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- 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007
undertake. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-053.pdf Is Yours a Learning Organization? Authors:Amy Edmondson, David A. Garvin, and Francesca Gino No abstract available. Cases & Course MaterialsAmanco: Developing the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
patent pools has questioned conventional thinking about the need for strong patent laws to encourage innovation. Other studies have shown that independent inventors continued to play a major role in innovation in the early twentieth century, despite the rise of View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
We contribute to institutional theory by identifying selective disclosure as a corporate symbolic strategy and by revealing how scrutiny and norms limit this symbolic behavior. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1836472... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
recent bout of bad news (coming after the minivan and SUV successes of the 1990s had temporarily eased the woes of the 1980s) has been ascribed to some or all of the following: excessive corporate bureaucracy, arrogance, and insularity;... View Details
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
The swift current of modern business presents a challenge for any woman deciding to temporarily step out of the corporate rapids to tend to family or other concerns. While they are away competitors come and go, technology constantly... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
practices designed to promulgate a particular culture, commitment to diversity, strategy for corporate involvement, and other core elements of City Year's theory of social change. It is expanding geographically through branches, in part,... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
to helping the combined companies compete with rivals such as Disney and Cap Cities/ABC. To get the deal done, however, Michael Ovitz, talent agent turned unorthodox corporate matchmaker, kept the parties mostly apart during the process,... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
Strömberg Publication:The Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity-debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the nature of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
associate professor at the Fuqua School and faculty director of Duke University's Corporate Sustainability Initiative. They received essential technical expertise from student programmers who were fascinated... View Details
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Policy - Business & Environment
“Compared to companies’ efforts to green their own operations, corporate political actions—like lobbying or campaign funding—can have a vastly greater influence on environmental protection, and arguably represent the greatest impact a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
The authors propose a practical and sustainable approach to one of the greatest challenges facing leaders today: transforming a business in the face of imminent disruption. They build upon the lessons of Xerox, Apple, and Barnes & Noble... View Details
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Print View - Course Catalog
Understanding Value Creation (Value Driver Framework) Creating Competitive Advantage Sustaining Competitive Advantage Driving Profitable Growth Setting Corporate Objectives Copyright © 2024 President &... View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
finance-related issues and the experiences they go through. Saad Hashmi Associate Corporate Relationship Mangaer at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited Forecast financial success in the near and long term and recognize how companies’ accounting... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide insights into why events did not... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
larger forces that, taken together, have helped fashion business and society today. Overarching themes of her book tackle the corporation writ large, the changing nature of work, and defining moments in technology. What can business... View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Bluesolid Xavier Aubry, MBA 2001 Kimberly Lei, MBA 2001 Bluesolid (now Appear Networks) has created a software company focusing on WLAN and Bluetooth networks (the so-called WLAN hotspots). The company has gained 15 large corporate... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
MBA classroom to provide students with timely, real-world insights. Driven in part by the increasing circulation of its flagship publication, Harvard Business Review, HBP delivered revenue of $310 million. Fundamental to this growth has been the View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
countries between 1985 and 2000, we find that the growth effects of FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
companies – and ultimately contribute to private sector development. Moving forward and making a big impact Through these two internships and my joint degree education, I have decided that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
as well as reduce the corporate tax rate, a longtime goal of congressional Republicans. The idea was the brainchild of Eacho and George Frampton, a lawyer who worked on environmental issues at Covington & Burling and former environmental... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding