Executive Ability - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

negotiation. Yet unlike professionals such as litigators, journalists, and doctors, who are taught how to ask questions as an essential part of their training, few executives think of questioning as a skill that can be honed—or consider... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2001
News

September 11: A Community Reflects

Patrick Doyle (HBS '03), a former rector and adjunct professor of business ethics at Notre Dame. With heightened campus security in place, MBA and Executive Education classes resumed on September 12, but in the days that followed, the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

source of information about managerial ability and effort, and (3) before implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley made opportunistic earnings management more challenging. Our evidence highlights a novel channel through which uncertainty affects... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

(2) Which job offer should he accept? (3) What set of principles and practices should he adopt that will enable him to remain true to his values and sustain his capacity to be a true agent of change, yet not undermine his ability to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

protected surroundings of the executive suite. When enacted in service of the work rather than in defense of a self-image, masculine attributes can be a valuable resource. Q: What can women learn from your study and apply to their roles... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

players from all parts of the supply chain—subsistence farmers to multinational conglomerates, seed sellers to supermarket buyers—to share insights and piece together a perspective on the global food system. The resulting executive... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

study of business and the global poor. In recent years, there has been ample evidence, both in the literature and in capital markets, of the ability of leading microfinance institutions, particularly in Latin America and Asia, to generate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

Geographic Society (Abridged) David A. Garvin and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Case 312-120 In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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