Business Divisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
News

Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

President and CEO of Banana Republic since 1995, Jeanne Jackson (MBA '78) has been credited with transforming the faltering safari clothing brand into one of the nation's leaders in - and definers of - casual attire. In 1998, Business... View Details

14 Feb 2018
Blog Post

Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Verdell Walker, Sesame Workshop

HBS, I worked as an equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs and as a strategy analyst in the advertising sales division of The Wall Street Journal. My stint in finance helped me develop my analytical and research capabilities. Working at... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

15 Oct 2019
News

In Pursuit of Academia

talking to classmates, I found that the experience of losing status impacted them strongly.” Her observations might have ended there had she not taken CareerLeader, a business career self-assessment survey, just prior to matriculation and... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.

It's sad but true: Design Research, the Wursthaus, Elsie's, and a score of other local businesses once patronized by members of the Class of 1977 have long since closed their doors. But those who venture across the river during this... View Details

03 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

2007–2009, after his retirement, including two division titles. In 1989, fourteen years before hiring Parcells, Jerry Jones’ first act as the Cowboys’ new owner was to fire the legendary Tom Landry after a miserable 3-13 season, and hire... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much harder to accurately evaluate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2010
Article

The Effect of Financial Development on the Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe

We investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm-level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are significantly positive, on... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Development Economics; Investment; Cash Flow; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Relationships; Economy; Financial Markets; Business Subsidiaries; Capital Markets; Assets; Financing and Loans; Europe

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18 Jul 2014
News

Team Players

marketing team, she was introduced to Debora Lehrer (MBA 2012), then a second-year HBS student on spring break. Lehrer had spent more than four years prior to HBS with the international division at Major League Baseball and while at HBS... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Web

From Concept to Product | Baker Library

cameras and films. Morse worked with her colleagues to establish the black-and-white division of the plant in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company’s new manufacturing site that was built to meet the growing demand for Polaroid films. “You,... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Mara Aspinall

ASPINALL Illustration by Jack Unruh When you ask people about their great fears in life, virtually everyone talks about cancer,” says Mara G. Aspinall (MBA ’87), past president of Genzyme Genetics, a Westborough, Massachusetts-based View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2025
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details

June 2010 (Revised May 2017)
Teaching Note

Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research

By: Robert Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg

Teaching Note for 109017. View Details

Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Levers Of Control; Strategy; Risk Management; Decisions; Cooperative Ownership; Product Development; Moral Sensibility; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Expansion; Science-Based Business; Research; Management Practices and Processes; Business Subsidiaries; Biotechnology Industry; Sydney

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19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

pitcher throws the ball. How much would you expect the race of the umpire and the pitcher to determine the outcome of the call? That's the question Christopher A. Parsons, Harvard Business School visiting associate professor in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

Professorship of Business Administration, "HBS alumni were directly involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

22 May 2020
Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

Flagg | Greywolf Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division US Army ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Frisco, TX REASON FOR SERVING: I joined the Army because I felt called to it. This calling came from the confluence of my love for military history and a family... View Details

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608068 Don Jenkins: Between Opportunities Harvard Business School Case 408-094 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAvid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question Harvard Business School Case 809-086 The CEO of a promising biotech company must decide how... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Blog

What's the Right Fit for You–An In-Person or Virtual Program?

took place on campus, AMP was presented virtually due to the pandemic. Below, he shares his perspective on each type of program. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND ROLE AT MITSUBISHI? I have 30 years of business... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Short Takes

a result," Austin concludes, "we'll see the stark differences between nonprofits and businesses diminish, revealing a new world of integrated, rather than independent, sectors." (Adapted from the Fall 1999 edition of Working Knowledge, a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

Illustration by PJ Loughran Everyone talks about how quickly business changes. yet some HBS cases remain reliably relevant decades after they are written. In the pages that follow, we take a behind-the-scenes look at five cases that are... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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