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- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
growth requires. This article explores six common mistakes that executives make in this arena: 1) Failing to provide the right kind of oversight. The CEO should spend meaningful time with the team and with potential customers; 2) Not... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
effect of greater rivalry dominates for less uncertain problems whereas the effect on the extreme value prevails for more uncertain problems. Adding competitors thus systematically increases overall contest performance for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
portable, but with inferior performance characteristics, the Montague folding bicycle has the look, feel, and performance of a standard bicycle. However, while the firm has experienced notable success since... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
just as they would any other asset. Harvard Business School professors Teresa Amabile, Mary Tripsas, and Mukti Khaire discuss where creativity comes from, how entrepreneurs use it, and why innovation is often a team sport. 13. Connecting... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
organization, and then wrote reports that our team would provide to the target company. Much of what I wrote about dealt with issues that are common in Asia, from a lack of governance that met global standards, human capital resource... View Details
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
event, where the chance to connect with HBS faculty and content has made it a sell-out each time. Chicago Club Finds Lessons in Super Bowl Ad Review What’s better than Monday-morning quarterbacking the Super Bowl? Reviewing the commercials, of course. “Even if your... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Cornell Tech, Initiative 31 was established to: Make New York City the global hub of urban innovation. As part of her Independent Project, Zoe collaborated with the NYCEDC team to design a research-backed roadmap incorporating all... View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
winter of 2021, that national conversation continues, but what have we done, and what can we continue to do, as individuals and organizations to make meaningful progress? Danika Manso-Brown (HGSE ’18), Founder of Manso Brown Group and co-founder of Spoken Verb, a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
study, we looked at how gender-based assumptions in over 100 companies influenced issues such as career planning, goal setting, promotions, and raises. We examined the characteristics most frequently cited in performance management... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
humor, however, is a no-nonsense approach to business performance that stems from Fisher’s upbringing as the daughter and granddaughter of rural central Pennsylvania entrepreneurs who taught her that great ideas can be backed with the... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
financial performance and corruption are causing significant harm to Mexico. A central theme is the president's role in making sure his team has done its homework and is fully prepared to make the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
venture capitalists want more from their clients in terms of an ownership stake or in terms of meeting tougher performance benchmarks? Gompers and Lerner: Many of the changes in the venture capital industry over the past eighteen months... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
competent team of practitioners, analysts, and managers from around the world. And she fostered the development of an organization that engaged the talents and commitment of network leaders. "To create real networks, you have to believe... View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-032 Project Titan at Northrop Grumman (B): Managing for Performance at Northrop Grumman No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
failed ventures, but also to allow managers of going concerns to divest stores in efforts to enhance performance and to change strategy. The operations literature has examined product liquidation, but retail store liquidation differs... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
companies offer a direct stake in the company's performance through stock, a share in profits, or both. Companies with employee stock ownership plans report significantly higher sales growth and higher revenue per employee than do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
Source: Raw Pixel Stockbrokers are taking advantage of their privileged position to increase profits for favored investors and hedge funds, all at the expense of their other customers, new research suggests. A team of economists has found... View Details
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
a connection.” The data included information about which members of the senior management team attended each meeting (the CEO, CFO, IRO [investor relations officer], and COO); the location of the meeting (corporate headquarters, a company... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Business Review Press You’ve shed antiquated systems and processes. You went all-in on digital. Your teams settled into new, often better, ways of doing things. But did your organization change enough to stay competitive in the... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
performance are being carried down to next-generation entrepreneurs. Helping former employees is part of that legacy and culture. Senior mentor capitalists describe how Bill Hewlett encouraged them when they left HP and how HP engineers... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap