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- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
update to the (A) case by illustrating how charter school management organization Uncommon Schools responded to the disparity in its students’ 2013 standardized test results. In 2015, CEO Brett Peiser and his management team decided to View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Pontet-Canet's style, and whether the institutions of Bordeaux were helping Pontet-Canet or holding it back. Consequently, Tesseron wondered how to best align his choices along these dimensions and secure Pontet-Canet's prosperity in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
faculty, staff, and alumni over the next decade, the School launched a campus framework planning process. Designed to align future capital needs with the mission of HBS, the process will inform strategic planning for the faculty... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
current environment. The way that we're seeing it as an opportunity to learn from how to help people make effective changes that align with this new time and how they want to live their lives. For instance, we just did a piece last week... View Details
- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-044. The case discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the shareholder pressure faced by the company. In 2022, the company faced a shareholder resolution from... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
organization and in all sectors of society. Leaders of any venture—whether a Fortune 500 corporation or a grassroots nonprofit—are responsible for articulating the vision for the organization in a way that sets its direction for the short and long term, View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
about disruption, but you need a salesforce aligned with strategy to do something about it. This article discusses how investments in sales affect core levers of enterprise value creation (and destruction). Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
enhancing public participation across the project cycle and increasing staff performance incentives for greater citizen engagement. It is crucial to better understand the incentive and promotion structures for staff and then seek closer View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
for business strategy, organization, control systems, and sales management requirements. As a result, the case raises issues and analytics relevant to topics such as aligning strategy and organization, strategy implementation, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
for geographically distant participants, where the potential for improving alignment is greater. Lastly, we find some evidence that participants’ resource-constraints (potentially affecting unfairness concerns) impact outcomes under the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
higher quality employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in consistently hiring people aligned with company values, it can also neglect unit managers’ knowledge about which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
startup’s ideal first hire? What marketing channels are best to invest in? How aggressively should an executive team align sales with customer success? Early stage founders, sales leaders, and marketing executives often face one, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
securitization of other asset classes because securitized loans are fractions of syndicated loans. Therefore, mechanisms used to align incentives in a lending syndicate are likely to reduce adverse selection in the choice of CLO... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
election. BA: Okay, let’s talk about business models. Both of you are going for the subscription model. Can you speak to what triggered that choice? MA: We think it’s best aligned with our company’s mission and the best possible consumer... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
course for managers of all kinds of organizations," says Martin W. ("Marty") Rodgers (HBS '97). "There's a lot to be learned from nonprofits, particularly how to align your company's mission with its values." Entrepreneurial Marketing... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
correspondingly negative effect." Align employees with company goals. Anecdote and data alike confirm the adage that “People don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.” For most employees, their direct manager is the face of the organization.... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
completely aligned with managerial needs. Therefore, our goal is to draw on previous research and current practice to provide insights on managing retention and identify areas for future research. This examination leads us to advocate a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
to accomplish the following: mine your sales data to identify "homerun" products you're missing; reinvent your forecasting and pricing strategies; build end-to-end agility into your supply chain; establish incentives that align... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
helpful to consider that the window to launch a Mars mission is essentially fixed. Approximately every two years, the Earth and Mars align in such a way to provide the lowest cost trajectory for a mission flying between them. So the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne