Filter Results:
(4,925)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,925)
- People (23)
- News (1,818)
- Research (2,357)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (6)
- Faculty Publications (1,227)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,925)
- People (23)
- News (1,818)
- Research (2,357)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (6)
- Faculty Publications (1,227)
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
niche intelligence firm to becoming trusted advisors and details its unique business model, evolution under various leaders, and recruitment and compensation strategies. It also examines the challenges accompanying rapid growth, including... View Details
- Web
Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
Engineering. Michael Cline (MBA 1985), Accretive Technology Partners J. Michael Cline is the founding Partner of Accretive Technology Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on building market leaders in the business process... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
diverse methodology to understand the relationships between firm boundaries, firm activities, and geographic borders. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52688 2017 Geography,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
and Frances X. Frei Publication:Chap. 8 in Operational Control in Asset Management: Processes and Costs. 1st ed., edited by Michael Pinedo, 154-168. Denmark: SimCorp StrategyLab, 2010 Abstract This chapter examines patterns in the cost structure of asset management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
Technology & Innovation Technology & Innovation December 2014 Article The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization By: Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to measure how a corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
One explanation for these patterns is that U.S. firms are organized in a way that allows them to use new technologies more efficiently. A model of endogenously chosen organizational form and IT is developed to explain these new micro and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2010
- Case
Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners
By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner
The managing directors of Berkshire Partners, a mid-sized private equity firm, address strategic and organizational challenges in response to turbulent market conditions, rapid firm growth, and the transition of leadership from its founding partners to the next... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Boston
Wulf, Julie M., and Scott Waggoner. "Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners." Harvard Business School Case 710-414, February 2010.
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
performance, even after controlling for current performance, and that this relation is driven by the perceptions of middle management and professional staff rather than senior executives, hourly, or commissioned workers. Taken together,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
leadership and the role of serving others through collaboration. At the video services provider Vimeo, Anjali Sud persuaded both managers and employees to follow her insight that the firm could perform... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'
Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
- Web
Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
various stages of their personal and professional lives. We aspire to connect you with each other, share with you the latest faculty research and innovative ideas from the field, and bring you together to work on solutions for our world’s... View Details
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
assistant professor of finance at Harvard Business School. When they do find out, they often want to sue, but they can’t. Financial services companies require customers to waive their right to litigate and instead resolve their disputes... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
it is no longer enough for firms to be better or cheaper to gain competitive advantage. These new rules make it essential for companies to reexamine four fundamental aspects of their business to thrive in the digital era—their strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
reputation and expertise, while expanding its client base. During this period, Lehman Brothers was appointed the Fiscal Agent of Alabama. In this capacity, its first venture into municipal financing, the firm sold state bonds as way to... View Details
- 06 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn
because those agents deciding to leave had other options. For instance, customer service reps at a nearby call center for a global entertainment provider earned $15 an hour when first hired, and $.50 raises every six months. “While the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship
Eligible ventures include product- or service-based for-profit ventures, both digital and physical. Products may include software, hardware, consumer goods, commercialized technology, etc. The program does not support professional View Details
- 07 Nov 2023
- News
Love and Money
reunions and hosted by our own Jen Flint, Greenwald gives the audience a glimpse into the world of professional matchmaking—and answers all of those pressing questions and more. READ MORE Jen Flint: Let's talk about how we talk about... View Details