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- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
the Navy, my brothers had both enlisted following high school, and military service ran deep throughout both sides of my family. With my decision to go to college, I had broken with this tradition and I originally had no goal of joining.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
to survive." Bhide also points to "certain attitudes and skills" that spell entrepreneurial success. One is "the ability to make decisions in real time, with very limited information," a skill that may ring a bell with HBS grads. "Yes,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
industries looking for ways to manage markets. Many states in the early 1930s created administrative boards to control competitive practices, wages, and retail prices industry by industry. “The crisis of the Great Depression played a... View Details
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
910-409 On July 5, 2004, Pfizer's China team received disappointing news. China's patent review board just invalidated the company's existing patent on one of its most successful drugs, Viagra. Making matters worse, a Guangdong-based... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
Executive MBA programs who had worked in a range of organizational settings. Overall, our analyses demonstrate that influences on the decision to speak up include both stable and situation-specific factors, such that conceptualizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
So the Market Map is informing our members’ decisions by refocusing their philanthropic portfolio toward democracy reform at the state and federal levels. There is a range of organizations and initiatives that members are coming together... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
a moment in time of its financial position. In buying a share on any stock exchange, the purchaser makes an assessment of the economic value of a company. The assessment considers the value of matters not accounted for, such as future earnings, brand, goodwill, the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
mainstream (i.e., not SRI funds) investment organizations, we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. The primary reason survey respondents consider ESG information in investment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
product and need access to a buyer inside a potential large customer or trying to develop partnerships for your business (B2B or B2C), investors can provide invaluable insights on what drives particular companies, who the “real” decision... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
involving federal authorities. Process: Structure documentation, processes, and communications to effectively support investigations when errors occur. Ensure there is a way to capture, retain, and document decisions and actions with a... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55632 forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Active Choice, Implicit Defaults, and the Incentive to Choose By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
attitudes about the CEO’s company. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50763 Can Staggered Boards Improve Value? Evidence from the Massachusetts Natural Experiment By: Daines, Robert, Shelley Xin Li,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
is set at the close of the annual meeting in May 2008, when shareholders have voted against all incumbent board members. Steel Partners must act quickly. The case serves as an overview of corporate governance issues in Japan, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138794313/ January 2015 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings By: Luca, Michael, and Jonathan Smith Abstract—We empirically analyze disclosure View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
Case 512-036 In November 2011, just days before the holiday shopping rush, the senior leadership team of The Home Depot, Inc. (Home Depot), the world's largest home improvement chain, discussed how best to navigate the new interconnected world of retail. Retailers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
dynamics include the founding team in an entrepreneurial venture, a research group comprising physicians and scientists, a financial services team evaluating a possible deal, a governing board for a nonprofit organization, and a corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
Academy of Management Review, HBS professor Christopher Marquis and coauthors Gerald Davis and Mary Ann Glynn develop a framework for understanding an important aspect of this issue: how social and governmental forces in local communities influence corporate View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
administer the exercise in class. The goals of the exercise are to examine how asking questions during conversation influences interpersonal perception, information exchange, decision making, productivity, as well as relationships and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
being brought on by the board at Liz Claiborne as vice chairman and COO in 1994. Founded in 1976 by fashion designer Liz Claiborne, her husband, Arthur Ortenberg, and two other partners, the tiny shop had rocketed to success in its first... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry