Alignment - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Feb 2023
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ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services

28 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

Talk with your team about what they want out of the session. This time is much more about their needs than yours, so align the purpose with their goals. A fun way to get this dialogue going is to ask each team member to complete this... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

10 Dec 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman & Wesley Brandi; Publishing; Technology

28 Nov 2023
Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

the loss of power on one side would bring about the demise of the other. Both forms of state–business relations would be described as “cooptation,” but, as I show, they produce vastly different outcomes with regard to both economic growth and political stability.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

legal and regulatory environments, and gender perceptions in the boardroom, while learning to align their skills with board needs and increase visibility among key decision-makers. Women on Boards Women's Leadership Forum: Women's... View Details

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

improvement in hospitals, allocating resources to search for and select high benefit/cost problems appears to be of limited benefit versus allocating resources to take action on known problems. This approach also aligns with how managers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2013
Article

Corporate Venturing

By: Josh Lerner

For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies are investing in promising start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

region National Council on Nonprofits : Research and find organizations that align with your interests by topic and/or region Websites such as Charity Navigator , Guidestar , and Idealist.org can also offer resources and insight to... View Details

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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Systems Integration Systems Integration Effectively integrated care in multiple locations is an... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

determine which version of HBS Online's CORe program best aligns with your career level and experience, learning objectives, and schedule. Access Your Free Flowchart Our Difference The Most Engaging, Interactive Way to Master Business... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (6) Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market by discovering customer jobs to be done and aligning your... View Details

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

aligns with your experience, learning objectives, and educational goals. Access Your Free Flowchart Free Financial Statement Templates Financial Statement Templates This resource provides a primer on the balance sheet, income statement,... View Details

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

align managers’ interests with those of shareholders), a reduction in the defenses against hostile takeovers (that typically increase short-term value for owners of the acquired company), increased merger and acquisition activity,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

aligned with its strategic performance goals and its human and customer-centric values. Because managers at all levels are held accountable for implementing and maintaining this governance and learning system, it becomes embedded in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

reorganized itself around a market by function matrix structure intended to focus on customers. Compensation systems were aligned with culture change objectives. A skill-based pay system was installed in all production facilities to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

while purchasing, aggregating, and reselling their outputs. Led by CEO Mathias Eisert, Polish Agro had also ventured into biofertilizers, aligning with new EU sustainability regulations and aiming to differentiate itself in a highly... View Details

30 May 2024
News

How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

A More Accommodating Approach

Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Events | Social Enterprise

Filter Results: (2) Submit Events Upcoming Events Past Events 2 Results Mar 20 March 20, 2025 Executive Education: Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation–Virtual For nonprofit leaders, this live, online Executive Education program explores how to View Details

05 Jul 2022
What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

becoming a statistic.” The challenge of balancing interests is that a wide variety of interests may describe any one stakeholder. As John points out: “Sometimes you have to decide which employee values does the business need to foster in order to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

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