: Alumni Book Recommendations
combination of passion and perseverance that made high achievers special. In a word, they had grit.” Recommended by Health care executive Daniel Bowles (MBA/MPP 2015) Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz Voss on lessons... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Marketable Skill
doing," says Judy Gehrke, executive director of Greenflea, Inc., the operator of two flea markets just north of midtown Manhattan, whose proceeds help support the city's public school system. Every week, Gehrke, a level-headed Baker... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
accolades for her management and marketing savvy in overseeing some three thousand employees and familiar brands such as Kool-Aid, Jell-O, and Grape-Nuts. Fudge attributes her success to her ability to get the job done and her genuine... View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
HBS team was composed of two former Jeopardy! contestants, Genevieve Sheehan and Jayanth Iyengar, plus an estimable walk-on, Jonas Akins (all HBS ’12). Performing in front of hundreds of cheering students, they gave the several IBM View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
Should business play a role in supporting public institutions, and perhaps addressing the world's social challenges? When Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson asked her colleagues and business executives that question over the last few... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
one example of how Chinese companies are looking at their own environment and finding interesting opportunities that someone in the United States wouldn’t even consider.” Key Themes Since the opening of the HBS Asia-Pacific Research Center, View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
including K-12, higher education, and executive education. Interesting Opportunities Frustrating yes, but full of interesting opportunities to try new ideas and make a difference, said the panelists. The "baby boom echo" will... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
Consumers are looking for the ability to bundle the products they want in a fashion unique to each individual, and the Web will provide this capability .... We believe that vertical portals will do the best job of providing the consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
It's an AI-age twist on the classic Turing Test, developed by British computer scientist Alan Turing in 1950 to judge whether machines could exhibit “intelligence.” Called the “Wade Test,” after the CEO of the company the researchers studied, the analysis is among the... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
problems.” Schooner was floored. As a former high-ranking executive in the automobile industry, she was used to taking a problem and solving it. But the frank discussion about a very complicated and sensitive social issue with no easy... View Details