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- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Turning Troubled Schools into High-Achievers
Through UP Education Network, founder Scott Given (MBA 2010) is helping to turn around chronically underperforming Massachusetts schools by making and managing significant... View Details
- 27 Jan 2021
- News
Reorienting Work and Learning Around Skills Building
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Turning Point: Tell Me More
dignity, when they feel that their perspective matters, they are eventually much better at listening to your facts. None of this is easy. People aren’t always in the mood for it. We don’t have to put our arms around each other and sing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
Research Center hosted an all day conference, followed the next day by the Japan Research Symposium, at which 13 faculty members, including Chung, presented to more than 100 executives, management scholars, and HBS alumni. View Details
Keywords: faculty research
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
a performance by Jason Randal, one of the world’s greatest magicians, he knew he had to get Randal to speak to students in his Managing Innovation elective course. “One theme of the course is the role of individual innovators and the... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures
neck," observed Kuemmerle. For him, Jinwoong also exemplifies what an entrepreneur can do to rescue a company by restructuring when such an exogenous shock occurs. Unlike many around the world, Jinwoong View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
optional, but we usually get about 45 players from a 53-man roster. In some ways it’s similar to an HBS case discussion in terms of how it’s structured—I open with a prayer, pose a discussion question, and write responses on the board, shaping the conversation View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Turning Point: Listen to the Music
which has been expanded upon and published by Columbia executive Logan Westbrooks. When Roger learned I’d gone to HBS, he asked me to do a study of his leadership and management style. It turned out many of... View Details
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Buyers, Sellers, Manufacturers in China’s Emerging Market around 1900
Ever since the economic reforms in the post-Mao period China’s economy as an emerging market has attracted much interest. However, we tend to forget that China was already an emerging market at the turn of the 19th century, if not earlier. This... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
Lassiter: The answer is usually by recruiting the right people and partners around the core idea. Turning high-potential ventures into high-performance ventures is always an elegant combination of know what,... View Details
- December 2014
- Article
Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World
We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Performance; Valuation; Equity Valuation; Persistence; Competitive Advantage; Institutions; Earnings Management; Labor Market; Capital Markets; Competition; Profit; Performance; Supply and Industry; Financial Statements; Government and Politics; Globalized Markets and Industries
Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu. "Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World." Review of Accounting Studies 19, no. 4 (December 2014): 1281–1308.
- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
to the supply side toward catering to the demand side. Building on the initial 1,000 After surpassing 1,000 customers, organic opportunities for the companies to acquire more customers and suppliers in bulk became increasingly rare. So Uber and Airbnb View Details
- January 8, 2025
- Article
Why Retailers Are Turning to Third-Party Marketplaces
By: Antonio Moreno
Some traditional retailers—including Walmart, Target, and Best Buy—are adopting third-party marketplaces, which connect customers with external sellers and thereby offer customers a much broader selection. Many other traditional retailers are considering whether to... View Details
Keywords: Marketplace Matching; Distribution Channels; Customer Focus and Relationships; Cost vs Benefits; Retail Industry
Moreno, Antonio. "Why Retailers Are Turning to Third-Party Marketplaces." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 8, 2025).
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
extent to which the corporate governance practices of Infosys are to be found in other Indian software firms and among Indian firms more generally. Our interviews with the top management of Infosys, and related field research in India,... View Details
- October 2021
- Case
Esquel Group: Turning Crises into Transformation
By: William C. Kirby, Adina Wong, Noah B. Truwit and John McHugh
Focuses on a Hong Kong-based, globally-established textile and apparel manufacturer and its experience in navigating turbulent geopolitical environments. Identifies ways the company has pursued business priorities while upholding its sustainability values. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China; Hong Kong
Kirby, William C., Adina Wong, Noah B. Truwit, and John McHugh. "Esquel Group: Turning Crises into Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 322-058, October 2021.
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
series focusing on topics such as “Accounting for Climate Change.” “The BEI’s mission is to educate, connect, and mobilize students, faculty, alumni, and other business leaders around climate change and related environmental priorities,”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
roles, products, processes (assembly, equipment maintenance and repair, materials logistics, training, system redesign, administration, etc.), and hierarchical levels (from shop floor to plant manager and above) that in TPS View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Turn Your Group into a True Team
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
As economies reopen after forced shutdowns caused by COVID-19, managers around the world are faced with a dual challenge: keep the workforce safe while preserving business viability in an evolving and... View Details
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
experimental studies at major universities. "Those books are basically reviews of social science research papers," says Norton, a social scientist who has been teaching in the Marketing Unit since 2005. "It turned out that corporate View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel