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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
there was a horrible blizzard the weekend of Valentine's Day. For the first time, FedEx closed due to the storm and would not be able to deliver our flowers. In the flower business, you are given credit for making a marriage work, and... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
Your Customer Relationships By: Avery, Jill, Susan Fournier, and John Wittenbraker Abstract—Consumers have always had relationships with brands, but sophisticated tools for analyzing customer data are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
solely on the merits of its strategic value to Oasys. He was forced to evaluate the strategic benefit alongside the likelihood of actually closing a deal, the specific terms of each deal, and especially the speed with which a deal could... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
downs of life. But it’s also really important to maintain and to build those critical business relationships that I found can actually in some cases start 5, 10, 15 years after business school, not just reconnecting with friends who you... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to transform HBS internally, nurture relationships with the University and our neighbors, and foster a shared vision for racial equity. The CDIO will have a key role in influencing the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
completed in 1973, and later versions were placed in the White House, Congress, and various companies and universities. Nonetheless, the Alto project was terminated in 1980. Technology And Strategic Objectives Inherent in the Alto's demise was Xerox's View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
particular relationship at hand. In so doing, they are exposed to unanticipated social influences because counterparts have more interests, attitudes, and preferences than would-be associates considered when they first chose to pair. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
nonprofit board service is of great interest to alumni. So we were very thoughtful to find the best people for the topics of conversation,” says Amelia Angella (MBA 2001), Associate Director for the SEI. Angella worked closely with the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
an opportunity to participate in any value creation or bail out if need be. Will index funds become more engaged? This evolving power relationship between largely hands-off investors such as index funds and investors focused on... View Details
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
in a relationship where the all-powerful employer insists on a one-sided result. The results came from an experiment that simulated a second-round job interview. Some 124 undergraduates from five schools in the northeast United States... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
automakers, but a psychological one,” Salter observes. “It required altering long-established methods, traditions, and ways of thinking. It comes down to this: How do you rewrite all the implicit, explicit, and inefficient contracts and View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
co-founder partnerships, using therapy sessions from her How’s Work? podcast to discuss their unique challenges and virtues. “The quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life,” she said. “Sixty-five percent of... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
exploded, the strength of the apprenticeship process has weakened, and partner quality has likely been diluted. Turbulence in the tech and private equity labor markets have also closed off opportunities for consultants wishing to leave,... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817081-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-051 Unigrains Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector for decades and, as a result,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—Little is known theoretically, and even less empirically, about the relationship between firm boundaries and the allocation of decision rights within firms. We develop a model in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
to their dismissal. A link between tenure and effectiveness We developed a simple model to analyze the relationship between coach tenure and effectiveness using NFL data from 2000 to 2015. The model used winning percentage as the outcome... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
and Rohini Somanathan Publication:In Handbook of Development Economics. Vol. 4, edited by T. Paul Schultz and John Strauss. Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2008 Abstract This chapter focuses on the relationship between public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
School’s publishing arm to expand the reach and impact of the School and its thought leadership throughout the world. McArthur was easy to spot on campus, often clad in a blue short-sleeved shirt. He had a genuine interest in others and cultivated warm View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
the papers of influential business leaders and the records of innovative companies in the late 20th- and 21st-century global business world,” says Laura Linard, Baker Library’s director of special collections. More recently, that focus has led to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
governmental support as an additional stressor for their employees and by extension, themselves. Specific groups—parents, salespeople, and older employees—had particular challenges. Older employees and those with less experience managing online View Details