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April 4, 2009
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The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?

By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias

The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details

Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations

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21 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

Regulating our own emotions in stressful situations is difficult enough, but business leaders face the added challenge of attempting to regulate the collective emotions of the groups they lead to guide them toward success. Now, research... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

18 Apr 2022
HBS Case

Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

Days after the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, a shaken Ed Stack, then the CEO and largest shareholder of Dick’s Sporting Goods, decided it was time for his 850-store chain to pull certain guns off its store shelves.... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

24 Oct 2023
HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

What makes a leader great? A dose of luck, for sure. But specific leadership traits mark extraordinary individuals time and time again and help elevate the standouts from the vast middle. That’s the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

sense. Instead, Sanders’ team might practice for one-and-a-half hours daily, with different days off, Gibson writes. Explains Dancy, “Coach is in tune with the players. He knows when to push forward or pull back. The shorter practice time... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

when the co-partisan audience is strongly ideological (and so might have been expected to encourage undiscerning punishment). We thus suggest that reputation can make people more punitive, even in ambiguous situations, but does not diminish sensitivity to nuance. June... View Details

30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

business utilizing debt and investors equity that in a very short time is about to trigger bank covenants due to poor financial performance. The prior owner continues to be involved in the business, handling key customers and expecting a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

what they will gain from their time in business school and the experience they will walk away with. One group of people who attend school in a distinctively unique position are those who come to HBS with partners and families. The Harbus... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

attributes the 1859 suppression of the Paris coulisse to aggravated competition between state-authorized brokers and coulissiers following the market downturn of 1857–58. Based on police, ministerial, prefectoral, and judicial archives, I present an alternate account... View Details

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Grown and Flown: Parenting Through the High School Years

High school is a time of dynamic growth for kids who enter in 9th grade with one foot still in childhood and graduate four years later, well on their way to adulthood. But teens are not the only ones in a family who are changing. Adults, too, must learn to adapt to the... View Details

03 May 2024
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How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

COVID-19 pandemic. Four years after the pandemic sent workplaces into lockdown, organizations continue to weigh the benefits of collaboration from time together against the focus gained remotely. “The reality today is, we are unlikely to... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

probability of a crash; (3) attributes of the price run-up, including volatility, turnover, issuance, and the price path of the run-up, can all help forecast an eventual crash and future returns; and (4) some of these characteristics can help investors earn superior... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

landlines to cell phones, and foreign companies were entering the French market. “It went from being a monopoly with no competition to having intense cross-border competition at the same time the company was under profound... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

says. “That is enormously satisfying to them—and it motivates them to work even harder.” Also, research shows that employees who take time off are less stressed and more engaged, more creative, and more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Feb 2022
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Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

balance this curiosity with intentionality as they figure out when to be open-minded and broad and when to be focused and dig deep. They must learn to pick up "weak signals" about what is happening in their organizations and ecosystems. By the View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

07 Feb 2022
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Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

also why they are going there. We heard time and again that too often leaders neglect to connect the dots between who they are, whom they serve, and how digital technology will help them deliver. The sense of collective identity keeps... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

14 May 2018
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Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

centers. This sometimes resulted in reports of workers stressed out and exhausted by the demanding environment. “It’s one of those cultures that works for some people, but not others,” says Campbell, “there is a lot more performance... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

06 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

unblemished reputations for such ephemeral gains? Do they think they won't get caught or believe their elevated status puts them above the law? Was this the first time they did something inappropriate, or have they been on the slippery... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

their stress levels," according to the article. ""I'm here for you." Let your employees know routinely that you are there for them when they need to share concerns or simply require a sympathetic, nonjudgmental ear. Consider making... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson

29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

patent searches—a style of work that prior research has termed “pooled interdependence.” Choudhury stresses that the research results apply only to companies or units that employ this type of worker. “For the vast majority of such... View Details