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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
evaluate them and take proper action if they are not performing.” Under these pressures from capital markets, most executives would begin restructuring and cutting costs immediately. Dryer's senior management began with honest and open... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
and vertical mergers. Our model highlights a collective action problem: what is good for an individual firm is often not good for the cluster. We speculate that this conflict may be a source of strategic tension in platform firms.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
herding behavior. Our findings demonstrate how financial innovation can foster strategic behaviors. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52008 2016 Political Psychology: New Explorations Racism, Causal Explanations, and Affirmative View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Impossible, I draw out scores of actionable lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of fascinating real-life negotiations, including drafting the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
position as market leader would deteriorate. Additionally, if Emirates NBD held back Tanfeeth's growth ambitions, some of the world-class talent Tanfeeth had been able to attract might leave. What was the best course of action for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Frances Haugen - Civic Integrity Work Mossberg and Spar about Privacy Show Hide Details Concepts Leadership Changes in the Digital Age Awareness: Considerations and Responsibilities at Facebook Judgment: What Should Facebook Do? How Should Facebook Do It? Featured... View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
framework for an economy. CCA provides a natural framework for analysis of mismatches between an entity's assets and liabilities, such as currency and maturity mismatches on balance sheets. Policies or actions that reduce these mismatches... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
Offshore Wind Energy in the USA Harvard Business School Case 708-022 Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY—not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
suggesting that collective action may be an effective way for the industry to manage the private costs of disclosure and respond to public pressure to improve governance in resource rich countries. Download working paper:... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
learned, take action based upon these lessons, then adapt and iterate and react to what they observed." Enter FIELD. First proposed at the end of 2010, the idea was so enthusiastically embraced by incoming Dean Nitin Nohria that he... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
in 2020, Dalmia Polypro recycled approximately 19,000 metric tons of waste, with plans to scale to 80,000 metric tons by 2025 . Their innovative approach not only streamlines the process but also creates a network of smaller businesses... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
As I write this, it has been a year since our world changed because of the pandemic. In March 2020, our Alumni Relations staff were busily planning the upcoming spring reunions, a cohort of alumni had just arrived on campus to attend our... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
takes seven barrels of water to produce a barrel of beer; MillerCoors has gotten that down to 3.5 with plans to reduce to 2.8. “At a high level, we’re addressing water use in our breweries, but also taking a step back [to address water]... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53894 forthcoming Human Resource Management Review Developing Strategic Human Resource Theory and Making a Difference: An Action Science Perspective By: Beer, Michael Abstract—No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical success and future opportunities for voluntary business actions to advance sustainability. Roadblocks include misaligned... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
pivotal one for Jiamei. It had planned to open dozens of more clinics during the year. At the same time, Liu was facing stiff competition from regional and international private dental clinic competitors, high-end private hospitals, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
argues that it is not the business plan but the personality behind it that counts. Behind the Mask: Embrace Risk and Dare to Be Better by Don Hastings (MBA 1953) and Leslie Anne Hastings (Xlibris) In this memoir, Hastings relates how, as... View Details
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
of cynicism appears to lead us to over-think the actions of others and make negative attributions about their motivations without sufficient cause. In the process, we may miss opportunities that greater trust might capture. We review the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
hardest assignments. He drafted plans to institute new military regulations, to reform the inspector general's office, and—most remarkably—to reorganize the entire army . Despite his emotional insecurities, he had total confidence in his... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
Skydeck contributing host Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6, 2009). “A really capable team who's got real authority and stature inside the company, who's putting together a real plan with real goals that are going to be held accountable based on... View Details