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To Drive Efforts...Don't Tiptoe Around Your Legal Risk

By: Edward Chang and Bonnie Levine
Many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are scuttled because DEI leaders and legal teams feel themselves to be at odds over questions of acceptable risk. DEI leaders see lawyers as guardians of the status quo, whereas legal experts, trained to... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Risk Management; Legal Liability
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  • 28 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)

customer-facing operating environment affects organizational design choices such as control systems, incentives, performance measurement, and ownership structures," explains Campbell. "Even firms that have very standardized View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

    Erin Shirtz

    Erin Shirtz is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research broadly examines... View Details

    • August 2023 (Revised October 2023)
    • Case

    Beyond the Barricades: Chile 2023

    By: Debora Spar, Willis Emmons, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Ruth Costas
    Chile, often considered among Latin America's greatest economic success stories, suffered a shocking wave of protests in October 2019, as its citizens demanded reforms across healthcare and education systems, and protested inequality and rising costs of living. As... View Details
    Keywords: Government Administration; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Public Opinion; Equality and Inequality; Public Administration Industry; Chile; Latin America; South America
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    • 02 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

    of the company from Harvard Business School professors Marco Iansiti and Alan MacCormack. Their take: Microsoft wins through effective management of its intellectual property and an ability to spot and react to important trends before... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

      William E. Fruhan

      Professor WILLIAM E. FRUHAN, JR. is George E. Bates Professor, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He received his BS degree from Yale University, and his MBA and DBA degrees from Harvard University.  He has served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of... View Details

      Keywords: aircraft; airline; chemical; electronics; grocery; medical supplies; oil ＆ gas; pharmaceuticals; retailing; steel
      • Program

      Finance for Senior Executives

      Summary When you can speak the language of finance, you have the power to build stronger strategies, expand your influence, and make better business decisions. Finance for Senior Executives delivers a foundation in corporate finance that... View Details
      • 13 Jan 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

      the organization’s core activities, sharpen the performance of its leadership team, and rebalance where necessary. This finding came to light when we studied Big C and Small C change in professional sports—specifically, how coaches who... View Details
      Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports
      • Program

      Mergers and Acquisitions

      Details Enable growth through an effective M&A process Build stronger M&A strategies Identify the right targets, assess business value accurately, and perform meaningful due diligence Negotiate complex... View Details
      • 2011
      • Book

      Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It

      By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
      When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Failure; Performance Evaluation; Sales; Consumer Products Industry
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      • December 1998
      • Case

      Pioneer Hi-Bred: Turning Seeds Into Factories

      By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
      The agricultural sector is among the preeminent information technology users in our economy," exclaimed an August 1998 Forbes ASAP survey of the U.S. economy's best and worst users of information technology (IT). The survey designated Pioneer Hi-Bred International,... View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Multinational Firms and Management; Information Management; Infrastructure; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Iowa
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      • 07 Nov 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'

      inadvertently make employers deemphasize arguably less noisy signals of freelancers’ quality (e.g., reputation and performance variables),” write the authors. Employers on these platforms—often small View Details
      Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
      • July 2012 (Revised March 2013)
      • Supplement

      Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (B)

      By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
      Shanghai Diligence Law Firm continued with its approach to grow through a merger, rather than organically, and was eventually merged into a bigger law firm in China. After the merger, a refined A-B-C-D model is still in use as compensation system, although the... View Details
      Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Compensation; Law Firms; Motivating Professionals; Client Management; Developing Professionals; Entrepreneurship; China; Mergers and Acquisitions; Employee Relationship Management; Compensation and Benefits; Groups and Teams; Legal Services Industry; China
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      • 05 Sep 2023
      • Book

      Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

      project fails, the employee often risks a bad performance review or even a job loss. Instead, managers should applaud the employee for embarking on a worthwhile experiment and encourage others to do the same, knowing that the future... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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      Placement - Doctoral

      University, Schulich School of Business Dissertation: Essays on Emergency Department Physician Performance Advisors: Ananth Raman , Ryan W. Buell , and Soroush Saghafian Michelle Shell Technology &... View Details
      • 27 Jun 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

      can benefit What business leaders might find especially interesting about the research results: Many rituals that couples perform involve some form of joint consumption of products or services. In one study,... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • Program

      Managing Health Care Delivery

      your organization's performance Identify and address gaps in your health care delivery organization Evaluate and create flexible strategies for ensuring more effective care Respond to new market forces, payment models, and consumer... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
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      Preparing to Be a Corporate Director

      your awareness of current and emerging issues facing boards and companies Balance the demands of shareholders with those of other stakeholders in driving long-term corporate performance Interact more effectively with your company's board... View Details
      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument

      By: Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist and Rudiger Fahlenbrach
      Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a challenge due to the endogeneity of ownership structures. We develop and test an empirical framework which allows us to separate selection from... View Details
      Keywords: Business Headquarters; Geographic Location; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods
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      Research Summary

      By: Ranjay Gulati
      My research has focused on interorganizational relationships, with an emphasis on interfirm strategic alliances, which include voluntary exchange or co-development of products, technologies, or services between firms.  I examine the factors that influence the... View Details