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Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

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09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

make jobs more appealing. “The question is, are all these demands that employees are making transitional?” asks Bell. “Are labor shortages going to be with us in the longer term? Maybe this is just a temporary consequence of COVID, but... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

returns are negative. Accounting returns in countries with higher earnings management mean revert more slowly for profitable firms and more rapidly for loss firms. Thus, earnings management incentives to... View Details

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Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks

Keywords: by John Y. Campbell, Carolin E. Pflueger & Luis M. Viceira

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

customers, and broader communities to deal with these and other societal consequences on their own. How, we will ask, can firms think about internalizing or addressing these costs? Are there ways for... View Details

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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

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

for major innovations. The science base was high quality and deep. Research on animal feeds could lead over time into a successful pregnancy test. Unilever's knowledge about edible fats and detergents was second to none in the world. This... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

pernicious effects that power has." Sharing some of their power with their employees, for example by giving them more autonomy or allowing them to contribute to the decision-making process, can actually lead to better results: higher... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

Careers Balancing Work & Life Careers Balancing Work & Life Achieving the right work-life balance is important, and sometimes it takes practice to achieve what works best for you. Striking the balance between work and life can be a... View Details

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

with how employees are motivated than the actual consequences they receive. Motivation is important in business for one reason: In the contract between employers and employees, it’s simply not possible to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

align with Harvard’s broader Sustainability Action Plan. This plan outlines Harvard’s goals to be Fossil Fuel Neutral by 2026 and Fossil Fuel Free by 2050 for campus energy use and vehicles (Scope 1 and 2). Harvard uses the term “fossil... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

While conceding that songwriters and poets can make a strong case for "I love you," economists know that the three little words that really make the world go around are "supply and demand." This familiar marketplace mantra - its symmetry... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

18 Dec 2013
HBS Case

Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal

had been swirling around the cyclist for years. And yet, there was still something shocking about the admission. At the peak of his career, Armstrong was one of the most celebrated athletes in the world, earning $28 million a year from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

particularly volatile century of economic history. These four crises were so far-reaching that they affected virtually everyone involved in the U. S. market economy. Yet each was so complex that their causes and consequences remain... View Details

2008
Working Paper

The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business Education; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Performance Effectiveness; Attitudes; Behavior; Perspective

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

with a financial advisor regarding the tax consequences for loan assistance awards. For graduates working in for-profit social enterprises: Awards will be taxed. INITIATIVES... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

pioneered new industries, from jute manufacture in India and cotton textile manufacture in China, to the oil industry in California."The improvements in transport and communications from the 1870s resulted in opportunities and threats View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

and the rapid or competitive consumption of alcohol, and their many adverse consequences for students’ health and lives. For faculty and staff, all University employees are... View Details

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Events - Private Capital Project

David Coats (Managing Director & Co-Founder, Correlation Ventures), and Lea Stern (Assistant Professor, University of Washington and the Allen Institute for AI), moderated by Professor Victoria Ivashina (Co-head of HBS Private Capital... View Details

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