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  • 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

The Wise Leader Authors:Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract In an era of increasing discontinuity, wise leadership has nearly vanished. Many leaders find it difficult to reinvent their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for several proxies for earnings and stock return performance suggesting that boards appear to penalize managers for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

regularly explore together: (1) Who is your primary customer? Have you organized your company to deliver maximum value to that customer? (2) How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees, and customers? Is everyone in your company committed to those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 11, 2006

performance. Firms that perform well were more market oriented, more competitive, and less consensual in terms of corporate cultures, and more open and participative in terms of organizational climates.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Sam Hayes

Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the securities markets. He takes a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

world and capture relevant management information. In 2007, ProntoWash, an international car-wash company based in Argentina, was planning for rapid growth through a combination of owned and franchised operations. CEO Sergio Kompel needed to find a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

corporate archives to explore the fine details of how firms actually operated. It also includes work by those who have been influenced by evolutionary, transaction cost, and resource-based theories of the firm. The book will be an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53251 August 22, 2017 Harvard Business Review Find the Right Metrics for Your Sales Team By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Robert Marsh Abstract—This article reports the results of a survey of key View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

opacity and agility. Clients find it very difficult to judge a firm's performance in advance, because they are usually hiring it for specialized knowledge and capability that they themselves lack. Price becomes a proxy for quality. And... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

even centuries. In contrast, the New World has a number of large, publicly held corporations that are beginning to play a substantial role in the marketplace. To put this in perspective, consider the fact that France has over 230,000... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

unexplored dimension. Deliberate Learning to Improve Performance in Dynamic Service Settings: Evidence from Hospital Intensive Care Units Authors:I. M. Nembhard and A. L. Tucker. Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Dec 2015
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What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

traditionally has held power. Another McKinsey study found that high levels of gender equality, measured on several societal dimensions across countries, are associated with such things as better female performance on math tests, better... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

Beantown as a Beacon

help boost America's performance in the global economy. The May event was part of a series of city-specific "Paths Forward" programs held across the country that brought together expert panels to weigh in on how the national business... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

At the HBS Executive Education program Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations (BCAO), executives charged with leading and building operations and manufacturing strategies enhance their understanding of operations performance... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

environmental performance, and social responsibility evaluation, which cover the company in the national, regional, and corporate levels for the purpose of realizing the comprehensive evaluation of economic and environmental View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)

assistant, Cynthia Liggon, puts it, "believes adversity is a breeding ground for miracles." "I'm in the hope business," affirms Coverdale, who himself rose from the poor, rough-and-tumble world of the South Bronx as a youth to become one of the first African Americans... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1

of capital within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for performance measurement and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

Venture capital firms based in locales that are venture capital centers outperform, regardless of the stage of the investment. Ironically, this outperformance arises from outsized performance outside of the venture capital firms' office... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

Exercises Harvard Business School Exercise 208-045 Introduces students to simple forms and solution techniques for real options found in corporate settings. Revised versions of problems appearing in an older problem set (293-095). The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

J.C. Cuddy. 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Published: December 22, 2008 Organizations with strong, adaptive cultures enjoy labor cost advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne