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24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

Enduring Success Provides There are four satisfactions of enduring success, according to Stevenson: Achievement: Do you measure accomplishments against an external goal? Power, wealth, recognition, competition against others. Happiness:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

standardized processes that are intended to produce low-cost, nondifferentiated services for internal or external customers. Perhaps many HR, IT, and finance departments do indeed strive to be low-cost suppliers of standardized services.... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

by companies themselves, Campbell says. If executives or board members are concerned about company culture, external or internal employee communications may expose potential issues. “There could be all kinds of internal platforms where... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

07 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property

Keywords: by Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin & Willy C. Shih

Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

has the potential to transform knowledge workers' roles, processes, and practices. To understand AI's potential, we must differentiate between its applications as externally facing—enhancing product offerings—and internally facing—aimed... View Details

28 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

reporting fraud that professional standards are not infallible. You still need this external accountability mechanism. Lagace: What do your findings mean for the health of US capital markets? Srinivasan: Companies from around the world... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

01 Feb 2001
News

Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals

future. The Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Board of the Directors of the Associates, and the Visiting Committee all assist HBS in ways that bring a valuable viewpoint to the School. James C. Schroeder, executive director of View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

company takes that create unintended consequences for others—can be good or bad. An example of a positive externality is reduced healthcare costs for everyone when employees are required to get COVID-19 vaccines. A negative View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

08 Apr 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

says. Managers push for liquidation One reason for the trend? Senior creditors typically hire external managers to guide a company through Chapter 11. But instead of reorganizing, the manager often persuades the judge to approve a speedy... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Do Measures of Financial Constraints Measure Financial Constraints?

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa & Alexander Ljungqvist

August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
Case

The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais

The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as... View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Investment Banking; Financial Institutions; Change Management; Leadership; Business Model; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Management Teams; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia

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13 Nov 2017
Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

scholarships and about half of the students here get tens of thousands of dollars in aid each year. Worry more about getting in. HBS, through fellowships and other aid sources, will help you figure out how to make the numbers work. There are also View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

featuring interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your favorite... View Details

08 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

employers, underscoring how changing the salary of one worker can affect the behavior of other employees. “These externalities can have important implications for the provision of incentives within the firm and for pay transparency,” the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Web

2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

– Less Info Our research on the market for CEOs among larger US companies purchased by private equity firms finds that almost 75% of the new CEOs are external hires. The median buyout in our sample earned 2.5 times on its equity... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

of externalities became additional features of the debate. The introduction of market imperfection arguments actually introduced significant complications: specialization in the "wrong" activities, i.e. those with lower levels... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

postmortem, Eisenmann recommends that entrepreneurs seek honest feedback from as many people involved in the venture as possible. This helps entrepreneurs close any memory gaps and challenge the human tendency to blame external factors.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Mar 2023
News

Toward a Life Well Lived

Illustration by Valerie Chiang Illustration by Valerie Chiang In many states, you’re required by law to get your car inspected annually, and if there’s something wrong, you get the car serviced, says Professor Leslie Perlow. But how many of us bring that level of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

self-determine and self-report continuing education credits earned from external sources. CFA Institute members are encouraged to self-document such credits in their online Professional Learning tracker. Free E-Book A Manager's Guide to... View Details

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