Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (3,164) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (3,164) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 42 of 3,164 Results →
  • Spring 2017
  • Article

Globalizing Latin American Beauty

By: Geoffrey Jones
This article discusses the growth over time of the beauty industry in Latin America and its bias towards celebrating whiter rather than darker skin. Although alleged Latin American fascination with beauty is regularly ascribed to culture, Latin sensuousness, and... View Details
Keywords: Latin America; Race And Ethnicity; Globalization; Race; Ethnicity; Prejudice and Bias; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Latin America
Related
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978-1980

By: Kevin Koh, Shiva Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
We provide evidence for the long-standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978 to 1980. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Stocks; Price; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Service Delivery; Quality; Research
Related
  • June 2011 (Revised November 2014)
  • Case

Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
The case describes the creation of Turkey's largest business group by Vehbi Koç. The foundation of this group in the interwar years, and its subsequent diversification into many industries, including automobiles, household goods, and services, is analysed. The case... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Organizational Structure; Diversification; Manufacturing Industry; Turkey
Related

    Robert J. Dolan

    Robert J. Dolan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and began his academic career in 1976 as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He joined... View Details

    • 01 Nov 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

    to the information necessary to make important choices, both the ERP and CAD systems would increase the likelihood that plant managers and production workers would make decisions and act on them without having to consult an executive at... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 28 May 2024
    • In Practice

    Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

    of Labor Statistics. US employers added 175,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, far fewer than the more than 300,000 in March and below the 240,000 analysts expected. For those seeking business careers, success might mean searching beyond traditional first jobs like View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • Web

    Clubs - Alumni

    Engagement in Pro Bono Consulting 15 CLUBS 32K HOURS $14M+ Annual in-kind contributions to local nonprofits Connect with fellow alumni in over 100 alumni clubs and associations Find your Alumni club Clubs Calendar Clubs Stories Contact... View Details

      Rakesh Khurana

      Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

      Professor... View Details

      Keywords: executive search
      • Web

      Program Requirements - Doctoral

      Marketing Program Requirements Below please find the program requirements for a students in Marketing . Doctoral students in Marketing generally complete the program in five years. Coursework A minimum of 13 semester courses at doctoral level are required. Each... View Details
      • March 2002 (Revised August 2006)
      • Case

      September 11th Fund, The: The Creation

      By: Jane Wei-Skillern
      Describes the entrepreneurial process through which the September 11th Fund was created, developed, and operated, focusing primarily on the furst seven weeks of the fund. This case details the genesis of the fund as a partnership between the United Way of New York City... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
      Related
      • 03 Oct 2019
      • HBS Seminar

      Christopher Tang, UCLA Anderson School of Management

        William R. Kerr

        William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details

        Keywords: consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting
        • April 2001 (Revised March 2003)
        • Case

        XUMA

        By: Andrew P. McAfee and Kerry Herman
        XUMA is a Silicon Valley start-up that builds customized eBusiness software suites for its corporate clients. This market is crowded with large players, including the major consulting and systems integration companies. To date, building these suites has been a very... View Details
        Keywords: Production; Software; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry; California
        Related
        • 23 Jun 2023
        • HBS Case

        This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

        feels unable to resolve it without help, the team can reach out to one of its 20 coaches, whose role is to support teams without stepping in to directly manage their problems. To preserve autonomy, nurses are free to reject the advice of coaches, or not to View Details
        Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health
        • Web

        Podcast - Business & Environment

        also offers insights on career opportunities at the intersection of business, climate, and government. BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser: How Businesses Can be “Bold and Pragmatic” on Climate Change 23 OCT 2024 | Climate Rising Rich Lesser, Global Chair of Boston View Details
        • February 1997 (Revised April 1997)
        • Case

        Harrington Financial Group

        By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
        In early 1997, Harrington Bank, a small Indiana savings and loan (thrift) wondered what its next move should be. Harrington was acquired in 1988 by the principals of Smith Breeden Associates, a money-management and consulting firm specializing in the application of... View Details
        Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Price; Risk Management; Mortgages; Contracts; Asset Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry
        Related
        • 2009
        • Working Paper

        Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge

        By: Heidi K. Gardner
        In this paper, I develop and empirically test the proposition that performance pressure acts as a double-edged sword for teams, providing positive effects by enhancing team motivation to achieve good results while simultaneously triggering process losses. I conducted a... View Details
        Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Expectations; Groups and Teams
        Related
        • 21 Aug 2017
        • News

        Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

          Paul W. Marshall

          MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

          Keywords: consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting
          • Research Summary

          The timing of team leader coaching interventions

          People who coach teams – including team leaders, senior members of an organization, and external consultants – must observe team dynamics and diagnose opportune moments to intervene.  My dissertation, “The timing and type of team... View Details