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- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
approach risk management, issues of greatest concern, tools and processes used in practice, the benefits and limitations of quantitative models and balance between the use of models and exercising judgment, and lessons learned from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
stake in a number of portfolio companies at Fair Market Value. As they conside whether to exercise their option to purchase Bain Capital's stake in Artisan Entertainment, the company has an extremely successful launch of "The Blair... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
incentives (i.e., whether participants received regular announcements about the incentives). Salient incentives produced significantly more behavior change and more lasting exercise habits than incentives presented without significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
exercise (Negotiation Strategy Simulation)—illuminate how through a thoughtful process of probing and testing, a negotiator may determine whether the other party tends to be cooperative or competitive. The material also demonstrates how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
to forget that you are something more than the deal when you get in these high-stress situations. Catalytic exercises such as meditation or prayer or reading a sacred text [could] pull them out enough to keep that perspective. When they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
critical but, in a sense, limited, says consultant Liam Fahey, cofounder and partner of Leadership Forum, of Hillsborough, N.C. In essence, it means you're always looking at the past or present but never to the future. Fahey addresses this problem with an View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
"True North." The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the purpose of their leadership and develop their authentic leadership skills. Publisher's site:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Profile Harvard Business School Exercise 608-091 This survey asks students to identify their various social identities and the impact these identities have on how they behave and are treated in HBS and in other settings. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
numbers, a way of mobilizing support and negotiating from a position of greater influence. [ ] Few organizations decide issues by vote, but every senior leader understands the risks of acting in opposition to many voices speaking in unison. Do You Use Your Network to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
Broad definitions of the scope of information subject to disclosure; An obligation to publish proactively key documents and categories of information, even in the absence of a specific request; Clear, accessible mechanisms for the public to View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
Business School Exercise 408-076 Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) brought together decision makers in search of hard-to-find answers with specialized experts in nearly every imaginable field. Over time, GLG developed software to help minimize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
flow of success and safeguard a sphere of autonomy in which they can think and live for themselves. This quest for autonomy should not be mistaken for an exercise in selfishness or a romantic rejection of society or the system.... View Details
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
solely financial or technological, but "very personal — it depends on you and what you bring to the opportunity." The cases and exercises then marched through "the parameters of a well-designed, de novo business," she... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
external shocks. A quantitative exercise of the Brazilian economy suggests this strategy to be effective for smoothing consumption and reducing the occurrence of default. The Better Is the Enemy of the Good By: Exley, Christine L., and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Katherine L. Milkman, Leslie John, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Many intend to stay fit but fail to exercise or eat healthfully; students intend to earn good grades but study too little; citizens intend to vote but fail to turnout. How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
precisely this competition that keeps ecosystems healthy: Without niche players who understand and exercise this leverage, ecosystems will be less healthy than they could be and may fall into sickness if their keystone loses sight of its... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
to all these decisions is the notion that project managers, left to their own devices, do not have sufficient information to fully evaluate their potential impact on the entire system. Hence there is a need for a manager with a broader view of the program to View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112031-PDF-ENG Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B) Suraj Srinivasan and Amy KaserHarvard Business School Supplement 112-051 "Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (B)" is a supplementary exercise... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
decided to exercise their discretionary power to award five top executives a bonus for 2008, even though they had not met the necessary performance measures under the compensation plan. Proxy advisors RiskMetrics and the British... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
entrepreneurship play important but distinct roles in stimulating China’s economic development. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50600 Harvard Business School Case 616-043 Customer Compatibility View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne