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- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
M. Perkins, and Mark Weick Publication: Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 24, no. 2 (spring 2012) Abstract Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second‐largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
they found legally uninteresting. The supposed solution was the creation of a new, centralized appellate court to hear all patent cases — the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). But it didn’t solve anything in terms of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)
The 1970s New York contemporary art world that Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978) knew, where painter Jean-Michel Basquiat tagged buildings and artist Keith Haring bartended, was a far cry from the corporate boardroom. But Deitch—like so many of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Back to the Drawing Board by Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch (Harvard Business School Press) Corporate boards are frequent targets of criticism in the wake of recent corporate scandals. But in their new... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
developing fresh capabilities for organizations. Based on a study of all the programs offered by the business schools, consultancies, corporate universities, and online education providers, we analyze the advantages, and the constraints,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
regulatory, normative, and cognitive factors in shaping firms' decisions to adopt specific organizational practices, above and beyond their technical efficiency. Similarly, institutional theory emphasizes legitimation processes and the tendency for institutionalized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input was considered crucial. Qualitative data collected in 190 interviews with employees... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
it's Professor Michael E. Porter's seminal work on the competitive advantage of nations or Professor Cynthia A. Montgomery's recent book on corporate strategy, HBS C&S faculty are a leading voice in the strategic management arena. Most of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
enable a company to assemble seamless and reliable real-world products that can thrive in a demanding marketplace. Iansiti's work provides a blueprint for the radical restructuring of corporate research and product development. The... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
young talent. For starters, companies would be smart to revisit how they structure work, especially when it comes to jobs in areas where competition for talent is especially fierce, such as coding, analytics, and life sciences. Survey... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- Profile
Rachel Silverstein
classical training in corporate finance could bring a lot of value – in structure and strategy – to a startup." Rachel's hunch was right, and she proceeded to work for two different startups in the food... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
Excerpted with permission from "The Dual Edged Role of the Business Model in Leveraging Corporate Technology Investments," in Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives, and Investors Manage High Tech Risks, article ©... View Details
- December 2010 (Revised March 2012)
- Teaching Note
Alibaba Group
By: Julie M. Wulf
Teaching Note for 710436. View Details
- October 2010
- Case
innocent
By: William A. Sahlman and Harry Wake
This case describes a set of issues confronting the founders of innocent, a 10-year old beverage company that dominated the UK smoothie market. The team must decide how to proceed with expansion of the product line and outside the UK and Ireland. They must also decide... View Details
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
syndicates, the study says. Public companies also typically require more infrastructure and legal support to handle shareholder and regulatory demands. “For a lot of entrepreneurs, it's just about the term sheet and how much equity... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- Profile
Shabrina Jiva
With a father who bought out his corporate employer and a mother who managed businesses from laundries to hotels, the Jiva family enjoyed dinners lively with business conversations. "We'd sit every night and discuss the issues they... View Details
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BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society
BiGS Research At the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS), we advance rigorous, practice-oriented research at the intersection of business and society. Our projects explore corporate ownership structures, sustainable industrial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
excessive consumer and corporate debt. “Regulatory structures failed to keep up” with innovations in the marketplace, he added. Thain took the top spot at Merrill Lynch in December 2007, resigning as CEO of... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
me, in either a team or a one-on-one setting." Continues Klump, "I understood enough of Chinese culture to know that you rarely, if ever, confront someone in a group setting, as maintaining face is important. So I waited to have a one-on-one session with my... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Rhodes-Kropf, and Soojin Yim Abstract—We study how corporate governance affects firm value through the decision of whether to fire or retain the CEO. We present a model in which weak governance-which prevents shareholders from controlling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne