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  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

Prior to 1992, college football teams were matched for post-season play up to several weeks before the end of the regular season. Since 1992, the market has reorganized to postpone this matching. We show that the matching of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority

Keywords: by Kristina McElheran
  • Research Summary

The Evolution of Corporate Structure, Internal Governance, and Leadership

My research documents the evolution of the internal governance of senior management in large US firms over a 20-year period and explores, via multiple methods, the causes and consequences of these changes. My findings suggest that... View Details

  • November 2014
  • Case

Nestlé SA, 2014

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2014, Nestlé was the largest producer of packaged foods and beverages in the world. 2013 revenues were $103.7 billion and operating profits $16.1 billion (15.5% of sales). The company owned 29 mega brands, each generating more than Euro 1 billion ($1.25 billion).... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Acquisitions; Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Nutrition; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
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  • October 2014
  • Case

Mothercare, 2014

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In early 2014, Mothercare was the UK's leading retailer of mother-and-baby products. In fiscal 2013, it generated £341 million in revenues from its 255 UK stores and £128 million online, and was more than three times the size of its next biggest competitor, Mama and... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Turnaround; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Retail Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

campaign rare in its scale and unprecedented in its pace. Sizing up the nonprofit world To build a data-driven portrait of Scott’s giving, we began with a list of 1,964 recipients listed on the Yield Giving website, including 360... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
  • 30 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

Paine, who cofounded and served for five years as course head of Leadership and Corporate Accountability. "For example, I have in mind a course that would bring together students from HBS, Harvard Law School, and the Kennedy School to explore, as board members and as... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

the threshold for research and development (R&D) investment in an economically viable product. Further, the small size of patient populations for orphan drugs, together with the increasing prevalence of biologics among orphan drugs,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

is building his current team and are questioning whether he should remain CEO. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809046 Gordon Williams: Clinical Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

spatial spillovers fundamentally depend on the presence of existing relationships. Using multidimensional network formation data from the random placement of teams at a startup boot camp, we show that spatial spillovers decline if View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2013
  • Article

Voice Pitch and the Labor Market Success of Male Chief Executive Officers

By: Christopher Parsons, W. Mayew and M. Venkatachalam
A deep voice is evolutionarily advantageous for males, but does it confer benefit in competition for leadership positions? We study ecologically valid speech from 792 male public-company Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and find that CEOs with deeper voices manage... View Details
Keywords: Success; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Management Teams
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  • 21 Oct 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars

Keywords: by Isao Okada & Stephen A. Greyser; Sports
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-083.pdf Virtual Team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 1996
  • Case

Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A) (Abridged)

By: John J. Gabarro and Samantha Graff
Intended to be a robust example of the challenges encountered during the early stages of a large-scale organizational transformation effort in a professional service firm. Describes a massive change program initiated and led by the new managing partner along with a... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Problems and Challenges; United Kingdom; London
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  • May – June 2011
  • Article

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness

By: Boris Groysberg, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Can groups become effective simply by assembling high status individual performers? Though an affirmative answer may seem straightforward on the surface, this answer becomes more complicated when group members benefit from collaborating on interdependent tasks.... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Equity; Theory; Human Resources; Integration; Body of Literature; Performance Effectiveness; Status and Position; Experience and Expertise
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  • 31 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

systemic racism, the findings could inform policy approaches that prevent discrimination. Tabellini wrote the paper with Mina Cikara, associate professor of psychology at Harvard University, and Vasiliki Fouka, assistant professor of political science at Stanford... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 09 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

The Trap Of Marginal Thinking In the late 1990s, Blockbuster dominated the movie rental industry in the United States. It had stores all over the country, a significant size advantage, and what appeared to be a stranglehold on the market.... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy

from an academic perspective and an applied perspective,” Whillans says. “From an academic perspective, we show that large sample sizes are needed to detect the emotional rewards of spending on others. From an applied perspective, as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

Roundtable. These findings are consistent with the view that financial markets placed a positive value on shareholder access, as implemented in the SEC's 2010 Rule. The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 4

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1625503 iPosture: The Size of Electronic Consumer Devices Affects Our Behavior By: Bos, Maarten W., and Amy J.C. Cuddy Abstract—We examined whether incidental body posture, prompted by working on electronic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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