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  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Starting Up and Starting Over

landlord, the entrepreneur, or the worker contributed most to England's prosperity. Later, as HBS Dean, Gay's primary duty was to prepare his students for their role in the administrative organization that was emerging as the business... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

Sales forces also struggled with distancing. One CEO described how “[The] sales force conducted customer visits online, which they did not like, and it took them a while to get the hang of it. As soon as... View Details
Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Simplification and Saving By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—The daunting complexity of important financial decisions can lead to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Making the Case for Leadership

Groysberg. “At Williamsport, Toby worked to understand the organization and get the employees involved, so when it was time for buy-in and action, they were ready to go. She’s a high-potential leader.” And an open-minded one as well: “I... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • Web

A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

successful manufacture and sale of synthetic polarizing filters to eliminate glare. His first enterprise, Land-Wheelwright Laboratories, was formed in 1932 and was reincorporated as the Polaroid Corporation in 1937. The company produced... View Details
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

understand these bribery cases I analyze detailed data on the identity of the main perpetrator, detection method, and organizational response following detection and find that both the method of detection and how an organization responds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Develop and continually adapt go-to-market strategies Distinguish between marketing- and sales-led organizations and marketers’ role in each Establish a customer selection strategy, including buyer... View Details
  • June 2011
  • Case

Shelley Capital and the Hedge Fund Secondary Market

By: Luis Viceira, Elena Corsi and Ruth Dittrich
An advisory company has to decide how to sell their client's hedge fund holdings in the secondary market, and thinks about their future. Shelley Capital was a a European advisory company operating in the hedge fund secondary market, a market that boosted in 2008 with... View Details
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Funds; Marketing Strategy; Financial Crisis; Sales; Leadership Development; Financial Markets; Crisis Management; Business Processes; Risk and Uncertainty; Globalized Economies and Regions; Financial Services Industry; Service Industry; Europe
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  • 05 May 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

groups are important to a marketing organization, which group is addressed most effectively by emerging techniques relying on neuroscience, particularly the exploration of the subconscious feelings that may or may not drive behavior? Will such techniques enable an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 20 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

Thinking About an MBA? Think About Your Purpose

Microsoft (whose purpose is “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more”), and Warby Parker (which seeks “to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose and style”). I recently interviewed 10 top... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

Karmic Kickstart

up an advanced and highly aggressive cancer. Even with a hideous year of surgeries and chemotherapy, the best I could hope for was a 50 percent chance of surviving the next five years. I was forced into an abrupt fire sale of the business... View Details
Keywords: transitions; higher education; travel; reflection; cancer; Educational Services
  • 15 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons Not Learned About Innovation

isolated—their ideas will never catch on. So pick leaders who not only can communicate inside and outside the organization but who also know how to foster a collaborative culture. In short, there are a lot of specific things companies can... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Event Guidelines | About

displays/exhibits. Chalking : Individuals and organizations are not permitted to chalk, paint, engrave, or otherwise write or draw on any University property without prior written approval from the Campus Services team . Any such... View Details
  • 12 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

Alzheimer's, MS, and Huntington's) and do so by encouraging collaboration among researchers in the HMS community. When Ivinson takes the helm in 2001, he finds a dysfunctional center with little organization or structure. In addition, he... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

organizations to render aid. If any of our alumni are looking to connect with one another, we recommend using the Alumni Directory together with the secure Alumni Messaging Service to communicate (click on the envelope icon on any alumni... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

DeLong. In his course Managing Human Capital, DeLong challenges his students' assumptions about incentives, motivation, and compensation by contrasting the Lincoln case and its focus on the worker-as-individual with a case about a successful teams-driven View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Answering the Call

on the worker-as-individual with a case about a successful teams-driven organization that he teaches the day before. “A small percentage of students are intrigued by and support the complete meritocracy they see at Lincoln,” DeLong notes.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

Organization Tax Aversion in Labor Supply By: Kessler, Judd B., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—In a real-effort laboratory experiment, labor supply decreases more with the introduction of a tax than with a financially equivalent drop in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

  PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 3

link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1465064 August 2013 Institutional Logics in Action. Vol. 39B, Research in the Sociology of Organizations Series, edited by Michael Lounsbury and Eva Boxenbaum, 175-198. Emerald... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne