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- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
cooperative problem solving. Parties conducting internal negotiations within well-run companies are likely to improvise in this manner. If you've successfully negotiated a new job assignment after a promotion, you've probably used a... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
focused on the issue, corporations are turning the tax function into a profit center, says Desai, an expert on international corporate and public finance. In this e-mail interview, he discusses new ways businesses are looking to shrink... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
administrations can be a hindrance to positive change. “There are huge design opportunities in Africa,” said John Fernandez, an architecture professor at MIT and the director of the MIT Urban Metabolism Group, a multidisciplinary research... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
Business School Case 415-028 Aarti Grover and CMS Computers No abstract available Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/415028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-051 Sarah Sullivan at Greater Marketing Solutions (GMS) Sarah Sullivan, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
characteristics and director networks are also associated with deal generation. We find that a company that has a director who has had LBO experience through prior board service is ~40% more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
employee prompts me to ask the question above. It also brings back vivid memories of the last bubble, seen from the inside. In the spring of 2000, signs of the end of a dot.com bubble were all around us. As a director of an Internet-based... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
encourage employees in an acquired company to "preserve and internally disseminate the knowledge that made the smaller (acquired) company attractive to the larger one." Vladimir Pavelko expressed his support for such a bonus, saying that "It helps to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
With cross-sector collaborations on the rise, a new book exploring partnerships between business and social organizations in the Americas comes at just the right time. Social Partnering in Latin America: Lessons Drawn from Collaborations... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
course of four weeks, representatives at two Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites offered filers the option of splitting their refunds, depositing all or some of their refund into an existing or new savings account with the Bank... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
job and getting banned from serving as an executive or director at any other company for five years. This consensual workplace relationship—forbidden under the iconic fast-food chain’s fraternization policy because of potential conflicts... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
As we start to think about returning to work, shopping, and recreation, there is much talk about transformed workplaces and innovative social distancing designs. But how will companies, workers, and customers have confidence that these View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
and monitor the CEO, scrutinize the performance of the company's leadership team, oversee financial reporting and disclosure, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. The recent failures triggered regulatory and legislative responses, including the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
United States in Internet use by mid 2004, he predicted. By 2007, the predominant language on the Internet will be Chinese, he said. As a frequent traveler to Asia in his role as director of the School's Asia-Pacific Initiative, which... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
Boston Consulting Group has written about “leapfrog” promotion: “Corporate boards of directors are increasingly reaching down below the second layer of management to name new chief executive officers,”... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
The strained presidential transition facing President-elect Joe Biden probably rings true for many CEOs and other business leaders stepping into new positions of power. We asked Rosabeth Moss Kanter, an expert on leadership and change, to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It
Here’s some bad news and some worse news for women who aspire to the executive suite. The bad news is that there’s a huge gender gap in top corporate positions, both in terms... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
has enough leverage to practice it. Boards of directors play an important role in championing the cause of stakeholders of all kinds. DF in AZ put it this way: “If a company promises a fundamental shift towards shareholder capitalism but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
challenge to centuries-long traditions in design and construction that green building represents. The contributors consider the changes associated with green building through a sociological and organizational lens. They discuss shifts in professional expertise created... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
Worldwide financial markets are in a period of extraordinary change, as they gear up for more and more volume, work out an assortment of mergers and consolidations, contemplate the reality of 24-hour global trading, adopt new advances in... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner