Power Relationships - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2006 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): "The Smartest People on Wall Street Can be Had"

By: Boris Groysberg, Anahita Hashemi and Brendan Reed

In February 1990, Drexel Burnham Lambert declared bankruptcy amid a slew of scandals. Equities chief Arthur Kirsch hoped to keep his high-performing 600-person team intact. Could he find a company that would take on such a massive group hire? Competitors were already... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Negotiation; Groups and Teams; Power and Influence; Society

Citation

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26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

or relax. There are also important environmental benefits—no local emissions, flexible power sources, and reduced energy consumption thanks to lightweight vehicles and automated guidance to prevent unnecessary starts and stops. All this... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2014
News

Cutting Edge

took over the family company in 1867, William and Andrew, the firm's bearded, fraternal namesakes, were familiar faces to generations of sniffling, wheezing Americans. But in recent decades, due to a series of indifferent owners and some View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

Article

Strategic Networks and Entrepreneurial Ventures

Much research suggests that social networks shape the emergence and development of nascent ventures. Scholars have argued that founders' and firms' networks influence innovation and the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as facilitate the... View Details

Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Value; Body of Literature; Research; Outcome or Result; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Management Practices and Processes; Power and Influence

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15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

Rory McDonald, Dan Wang, and Benjamin Hallen Abstract—This paper investigates the impact of early relationships on innovation at entrepreneurial firms. Prior research has largely focused on the benefits of network ties, documenting the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

Storytelling Articulate the characteristics of a compelling brand story and assess the power of storytelling on consumer-based brand equity. Highlights Phyllis Rothschild, Chief Marketing Officer, Pete & Gerry's Organics Elif Akarlilar,... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

belief in the power of imagination, and by his relationships with people who had provided encouragement when he most needed it. When he left Dell Computer Corporation to teach, Walker discovered that the... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

world: dot-coms, dot-com enablers (technology and service providers), and "wannadots" (established companies seeking to incorporate the Internet into their activities). These organizations must find ways to thrive in a digital age that Kanter believes is defined as... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 1996
News

New Releases

Engines of Innovation edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer (HBS Press) In past decades, industrial laboratories such as AT&T's Bell Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center were wellsprings of powerful new... View Details

13 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

degree of coordination required in the relationship, and that the effect of dispute approach on resolution costs is moderated by the degree of power asymmetry between the parties. Thus, even after controlling for various attributes of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1344068 The Pursuit of Power Corrupts: Investing in Outside Options Motivates Opportunism in Relationships Authors:D. Malhotra and F. Gino... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2011
News

Capitalism’s False Mantra

rather than managing the business itself, the world of reality. To “fix the game,” five steps are necessary: put customers at the center of everything that firms do, eliminate stock-based executive compensation, rethink the role of corporate boards, use a strong... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

Student-Profile

Rowan Clarke

experience in addition to a strong academic background. “Business schools tend to focus more on applied research, and they have close relationships with practitioners and firms. I want my work to help the world and the welfare of people,... View Details

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

In 1995, Harvard Business School professors Clayton M. Christensen and Joseph L. Bower wrote a seminal article for Harvard Business Review, Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave. Those words launched the theory of disruptive innovation, still one of the most View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog

Students will acquire frameworks to enable them: Analyze strategic gains and tradeoffs from globalization Balance scale and location-specificity Evaluate and maximize the value of strategic international partnerships Cultivate powerful... View Details

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

is intrinsically the same thing,” says Wu. “Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and the motion gestures control in the Apple Vision Pro continue to expand who can use a computer and what you can use it for.” 2. Platforms are power In the... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

that I don't believe you build in a traditional corporate internship. My goal by the end of the program is that these 50 students feel more confident to enter the real world, and have new relationships that will demonstrate the View Details

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

his wallet and saw he only had seven dollars left. That stuck with him, and it has fueled him ever since. “The power in the entertainment industry is shifting to the superstars, and the smartest among those stars are finding ways to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

entrepreneurs can exploit through the development of products and services specifically for inclusion in platforms, whether they are technological or marketing in nature? And do increasingly powerful platforms represent opportunities or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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