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- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
Decker, Inc. William E. FruhanHarvard Business School Case 211-067 This case allows instructors to explore shareholder value creation and transfer opportunities in merger and acquisition transactions. It also invites an examination of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Chatterji, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. Wordle , Harvard Business School case, 2022. With Christina Wallace, Ebehi Iyoha, Gabriella Elanbeck and Morgane Herculano. The Supply Chain Economy: New Policies to Drive Innovation and Jobs ,... View Details
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
sales per employee). Higher employee continuity leads to better customer relationships that contribute to greater customer loyalty, lower marketing costs, and enhanced sales." Whatever it is and whatever its benefits, a recent survey showed that many American... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
controlled for industry and stage in the business cycle.” Bob Vanourek, citing results of a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, said that long-term oriented firms in its sample “outperformed the short-termers in revenue growth, profitability , View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
we've awakened to issues of racial justice and wanting to participate and contribute. And so what advice do you have for the leaders who are sincerely interested in making a difference inside of their companies and outside of their companies? You talked about View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
numbers Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 s 19 Air traffic controllers' union dismantled Union representation drops Information technology redistributes job functions Influence: Low 90 1990 s Reengineering Record high employment Service... View Details
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Is AI Coming for Your Job?
applications present opportunities for job creation by broadening the scope and scale of a company's product portfolio. Conversely, internal-facing applications are more likely to affect knowledge workers'... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship, branding, and innovation expertise. Bluemercury’s innovative retailing and human resource model has been the topic of numerous books, including Shopping: Why We Love it and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience and Be Happy at... View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering Graduate School Mid-Career Professionals Prepare for your next opportunity by learning how to apply basic statistics to real business problems. Meet Arjun, an HBS Online participant who took Business Analytics to better... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
increasingly using crowdsourced public goods as inputs for innovation and production. Counterintuitively, some firms pay their employees to contribute to the creation of these goods, which can be used freely by their competitors. This... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
study there. The two-year project included the creation of the Bloomberg Center, an extension of the building’s southern footprint and new south-facing entrance named to honor William Henry Bloomberg, the late father of New York City... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
record before this spill, which may also have contributed to the creation of this fund. After this, the case describes the various ways in which the U.S. government is involved in offshore oil, starting from the leasing of tracts, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
maintenance, and repair of electric vehicle charging equipment. Ellis’s previous experience with the US Department of Labor’s Job Corps, where she served as a career transition and outreach specialist, has given her both an internal and... View Details
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
successfully negotiate at work, on the job hunt, or in day-to-day conversations. As someone that does negotiations as part of my job, I found Professor Wheeler’s Negotiation Mastery course to be both thorough and valuable. This course... View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
years, the company reported it had hastened the creation of partnerships by 55 percent, grew sales by 44 percent, boosted operating income by 300 percent, increased market cap 155 percent to over $10 billion, and enhanced its reputation... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
initiatives for the greatest business impact. Highlights The Value Stick Value Creation at Best Buy Discerning Complements from Substitutes Show Hide Details Modules Creating Value for Customers Adding Value Through Complements Competing... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
creation of well paying jobs in communities. This is especially notable where such jobs can help workers in industries that need to be phased out for climate reasons, such as... View Details
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
good. One reason is that many companies are preoccupied and enamored by value capture—how to make money. They think about how to capture value before they think about how to create value. "If we want to restore faith in the business community, value View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost