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- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
Goldberg Aronson: Challenges at Mid-Career (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 409-030 Martha Goldberg Aronson of Medtronic is trying to decide whether to accept the offer from Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins to become senior vice president and chief View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
Internet, Amazon invested heavily in its Super Bowl spot. It not only spent $5 million to acquire the 30-second slot but also paid for the participation of high-priced talent like chef Gordon Ramsey, actor Anthony Hopkins, and other... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
turnaround distressed companies. But as CD&R entered into its fifth decade and its largest fund to date (nearly $10 billion AUM), competition, AUMs, industry "dry powder," and buyout valuations were all on the rise. Within CD&R, rapidly evolving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
information that was available to potential buyers, students evaluate the potential acquisition. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211088-PDF-ENG Executive Compensation at Talent Partners Richard S. Ruback and Royce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
very talented executives into the mix, you can help organizations change their effectiveness and their view of what's possible." Bannick agreed that investors should curb the need for speed when shifting their focus from financial... View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
intellectual talents of the founding team may be stellar. However, many of these entrepreneurs discover they need to attract money to fully commercialize their concepts. Thus they must find investors—such as their own employer (if the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
fraught example, about TraceTogether—a smartphone app to support community-driven contact tracing to slow the spread of COVID-19—that public entrepreneurs leave their office to ask people for feedback. Lagace: How do you hire talent for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
interested in studying this relatively unexplored area. Q: Why did you decide to focus on entrepreneurship in the advertising industry in your research? A: Advertising more than most businesses responds to the talents and personalities of... View Details
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
mind? A: A few trends stand out in policymaking. First, income tax schedules have "flattened out" in most developed countries, so that marginal tax rates don't rise nearly as much at high incomes as they did 30 years ago. This has important implications for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
“women’s problems”) so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, or other minority category could use their talents and do their jobs with respect and dignity. That utopian fantasy is increasingly possible now that the numbers of women... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
consultant Kevin Rumsfeld conceived of the idea for HealthCraft, he had worked resolutely to begin building the company by recruiting a talented colleague to help with marketing and fundraising and a junior member of one of his project... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007
example, those with a talented director or well-known actor) also receive more advertising. In this study, we use data on a movie's stock price as it trades on the Hollywood Stock Exchange, a popular online market simulation, to study the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
responsibility for poor performance and continue to get highly paid, it's no wonder there is widespread dissatisfaction." E. Shields stated that it may be the result of disappointed expectations: "People believe that their work should allow them to use their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
were virtually unaffected.) These numbers should be of interest to policymakers in developed countries, Nanda says. "This goes against the conventional wisdom held in government policy circles and elsewhere that there are a large number of View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015
position as market leader would deteriorate. Additionally, if Emirates NBD held back Tanfeeth's growth ambitions, some of the world-class talent Tanfeeth had been able to attract might leave. What was the best course of action for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
up on current and past podcast episodes of The Disruptive Voice. I have been a regular listener of the series ever since meeting and working with this talented team. Hearing the voice of the late great Clay Christensen at the start of... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
whether a common system allowed IDFC to recognize and retain talent across its diverse businesses. This case examines whether a uniform performance management system provided the autonomy and flexibility needed to build a culture of high... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
Talent Partners (B) Robert G. Eccles and Penelope RossanoHarvard Business School Supplement 411-085 B) case updates company changes since the (A) case. Key updates include leadership and management appointments and organizational changes.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
into the workplace means creating a place where it's all right for people to bring their whole selves, with all their talents and complex emotions; where there's enough safety so that people can speak the truth openly at meetings, rather... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008
certain businesses—those led by executives with a talent for sensing what their customers want—can forgo deep research into customers' feelings, at least in the short-term. But over the long-term, firms need to have an organizational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace