Transition - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

partnership with Harvard University, will be publishing a special regional report on this transitional economy and on Latin America later this year, and also a report on IT. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

stronger, more durable system, private capital would take the "first loss" in the event of a housing market downturn. After a multiyear transition period, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should wind down. Unlike the past, the... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

place—China. In 2001, the country transitioned to independent boards and passed a unique law requiring board members of publicly traded firms to reveal when they dissent from the majority opinion, along with an explanation for their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

January 2023
Case

Thomas Buberl: Refounding AXA

By: Hubert Joly, Mihir Desai and Amram Migdal

In 2022, AXA and its CEO Thomas Buberl faced new types of challenges, including systemic risks such as climate change, geopolitical instability, public health crises, and social tensions caused by economic risks. AXA was one of the world’s largest insurers. Since... View Details

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02 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 2

lackluster. Able to deploy all the tools along the capital curve of impact investing, which if any is optimal for Anudip? The case recounts the transition of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam, from the Omidyar Family... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

described, along with efforts to professionalize sourcing/pricing and product management functions. The case closes with questions about how Chegg should respond to the pending transition from printed textbooks to electronic textbooks.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

result. The latter result, together with transitivity of blocking, leads to an elementary proof of the so-called stable median matching theorem, showing how the often incompatible concepts of stability (represented by the political... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

wondered why this was happening and if this wasn't a huge waste of talent," Hart said. "The Dean and I discussed what HBS could do to reconnect with these women and to help them in one way or another to make a transition back... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

Transition to Democracy Promotion The Pivot: Neoconservatives, the Philippines, and the Democracy Agenda By: Fibiger, Mattias Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54829... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

where one applicant out of 10,000 got a job at MITI — to change their world view and do something different Change is starting to occur. Officials are quitting MITI and the Ministry of Finance early. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is more of a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

March 2025
Case

Taylor Guitars: Making Employee Ownership Work the Taylor Way

By: Dennis Campbell, Petros Kusmu and Stacy Straaberg

In 2013, guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars’ co-founders Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug were considering several exit options including selling to a competitor or to a private equity firm. The co-founders decided, instead, to embark on a seven-year process to transfer 100%... View Details

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23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

enormous collective negotiating power with respect to keystones. The same mobility that allows them to escape devastating technological transitions allows them to potentially "leave" a keystone that is trying to extract too much... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

reliable, branded beauty services in office parks and hotels, but she focused first on the high-visibility airport market, where customers in transit needed the services she could provide—and might relish them as an alternative to waiting... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

90 days to work with your accountant and attorney on confirmatory due diligence. Transition into leadership. After the sale closes, your priorities should be building relationships (with employees, customers, and suppliers) and setting up... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

community. A second project, with HBS doctoral student Rachel Arnett and Beth Humberd and Judy Clair, both of Boston College, focuses on interviews with 60 successful female executives, inquiring into how they navigated transitions in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

developing proven molecules from strategic partners to leapfrog competition and create large molecule biologics in India. The company understood that its transition from an API to an innovation-led company focused on new biologics would... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness Harvard Business School Case 106-063 Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche must decide how to market infant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray

investors identify value stocks,” Wang says. Why the metric isn’t working One reason the metric became less reliable over time? The transition to a knowledge-based economy, the researchers say. Corporate investments in intangible... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Sep 2016
First Look

September 20, 2016

and CEO, Michael Lebowitz, now wondered what he needed to do to keep his company competitive in the years to come. Had he found the right way to organize his people and structure the organization following the transition from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

from a family perspective, his business runs into challenges when he merges it into a Canadian company and winds up with 30% ownership. McCrea eventually resigns and has to deal with his role in the failure of the company and the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Facing the New World Order

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

Thomas Buberl: Refounding AXA

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Getting Back on Course

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

Taylor Guitars: Making Employee Ownership Work the Taylor Way

Strategy for Small Fish

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

First Look at New Research: January 17

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

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The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray

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