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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
research shows that the relationship between CEO fortunes and the fortunes of the companies they manage is quite strong," says Hall, who has been working on this topic for nearly four years. Along with Kennedy School of Government... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
young firms, given the uncertainties that were a natural part of the entrepreneurial process," Lerner explained. "General Doriot's idea was to create a new kind of organization that established a selection process, supplied funded companies with View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
management of financial communication? Greg Miller: The French group Total and the British BP are both major players in the oil and gas industry, which is increasingly moving into the center of public interest due to its booming oil and... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Argentina and Chile over recent decades. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50182 forthcoming Management Science Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency By: Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
products at medium and small retailers. F. Warren McFarlan "[Li & Fung's] expertise comes in managing all customer relationships, knowing who is good at what, who has high quality, who has low quality; and they are specialists in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
ensure that the excesses of the 2000s aren't repeated. "Shadow banks"—the non-bank entities such as money market funds, hedge funds, and insurance companies that provide banking-like services—still need more regulatory... View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
deputies. Several months earlier, Swanborough, then vice-president of Marketing, had been named vice-president for Sales Effectiveness atop a transformed sales division. The previous week, the team had presented to top management the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
company to be more competitive because it is easier to source skilled people, access suppliers efficiently, and operate productively. In money management, for example, every road show comes to Boston because there is a cluster of major... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
acquiring DMG a few months before. DMG has very little cash, and the publicly traded competitor knows it. How does Tom structure the bid? How does he get the money for it? How does he manage the company,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
winning streaks, the number of leaders multiplies along with the momentum of the streak. Winning teams and successful organizations become increasingly less dependent on the person called the commander-in-chief—even though, ironically, the same top View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await managers who can harness these power currents to drive their... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
much-needed cash but also expertise and advice. In a perfect world, everyone benefits. The VC firm takes an equity stake and makes money when the company succeeds, rewarding limited partners who have invested in the VC firm. But what... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
seeing and learning from what other people are doing. Lagace: Why is this book relevant to business managers and leaders not in government? Weiss: A couple answers. If we are going to move toward possibility, we have to move together. We... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
strictly online. Who reads newspapers? Old guys. So this is an industry that is being dramatically transformed. “The reality for the advertising industry is that the old model is broken.” As broadband enables new forms of entertainment and new ways to consume and View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
seen a variation on this story? Getting the Bosses' Approval From Ted Watson The general idea—hardly unique to us—was to do business consistently across all of our operating units. We would have the same approach to conducting any activity regardless of whether a View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
companies are very big companies now." And, according to Butler, the time of the manager has come. "It seems like the limelight has gone a lot to the idea people and the people who find the money... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
positive and unruffled demeanor, and his compelling biography attracted the attention and empathy of voters. Second, Obama converted this empathy into tangible support. More citizens volunteered time and money to help the Obama campaign... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
dynamic, historical account of the events that have shaped the brand over time. Using a particular type of brand biography, "the underdog," we empirically show how managers can strategically use brand biographies in brand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne