Agreements and Arrangements - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

Several best practices, as explained by past and current masters of judo strategy, can help you reach the top of your game. While there are no substitutes for mastering the concepts of judo strategy and... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

personal computing and the power of the Internet. CEO Jack Welch responded with his typical high-energy enthusiasm. After seeking out a young mentor in the organization to help him learn, he “suggested” that his senior colleagues find... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

company or team goals from the get-go. "Empowerment can happen only when there's a consensus on goals and an agreement that certain standards have to be met," Kanter says. "If there isn't... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

to take into account the cost of capital employed during the term of the option. The severance payment arrangements to which they agree are too lavish, regardless of the reasons for severance. Jensen and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Web

Celebrating our Student Fathers - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Dateline Belgrade

Slobodan Milosevic's decision to withdraw Serb forces from Kosovo last spring was helped along by a surprising secret envoy: Peter Castenfelt (MBA '72), chairman of Archipelago Enterprises, a London-based financial firm. Reporting that Castenfelt had met privately with... View Details

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

Summing Up Management is a complex process. Good plans executed poorly may be worse than poor plans executed well. This is never truer than at times of disaster, in which plans made from afar have to be implemented by those on the scene first, often with limited... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

particularly in venture-funded companies where investors seek to protect their intellectual property. It might seem that Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) would guard against the loss of trade secrets and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

social networking industry in 2003, but has been overtaken by MySpace and Facebook. The two options are: 1) offer new features to help members enhance their offline lives, such as arranging events with their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

dramatically. Q: If there is agreement that a broadband explosion is generally a desirable thing, what role should government regulators and policymakers play in encouraging it? A: This is one of the major... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

rejections, with few counteroffers and minimal exchange of critical information. The parties seldom ask questions regarding each other's priorities or preferences. The parties have difficulty reaching process View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

and prudential regulations, careful sequencing, and caution. The proposal to amend the IMF's Articles of Agreement to give the organization jurisdiction over the capital... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

Chinese Business, "The Chinese perceive contracts as too rigid to take new circumstances into account. Hence, there is no stigma to changing the terms of an agreement after it has been signed." That approach often frustrates... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

01 Dec 2004
News

Aldrich Renovations Reach Halfway Point

Students taking classes in Aldrich Hall this year can literally place one foot in the past and one in the future where the old and newly renovated halves of the building meet on each of the three floors. To... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

areas of regulation," he explains. In most cases, new regulations emerged from political coalitions forged between specific industries and groups of activist consumers. Questioning The Unquestioned View Trumbull nods in View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

order to accelerate their expansion efforts, Jump Start, an early childhood education program that pairs college students with pre-schoolers struggling in Head Start, began entering into affiliate partnership agreements with colleges... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

the better off you are. More generally, being as careful as you can be with resources, and flexible in terms of the types of arrangements that you are willing to enter into, are particularly important in an... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

03 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

We show when the owner prefers to license the property in exchange for a royalty and when it prefers to use the property directly. We find that variable royalty arrangements that depend on either audited... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2005
News

Change of Pace

Having retired from Congress after representing his western New York district for eighteen years, Amory Houghton Jr. (MBA ’52) is now working as a volunteer with his old friend, Bishop Thomas Shaw, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. “The View Details

Keywords: GOP; Catholic; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

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