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- 01 Sep 2020
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3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)
different perspectives. But I’m also willing to take ownership. That’s not in contradiction to the first point. Leaders have to make decisions and provide vision and direction to motivate people to execute. Unlike the last crisis, which... View Details
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008
company statutes and shareholder lists, reveals that the addition of voting rights to their bylaws, particularly maximum vote provisions and graduated voting scales (which stipulated that less-than-proportional votes increase in parallel... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the majority. The reality is more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
U.S. consumers more power over decisions related to health care. Those who advocate consumer-driven health care—including conference chair Professor Regina E. Herzlinger—believe that shifting control of health-care purchasing View Details
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
and economic institutions are able to coordinate private decisions on stable and productive paths. Where institutional development is weak - as seems to be the case in much of the developing world - private actions are poorly coordinated... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
This statute also tells directors that they may delegate the actual running of the company to its officers. Court decisions related to director conduct are largely focused on matters of process-that is, on how boards are to carry out... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
Harvard Business School Case 718-022 Hank and Nancy: The Subprime Crisis, the Run on Lehman and the Shadow Banks, and the Decision to Bailout Wall Street No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
They differentiated themseves in the marketplace by centering their strategy around social and environmental responsibility. They said, they don't want to be a "green" bank—they are a for-profit endeavor—but they want to do the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
(with Sumantra Ghoshal), Michael Porter, and Pankaj Ghemawat. “I enjoy the variety and intellectual challenge of the problems that managers confront” More seasoned managers seeking pragmatic guidance on day-to-day decision making can turn... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering potential View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
with economies of scale in merchandising, marketing, and distribution. To ensure standardization, Wal-Mart sets the span of control for store managers at the "narrow" end of the scale. Although they nominally control their stores, Wal-Mart site managers have... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
the movements for racial equality and women’s suffrage. The Wilson that emerges is a man superbly unsuited to the moment when he ascended to the presidency in 1912, as the struggle for women’s voting rights in America reached the tipping... View Details
- 03 May 2016
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First Look, May 3, 2016
Dollar General board had fulfilled its duty to shareholders during the bidding process despite Family Dollar's decision to sell to Dollar Tree. From a strategic perspective, he wondered whether Family Dollar had been the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
competitiveness who joined the HBS faculty in 2007. "Because of the decisions of managers in the distant past, the United States had lost its capability to make all the critical components that were needed to put together digital... View Details
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Business School Online reserves the right to cancel, interrupt or reschedule any Program or modify its content as well as the point value or weight of any assignment, exam or other evaluation of progress that may be provided in connection... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
decision about whether starting a business post-layoff is the right path for you. Maria Roche is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at HBS. You Might Also Like: Layoffs... View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010
productivity effects of organizational practices remains a challenge for future research. Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Whitney Wilson
their strategic missions.” “I really liked the mission and work,” says Whitney, “but I was ready to get my hands dirty by being more directly involved as a decision maker.” Seeking direction and depth at business school As she applied to... View Details
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Pranav Kothari
reasoning behind management decisions and directions," he says. "At work, I learned how. Here, I learn why. I've been particularly struck by the whole movement around social enterprise. My professors have asked provocative... View Details