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- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
closely held businesses. And they want to grow them right where they are. The firm was founded by a group of 12 family business owners who were interested in creating a local ownership vehicle for retiring business owners. Generally,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
workers by catching them on technical mistakes and telling them how to do something the right way. "You can see how that would erode the staff's trust in management," Tucker says. "A worker might think, 'Leadership just... View Details
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
Venture capital firms ask themselves tough questions these days. Among them: how can they dig out of the dot-com collapse? How should they invest going forward? How should the leader of a firm strike the right note for the future? And is... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Contested by Firm Management By: Soltes, Eugene F., Suraj Srinivasan, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan Abstract—Shareholder proposals provide investors an opportunity to exercise their decision rights within a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
on and enough customers to make it a viable business. They’re not settling for half-measures. “If we have great content but we don’t have a differentiated experience, we fail,” she says. “And the reverse is true too.” The urgency to get there first and get it View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
their decision rights within firms, but managers can seek permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to dismiss proposals. We find that managers seek to exclude 39% of all proposals they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming to HBS after Military Service
experience is unique, but here are some insights from my own transition, which I admit is very much still in progress! The transition does not happen immediately After making the decision to apply to business school, I had 10 months... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Turning Point: Ready or Not
connection to your heritage until the oldest person in your family passes away. In that sense, my grandmother’s death last September, at the age of 92, was a turning point for me. I had already lost my father; right before lockdown, I was... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
sponsorship. With respect to end users and complementors, decisions to open or close a mature platform involve 1) backward compatibility with prior platform generations; 2) securing exclusive rights to... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
the entity and even then questions about who they report to, how they are appraised/evaluated, what powers and decision rights they have and how trust and functionality can be cultivated with such a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
potential to return their entire fund through acquisition or IPO. In the process, she says, VCs can be “forced to make investment decisions that don’t benefit the company, the entrepreneur, or the entrepreneurial landscape.” For example,... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 20 May 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
growing company, and they have worked closely with their team to ask the right questions, provide cross-functional perspectives, and make decisions that help the company succeed. What’s Next for TB12? As... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
maintenance and repair parts and equipment in the U.S., had just held its November 2014 board meeting. The meeting had been productive but not without some soul searching for both the company’s management team and financial sponsors. Was now the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
insurance premiums for the average plan are expected to rise by 9 percent in 2017. Aetna’s decision prompted commentary from both sides of the political spectrum. Republicans see it as proof that the public exchanges simply won’t work,... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
profession and the firm for a long period of time. They develop organizational practices that motivate these outstanding people to serve clients well. Getting this right is what we mean by alignment. Leading Professional Service Firms... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
and Gore heroes for solving a problem that, at the time, very few knew existed. Shouldn’t we be able to look to our political and business leaders to make decisions that are in our long-term best interest, regardless of how popular those... View Details
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
and creatively to develop business solutions that mitigate climate change Explore climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts’ scalability, costs, and benefits to inform decisions related to your industry and role Who Will Benefit... View Details
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FAQ - Alumni
to cancel the regional competition. The HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship reserves the right to disqualify any entry that violates the rules or spirit of the competition. The decision of the Rock Center... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
generate? Henry McGee: It comes from the framework that is used in LCA, which asks students to consider the responsibilities of corporations: to shareholders, customers, employees, and society. After all, there’s no God-given right for... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
social and emotional needs of students. And we have guidance from the CDC, of course. The ultimate framework we’re working to create will empower districts to make the right decisions for what’s going on in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna