by Michael Luca - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jul 2015
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Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

manager faced decisions that could have derailed the performer's career. A new case by Associate Professor Anita Elberse examines the strategic marketing choices that instead created a global brand. Why Leaders Lose Their Way (21,651)... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

August 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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Allianz (D1): The Turnaround

By: Joseph L. Bower, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Examines the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Allianz--the deal of the year in 2002. Examines some of the challenges posed by the turnaround of Dresdner as seen by Michael Diekmann, the new CEO of Allianz. In working with Dresdner, Allianz needed to figure out what it... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Financial Institutions; Investment Banking; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges

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02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit is the only legitimate goal of a corporation ," pointing... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

03 Apr 2019
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Plan a Careful Budget, Then Get Ready to Splurge

4 PM – 5 PM EDT, 25 Mar 2021
Virtual Programming

Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Companys Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy

During this session, HBS professor Michael Beer will examine why the lack of honest conversations about barriers to corporate transformations results in slow and failed corporate transformations and identifies six silent, undiscussable barriers to strategic change,... View Details

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

perhaps history’s greatest leader in crisis, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson as well as Ryan Holiday’s instant classic The Obstacle is the Way. I have also been ramping... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

17 Sep 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills

indicators of negotiators' social motives. Francesca Gino, Michael I. Norton, and colleagues. Picking Up An Opponent's 'tell' How to Spot a Liar Key linguistic cues can help reveal dishonesty during business negotiations, whether it's a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2017
News

In Trump’s America, the Price of Speech and Silence

07 May 2008
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Harvard Business School Hosts Business and Human Rights Conference

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

spirituality in business. Can Spirituality Drive Success? Should It? In a session exploring how spirituality can lead to business success, panelist Tony Schwartz confessed to one distinction: he was perhaps the only person in the world who was "driven to the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

30 May 2018
News

The corporate sustainability Twitterati 2018

04 Apr 2016
News

Businesses Pledge Millions to Boost Baltimore Economy

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

described by Michael Porter is being fragmented by organizations; value addition ... is taking place in numerous forms ..." Their comments reflected the general... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

What do you think? To read more: Michael Maccoby, Why Work: Motivating and Leading the New Generation. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Original Article Two recent books offer views of the roles of managers and leaders. The first,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

that eight of the 10 most-read HBS Working Knowledge stories of the year were COVID-focused. Readers sought insights from HBS faculty about everything from managing large-scale remote work to leading during a crisis. The year was also marked View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

Akron, Ohio tire cluster—to try to discover how Akron companies turned into what he calls a "community of inertia." Drawing as well on research by other scholars, including Harvard University Professor View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

Google ended its service to China, China would respond by creating its own version of Google." Jack Carpenter advised, "If an organization is serious about doing business in China, it must 'ride out' all government restrictions.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

offer “precise” bids for company shares yield better outcomes than those who offer round-number bids, according to research by Petri Hukkanen and Matti Keloharju. Bernie Madoff Explains Himself Eugene Soltes phoned convicted felon Bernie... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Mar 2015
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