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- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Almost all CEO and executive bonus plans have serious design flaws that limit their benefits dramatically. Such poorly designed executive bonus plans destroy value by providing incentives to manipulate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Help - Alumni
Clubs Visiting Campus Giving to HBS Alumni Benefits Baker Library Bulletin & Class Notes General Information General Information What constitutes Harvard Business School alumni status? A Harvard Business School alumnus/a is defined as any... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
of quantifiable risks. In addition, recent corporate governance guidelines advocate the 'business partner' role of risk management. The COSO Enterprise Risk Management framework (2003) explicitly defines risk management as a high level,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the... View Details
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Financial Fragility By: Nicola Gennaioli & Andrei Shleifer SUMMER 2018 Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer explain how beliefs shape financial markets and contribute to economic and financial instability. Related Themes: Measuring... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
"reliability." The results contribute to a broader understanding of the implications of regulated standard setting beyond our current knowledge of the role of corporate lobbying in the process. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
found itself needing to turn around its turnaround. Outside The Family Enter Jørgen Knudstorp. He was just 35 years old when Kjeld promoted him from director of strategic development to CEO in 2004. (Kjeld retired that same year.) Like... View Details
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FAQs - Doctoral
part of the Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village. This program has been designed to enable motivated undergraduates to pursue summer business research in a defined project and also participate in a social network that will... View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
how Apple's financial model contributes to its success and illustrates a critical lesson about risk management. Mike Wheeler on the Jazz of Negotiation Mike Wheeler, who retired as the MBA Class of 1952... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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HBS - The year in Review
recognized for their lasting contributions to the second-year experience. Charlotte received the award in her first year of teaching, and Tony, Sophus, Tom and Meg have received the Teaching Award multiple times Tony Mayo, Required... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
technologies, culture, and aspirations. The more generically inclined the team becomes, the more concerned the client grows, which turns up the pressure and pushes the team even further down the generic road. But forewarned is forearmed. By measuring each person's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees
A new study finds that extraverted leaders can actually be a liability for a company's performance, especially if the followers are extraverts, too. In short, new ideas can't blossom into profitable projects if everyone in the room is View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
deflate,” Miller recalled in a recent Harvard Business School case. The partner had a job offer in his pocket that he had planned to hand Miller, but the prison time changed everything. View VideoVideo: Larry Miller looks back at the... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
for Boomers to step aside, and for the new generation to step up,” says George, now an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. “They are the leaders we need.” Many Baby Boomers in the US are rejecting the idea of a quiet Florida View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
Constitution Participates in Family Council Coucils and supports Consults and approves only business policies Generates 3. Succession Plan Generates Consults and supports Consults and approves Consults and supports 4. Family Business... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governing the Family-Run Business
series I will go into more detail explaining governance of the family business and governance of the business family—the family that owns the enterprise. Effective Governance Means ... Let's start by defining our topic. For any... View Details
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Professional Development - Alumni
for you. You may want to start planning by getting your finances in order, or consider an encore career to pursue meaningful work. Pioneering research & contributions to business management. Learn More About... View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
seeking funding from that source. The mechanics of equity funding. Seeking and securing funding involves setting amounts, agreeing to terms, and defining relationships. January 2014 Article The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance:... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
acquiring and engaging talent. These challenges are especially concerning as they attempt to define the future of work. The pandemic of 2020 forced executives to confront the challenges head-on. But years before the pandemic, in 2015,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
which all organized human groups are susceptible—the suppression, especially during planning and decision-making, of views that might be perceived as contentious or disruptive to an organization's foundational beliefs. Consider the costs... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons