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- 21 Feb 2017
- News
Why Some Apps Use Fake Progress Bars
- 12 Feb 2015
- Video
Reading the Tea Leaves: Sourcing News from Chinese Social Media
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
depression and anxiety can be reduced by coaching employees to increase their resilience, the ability to maintain good mental health despite psychological or physical setbacks. In fact, one study found that over a two-month period, a...
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All Industries
- October 2013
- Module Note
Note on LBO Capital Structure
By: Victoria Ivashina, Paul A. Gompers, Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina, Joris Van Gool and Joris Van Gool
This note discusses the capital structure often found in LBO transactions. Although the specifics of each capital structure vary case by case, in any given year, there is a great deal of similarity in the capital structure of these buyouts. These similarities exist...
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Gompers, Paul A., Victoria Ivashina, and Joris Van Gool. "Note on LBO Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Module Note 214-039, October 2013.
- June 2012
- Article
Short Termism: Don't Blame the Investors
By: Francois Brochet, George Serafeim and Maria Loumioti
The article presents research on executives and corporation investor relations. A study is conducted of the language used by executives in conference calls discussing earnings with investors and financial analysts. A correlation was found between the use of language...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Business Earnings;
Managerial Roles;
Investment;
Agency Theory;
Communication Strategy;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Brochet, Francois, George Serafeim, and Maria Loumioti. "Short Termism: Don't Blame the Investors." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
- February 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
The Center for Creative Leadership
By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) was founded in 1970 on the notion that leadership was not innate but could be learned. CCL evolved into one of the world's top leadership development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Learning;
Training;
Leadership Development;
Personal Characteristics
Datar, Srikant M., David A. Garvin, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The Center for Creative Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 308-013, February 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- November 1988 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
WaterTest Corporation
Describes the founding and subsequent growth of WaterTest, a New Hampshire firm run by a entrepreneur with little business background. Three Harvard Business School students are working on a project to help the firm refine its marketing strategy. The students collect a...
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Roberts, Michael J., Chuck Davis, William (Bill) Haylon, and Daniel F. Riley. "WaterTest Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 389-022, November 1988. (Revised July 1998.)
- 18 May 2012
- News
Surf's up
- 05 Feb 2014
- News
Awful Weather Makes for Better Workers (and More Mouse Trap Sales)
- 08 Jan 2013
- News
Richest Universities Are Too Quiet on Sustainable Investing
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
Wanted for any job: A bachelor’s degree. Is that smart?
- 13 Sep 2016
- News
That Scandal on Your Résumé Will Cost You—Even if It Isn’t Yours
- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Antagonistic Mediators Can Make Resolving Disputes Easier
- March 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
LULA: Transforming Transport and Mobility (A)
By: Siko Sikochi and Hayley (Le) Ma
Based in Cape Town, LULA was founded to create and operate a Mobility-as-a-Service platform with the aim to integrate different modes of transport through a one-ticket solution. LULA was “easy” in isiZulu, a language spoken in South Africa. Yet, it wasn’t easy for LULA...
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Keywords:
Mobility;
Transportation;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Problems and Challenges;
Opportunities;
South Africa
Sikochi, Siko, and Hayley (Le) Ma. "LULA: Transforming Transport and Mobility (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-090, March 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
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The timing of team leader coaching interventions
People who coach teams – including team leaders, senior members of an organization, and external consultants – must observe team dynamics and diagnose opportune moments to intervene. My dissertation, “The timing and type of team...
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- April 2010
- Article
Low-energy Limit for Tunnelling Subject to an Eckart Potential Barrier
By: Samuel H Lipoff and Dudley R Herschbach
For two-body s-wave collisions subject to tunnelling though an Eckart potential barrier, cross-sections and rate coefficients in the low-energy regime can be evaluated in analytic form. These provide criteria for approach to the Wigner limit and a generic plot...
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Lipoff, Samuel H., and Dudley R Herschbach. "Low-energy Limit for Tunnelling Subject to an Eckart Potential Barrier." Molecular Physics 108, nos. 7-9 (April 2010): 1133–1143.