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  • 16 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

between working with experienced and inexperienced entrepreneurs. He says, "I can't tell you how many companies there were in the last eighteen months where I sat in on board meetings and said to the entrepreneur, 'Assume that you... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Harvard Business School Case 119-029 Revenue Recognition at HBP In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

describes a strategic meeting at which managers sat at a large conference table with scores of assistants behind them, all listening to a PowerPoint presentation and engaging in little or no discussion. He was so frustrated by the lack of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

quantity and quality. Performance data was always at the heart of those efforts, but it wasn't a leading factor. Q: What is your primary focus? Morino: Performance really starts with the leadership of the organization. I didn't set out to write a book, but in 2009 I... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

http://hbr.org/product/Dr--Benjamin-Hooks-and-Ch/an/309111-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-049 Mitch Daniels and the State of Indiana Mitch Daniels, Governor of the State of Indiana, knew he had to make a difficult choice as he View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

personal interests (at the expense of public shareholders) and bail out Tesla. Concerns were raised over possible conflicts of interest, given that Musk owned over 20% of the stock, and sat on the board of directors of both companies. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

nascent industry. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2294928 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 413-030 Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards In 2011, Sarah Naudé and Matt Stanley sat down with the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

intuits a developing bottleneck in the assembly line and creates a fix before a problem occurs. It's also the CEO who draws on years of experience to solve a strategy imbroglio that has paralyzed top staff. It's the venture capitalist—who has View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

and written about Apple for the last decade, generating several case studies. His latest case, Apple Computer 2004, co-written with research associate Debbie Freier, was recently published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Yoffie sat... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 3

industries such as agriculture and biofuels. As GenapSys came closer to releasing its product, Esfandyarpour and his Senior Director of Operations and Strategy, Leila Rastegar (HBS '11), sat down to decide which of three business models... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

table in their San Francisco apartment. It was March of 2009. A single sheet of paper sat on the table in front of them. The three founders were on the verge of finishing the three month program at YCombinator (YC), a business accelerator... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

Creative destruction of a different kind occurred during the political transition in Turkey in 1980, after the military coup. Previous political and social connections lost their value over night. 450 new people sat in parliament, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

In mid-February 2009, Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin received the January sales report. He left the report lying on his desk unopened and went to walk around the shops as he did every morning. When he returned, he sat... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

and chief executive officer of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China ("Ping An" or "the Company"), sat down with Sun Jianyi, vice chief executive officer and executive vice president at Ping An, to discuss the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

Strategic Talent Management Initiatives Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. AbbottHarvard Business School Case 412-147 In 2012, Bill Allen and Maria Pejter, of Maersk Group's Human Resources Department, sat down to consider some key aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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