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  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

businesses. The strategy literature uses real option theory to explain the transition to scale, but does not consider the complex relationships between corporate ventures and their parent organizations. By... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

transferring rents to multinational corporate patent holders headquartered in the world's most advanced countries, especially the United States. IPR advocates countered that improved IPR would spur innovation, and that even if this... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

during military conflicts. As countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom honor their veterans this month, Harvard Business School Professor Robert Simons reflects on how service during wartime shaped the executive skills of these View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
  • February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
  • Case

Boston.com

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust
How aggressively should an incumbent move when developing an online business that threatens its core product? With Internet competitors taking direct aim at the traditional print newspaper business model, the Boston Globe fought back with its own web initiative,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Change Management; Internet and the Web; Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Strategy; Publishing Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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Rebecca Emerick

Rebecca is a Corporate Relations Director in the HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) office. She has worked in CPD since 2008 and serves as the consulting industry lead for the office. In addition, she manages the recruiting... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • 14 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?

So much has changed since a groundbreaking study found that daughters of working moms often perform better in their own careers than daughters of stay-at-home moms—and are just as happy, to boot. Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across higher education and... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 04 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 4

examine the link between corporations and community by showing how corporate density interacts with the local social and cultural infrastructure to affect the growth and decline of the number of local... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy

to create conditions where helping people might feel good for the actor.” Plus, setting up both corporate and private giving programs properly may lead people to donate their time and money more often, she notes. At a time when economic... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

system rather than a government-controlled system. Book: http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServletCr?region=9&imprint=070&titleCode=GCCL&cf=p&type=3&id=254645 Corporate Ownership Structure and Bank Loan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

question using a unique dataset of the gender of venture capital partners’ children. First, we find strong evidence that parenting more daughters leads to an increased propensity to hire female partners by venture capital firms. Second,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and values—in order to study the effects of 'culture clash' in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Developing Black Talent for Leadership

any development opportunities we gain access to. In addition to growing up with the advantages of two loving parents and an extended family of HBCU grads, dedicated people from these talent development organizations helped me imagine and... View Details
  • Web

The New CEO Workshop - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

executive officers and CEO designates of major corporations to focus on strategy, setting an agenda, and facing the challenges of leadership. The sessions are extremely interactive, tailored for each new group of participants, and... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

have been very difficult for Larry to even get a foot in the corporate door, let alone rise to the top,” Gino says. “Back then, there was a lot of stigma around people who have criminal records—and that stigma still exists today.” While a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

  Working PapersInternational Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Abstract This paper examines differences in the size and roles of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

General Management - Faculty & Research

and Composition", a manual of corporate governance published by the NYSE and J.P. Morgan. In our chapter, we outline six key decisions every board must address: What is the board’s purpose? Who should serve on it? How should the board be... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

five-minute interview. This disappointing selection process was a setback, but one I thought was unique to me. After graduating from HBS, I worked in finance with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York and Sydney. Despite the allure of a View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

accounting for more than three quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The rise of import competition from China has represented a major competitive shock to the sector, which in theory could benefit or stifle innovation. In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Prediction ; Private Sector ; Renewable Energy ; Social Entrepreneurship ; Climate Change ; Environmental Sustainability ; Green Technology ; Financial Strategy ; Investment Funds ; Investment Portfolio ; Institutional Investing ; View Details
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

of Work Project. Slides Readings: Building from the Botton Up Hidden Networks The Partnership Imperative Navigating the Brave New World of Cryptocurrency Bankruptcy Professor Stu Gilson + More Info – Less Info In this session, corporate... View Details