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  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Business at the Summit

’59), and was moderated by PBS’s Charlie Rose. Whitman, former CEO of eBay, noted that most Americans are “deeply afraid” as they watch energy and food costs rise and their retirement accounts shrink. More must be done, she said, to... View Details
Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

Provides the reader with a basic understanding of organizational structure. The first section outlines some of the key tools and criteria that must be taken into account in designing organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data Authors:Laura Alfaro and Faisal Z. Ahmed Abstract In this paper we use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

capabilities and how such imprints may have different external manifestations in subsequent historical eras. We introduce the concept of exaptation to organizational theory, identifying an important process whereby the historical origin... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2015
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September 15, 2015

account for the majority of sales and revenue. To tackle this challenge, we use machine learning techniques to estimate historical lost sales and predict future demand of new products. The nonparametric structure of our demand prediction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

how to approach the moral dimension of these decisions, or even how to talk with my colleagues about them. If there was such a concept as moral leadership, I certainly didn't know what it consisted of. When I returned to HBS in 1998, I... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 02 Oct 2015
  • News

The ‘F’ Word

Alibris Rockets and reentry I failed my first year as a member of the Class of 1965 and was told not to come back for second year. So I went to work in GE’s spacecraft department, took two semesters of accounting at Wharton, and received... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
  • Web

Print View - Course Catalog

students, the basic course in Corporations, Corporations taken concurrently, or permission of the instructor is a prerequisite. A familiarity with basic business concepts will... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture Authors:Watl, Josef, Joachim Henkel, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Publication:Software Business: Proceedings of the Third International Conference Abstract We provide a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

showing attack strategies in action. It then provides several specific counterstrategies for each basic category the authors have defined—including the following: Death-by-delay: Your enemies push discussion of your idea so far into the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

  Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Covering the Issues

insistence on this point . . . accounts for much of our trouble with American society today." Articles on the social and ethical aspects of cases in the marketing curriculum and the results of a poll of business leaders' views on... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

$how Me the Money

mispricing in trade imports and exports; country-by-country accounting of sales, profits, and taxes paid by multinational corporations; confirmation of beneficial ownership (i.e., naming the real owners, not frontmen) in all banking and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

90th anniversary is a sensible time to revisit a basic question: Are organizations more likely to succeed if they adopt good management practices? The answer may seem obvious to most HBR readers, but these three economists cast their net... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if it will enable collaboration in its community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the advantages of having external R&D. Links how View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Mar 2025
  • News

What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details
Keywords: Finance
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

regulations, it's fewer. Is It Time to Break Up Amazon, Facebook, or Google?Craig Parietti & PartnersCraig comments: The concept of US antitrust is outdated. We are now a global economy. So, if we break up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Nov 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

Hildebrandt, calling pay for performance "a huge waste of time," said "I think a different logic applies if it (is) used to emphasize team spirit." Others were supportive of the concept if the proper performance... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

firms and SEC regulations soon emerged. In 1972, Textron submitted a merger proposal, and ARD accepted. Two years later Doriot stepped down from active management of ARD but remained a member of its board of directors. 56 "[Doriot] was the creator of the View Details
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

results suggest for-profit insurers are likelier than not-for-profit insurers to exercise market power when they possess it. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55635 forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne