Labor and Management Relations - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

pricing. Hedge fund firms often hired the duo for speaking engagements, which led to informal post-speech chats with various fund managers, many of whom also sported PhDs. Cohen and Malloy found that these social exchanges went especially... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

George C. Lodge

Professor Lodge had been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1963. Before his retirement in 1997, he taught a number of courses in the MBA Master's Program and in various HBS executive programs. in the MBA program these included: Business,... View Details

15 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

2017 Washington, DC: American Public Health Association Public Health Preparedness: Case Studies in Policy and Management By: Howitt, Arnold M., Dutch Leonard, and David W.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

A wave of mergers is sweeping the country, activity that recalls the 1980s, the 1960s, and even, some say, the empire-building of a century ago. In the following article, nine HBS professors comment on the current M&As; phenomenon View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

July 2007
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Cooperation between Corporations and Environmental Groups: A Transaction Cost Perspective

Theory suggests that when transaction costs are low, corporations and stakeholders can minimize social costs by transacting to their mutual advantage, but when transaction costs are high, reducing social costs requires the intervention of a centralized institution.... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Cost; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Advantage; Cooperation

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

management. It brings these themes together in case discussions and exercises that focus on the personal decisions managers face in high-performance, high-stakes, and... View Details

23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

technology firms, we show that founders who received advice from other founders with more “hands-on” management styles were more likely to reorient their own management activity and, subsequently, experience... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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In the light of multiple corporate debacles, financial crises and environmental disasters across the globe, the need for corporate goals to transition from simply maximizing shareholder wealth to optimizing stakeholder welfare is being echoed in various quarters. Dr.... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Stakeholder Management; Social Enterprise; Inclusive Growth; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; India

05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

subsequently. Our results are consistent with theory on the active role firms can play in managing their reputational capital through anticipatory actions to avoid negative media coverage. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

organizations adopt these strategies, there may be tensions and multiple conflicting institutional logics. Additionally, we consider four strategic leadership topics and how they View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

enforcers have made a great many mistakes over the years. But in general they have managed to move toward outcomes that have been not without economic and social benefit. Thomas McCraw View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

Academy of Management Journal Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-clearing Across Difficult Terrain By: Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

Attended: [The year you completed the Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy] Degree: Other; Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business Field of Study:... View Details

20 Feb 2013
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Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

least gives management the ability to preserve a viable business and create greater value than would be otherwise available for all the firm's stakeholders—in sharp contrast to other countries where... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
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Cable Data Systems

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga

Describes the operating challenges of Cable Data Systems (CDS), a minority-owned cable installation company with a dual mission of maximizing profits and providing employment opportunities to minorities in urban markets. Following the merger of two cable installation... View Details

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Employment; Forecasting and Prediction; Urban Scope; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Demographics; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Boston

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01 Jun 1997
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Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey

manages to combine sophisticated concepts of physics with high fantasy in a marvelous way." Heartlight was followed by the equally acclaimed The Ancient One and The Merlin Effect, contemporary mythic tales... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

14 Feb 2018
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A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

demonstrate how they can be more innovative and successful by fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. Coleman, who previously was managing director of the Nobel Peace... View Details

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Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian

This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Management; International Relations; Leadership

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