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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
wallets, track engagement, and manage tokens via blockchain within its own brand ecosystem. Within six months, trivia participants earned more than 2 million tokens and redeemed more than 1,000 rewards. Even... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Going the Distance for Investment Excellence
financial analyst position with Goldman Sachs in mortgage trading and investment banking—but not until first earning a GMAT score he felt would later secure his acceptance at HBS. “In those seven weeks after graduation I did little but... View Details
- January 2017
- Case
The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc. completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884 million. The purchase consideration was $14.4 billion. Although the deal was billed as a merger, Ireland-based Tyco... View Details
Keywords: Tyco; Dennis Kozlowski; Edward Breen; Fire Safety; Fire Protection; Security; Packaging; Securities And Exchange Commission; Fraud; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Earnings Management; Financial Statements; Goodwill Accounting; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Restructuring; Crime and Corruption; Engineering; Applied Optics; Chemicals; Construction; Metals and Minerals; Ethics; Finance; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Stock Options; Financing and Loans; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Executive Compensation; Selection and Staffing; Courts and Trials; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Value; Chemical Industry; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Energy Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Mining Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland; Switzerland; Bermuda; United States; New Hampshire
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 717-459, January 2017.
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
Mavrck What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of Specialization Prove your mastery of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
Founding Partner and Managing Director, JGP Asset Management Download Jakurski profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1948 Born, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1971 View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
Program to Encourage You to Walk (earn Bonus Points),” included a calendar with potential points to be earned highlighted for each day. That was followed by seven other emails over the two-week period, with incentives highlighted. [div... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 20 Jan 2022
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic
business leaders made during the pandemic fractured their relationship with employees, we recommend managers take these three steps to rebuild trust and, ultimately, loyalty: 1. Take responsibility. First, companies need to acknowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
New Video: Books@Baker Interview with Felix Oberholzer-Gee Click to watch. Some companies gain advantage by commanding premium prices. Others lean on their world-class talent. But, a small slice of companies manages to do both—and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
choose to spend time with—work colleagues or family—based on how their pay is structured, in particular whether they get bonuses for a job well done or earn fixed salaries regardless of performance. In fact, employees who received... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
Want employees to think outside the box? Start by taking a good, hard look at how you’re paying them. That’s the implication of new research examining the impact of different compensation structures on employee innovation. While there is endless handwringing about what... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 01 Jun 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?
past performance, not current or expected performance. And to what extent does substantial pay for performance elicit short-term decision making that can even exacerbate management turnover? Does it encourage playing the "roller... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
Download Ashraf Dahod profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1951 Born, Mumbai, India 1971 Earns BS, Physics, University of Bombay 1972 Earns BSEE, University of Michigan 1973 View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and learn how to incorporate them into investment decisions and measure and manage their impact. 6 weeks 5 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1954 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1976 Earns BA, Economics, Dartmouth College 1976 Joins New York Bank for Savings 1980 Earns MBA 1980 Joins S.C. Johnson... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
that the Girl Scouts paid for their operations out of money earned from cookie sales. It was a set of assumptions difficult to change; it mattered a great deal in an organization in which each of the 334 councils and the head office were... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Strategy and Business, and Business Horizons, in the past two decades. Topics covered include marketing and business strategy, managing product lines,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
running throughout—you have to page back to an earlier chapter of Dixon’s life, in 2017. That’s when the bottom dropped out. That fall, she was raising money for a tech/beauty startup called EverythingDid, designed to help women and girls of color View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ikenna Okezie
So far my life has been filled with exciting challenges along with God's blessings," says Ikenna Okezie. Indeed, "challenge" seems to be the operative word for the soft-spoken Okezie, who is about to become one of the first two people ever to View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross