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- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 16 Oct 2018
HBX CORe
Gain business skills and confidence in this three - course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: October 16, 2018 - February 28, 2019 View Details
- July 2005 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Attorney-Client Privilege
By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
Provides a brief summary of the requirements of the attorney-client privilege--an important mechanism for protecting client confidences under U.S. law. Discusses the application of the privilege in a corporate context. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Interpersonal Communication; Crime and Corruption; Law; Attorney and Client Relationships
Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher Bruner. "Attorney-Client Privilege." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-013, July 2005. (Revised August 2008.)
- 20 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
What to Expect Your First Year at HBS
Last August, when I was lugging cardboard boxes to the top floor of Morris Hall, I had two expectations about my first year at HBS. Firstly, I thought I was entering a holiday-like period where my school work would take me two hours a day. Secondly, I thought I would... View Details
- April 2011
- Article
What Can We Learn from 'Great Negotiations'?
What can one legitimately learn-analytically and/or prescriptively-from detailed historical case studies of "great negotiations," chosen more for their salience than their analytic characteristics or comparability? Taking a number of such cases compiled by Stanton... View Details
Keywords: Learning; International Relations; History; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Process; Conflict and Resolution
Sebenius, James K. "What Can We Learn from 'Great Negotiations'?" Negotiation Journal 27, no. 2 (April 2011).
- November 7, 2019
- Article
WeWork’s Saga Is a Cautionary Tale about Golden Parachutes and CEO Pay
While the WeWork saga has dealt another blow to already-low public confidence in business, it should also strengthen cries for fundamental changes to a system that offers supersized compensation for undersized performance. View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Accountability; Initial Public Offering
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "WeWork’s Saga Is a Cautionary Tale about Golden Parachutes and CEO Pay." CNN.com (November 7, 2019).
- 02 Dec 2015
- HBS Seminar
Fabian Waldinger, Associate Professor, University of Warwick, Department of Economics
- November 2008 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
David Neeleman: Flight Path of a Servant Leader (A)
By: William W. George and Matthew D. Breitfelder
David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue, is forced to confront a crisis in customer confidence following operational difficulties on February 14, 2007. This becomes a vital test of his leadership. View Details
George, William W., and Matthew D. Breitfelder. "David Neeleman: Flight Path of a Servant Leader (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-024, November 2008. (Revised May 2011.)
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
be a useful factor for me when considering which businesses to support with my consumer and investment dollars." In short, Mohan's dad was clearly not the only consumer who cared about executive pay. But would View Details
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 12 Sep 2018
- HBS Online
HBX Leading with Finance
Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance - a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: September 12, 2018 - October 24, 2018 View Details
- 01 Oct 2022
- News
Startup Chemistry and the Coworking Environment
- 29 Nov 2016
- News
Donald Trump’s ‘truths’ often fail the test
- Research Summary
(formerly Leonard-Barton) Creating and Exploiting Knowledge-Based Assets
For the past decade, Dorothy Leonard's research has focused on how companies develop and exploit strategically advantageous knowledge assets. In her 1995 book Wellsprings of Knowledge (HBS Press), she identified and described in depth, activities that create and... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)
are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? This summer, I am serving as an Advisor on the Special Operations Team View Details
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
around a plan to move forward and communicate his confidence in the plan ." Terri Bonar-Stewart suggested to leaders that they, "Lay out the facts, ask for employees' help (they have been waiting... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
irony, given its title and topic. I had confidence in the quality of my work, but not enough to bet my job. I canceled publication and forfeited my advance. It was painful to scuttle Speed Trap, but I don’t... View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Unpacking Team Diversity: An Integrative Multi-Level Model of Cross-Boundary Teaming
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
Summing Up How do we close the gap between theory and results in selecting leaders? In discussing why our achievements in selecting leaders are less than stellar, contributors... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- December 2013
- Article
Reputational Contagion and Optimal Regulatory Forbearance
By: Alan Morrison and Lucy White
Existing studies suggest that systemic crises may arise because banks either hold correlated assets or are connected by interbank lending. This paper shows that common regulation is also a conduit for interbank contagion. One bank's failure may undermine confidence in... View Details
Morrison, Alan, and Lucy White. "Reputational Contagion and Optimal Regulatory Forbearance." Journal of Financial Economics 110, no. 3 (December 2013): 642–658.