Josh Baron

Dr. Josh Baron is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a part of the Strategy Unit. In the MBA program, he teaches in the Required Core Strategy course as well as elective courses on Ownership and Leading a Family Business. He... View Details

• 08 Apr 2013
• Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

account 20 percent of the makeup of parliaments worldwide, a figure that holds steady in the U.S. Senate as well. They hold just 26 percent View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

• 06 Nov 2000
• Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

to management and involving other venture capitalists in XTV companies would reduce Xerox's ownership of the firm. Their goal was that, over the long run, after several rounds View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

• November 2005 (Revised July 2007)
• Case

Pine Ridge Winery, LLC (A)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Lauren Barley

George Scheppler, president and CEO of Pine Ridge Winery, LLC, (the "Company") sat in his office overlooking the steep hillside vineyards of the Pine Ridge Winery in Napa Valley. It was June 2005, and he was preparing for the upcoming board of managers meeting where he... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Corporate Strategy; Napa Valley

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Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Lauren Barley. "Pine Ridge Winery, LLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-060, November 2005. (Revised July 2007.)

• 01 Dec 2019
• News

What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

mainstream. In spite of a host of complicating factors, from a basic lack of defined terms to the difficulty of measuring returns, demand is only... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

• 22 Apr 2002
• Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 02 Feb 2004
• What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

van Wyk said, "It is also the case that ... [the truly successful leader] ... has the courage to hold close even the fiercest critics." Gad Gasaatura suggested the use of the "name optional... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

• 01 Apr 2002
• News

Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club

I haven't made it to the cover of Forbes yet,' then run and hide. That's the last thing that should happen," says Loughran, a former director of research at a local investment View Details

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

• 21 May 2019
• News

Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest

Reserve Bank of Chicago’s imposing building to discuss with thought leaders and entrepreneurs the impacts of climate change on the agricultural sector View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

• 21 Dec 2022
• News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details

• 17 Sep 2001
• Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

conspicuous successes in online commerce came from companies that already had a pretty good catalog or direct mail business. Staples and Dell migrated successful catalog businesses onto the Web. Merck-Medco had done a terrific job View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

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dollarDEX (1998-2007)

Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman

One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details

• 01 Feb 1997
• News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

Raymond James Financial (RJF) is a diversified, publicly traded financial services holding company, including asset management and investment banking services, with some 800 View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

• 09 Sep 2024
• HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

the language of its officer severance plan,” says Paine. Clawback policies also have to be considered. “Historically, boards have been reluctant to try to recover monies already paid, but View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

• 31 Aug 2016
• Research & Ideas

One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

creating new jobs. One could also trace out career paths—for example, the extent that those arriving on an H-1B visa with a large company ultimately become entrepreneurs as they gain permanent residency. That kind View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding