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- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
recruit because they believe that person can bring clients or a functional team along. However, the conversations necessary to ascertain the recruit’s ability to do that can’t legally happen until they’re a NewCo employee. Post-hire: The... View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
research and discuss his contributions to management and economics. We look at three distinct bodies of work. In the first, Clark (in conjunction with Robert Hayes and Steven Wheelwright) argued that the abandonment by U.S. managers of manufacturing as a strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
financial functions. Bulletin: We spoke earlier of sophistication; this sounds like research based on very basic principles. Merton: In a way, yes. All of us, whether we live now or a hundred years from now, in New York City or in Bali, are served by various financial... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-081.pdf Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice: The Case of Goodwill Impairment Authors:Francois Brochet and Kyle Welch Abstract We study the role of executive functional background in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
maintained his control in part by creating a banking system that functioned more as a kind of investment club, Maurer says. Local businessmen would agree to lend each other money to finance one another's companies, while also selling... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
article is that if a manufacturer can go direct, then the manufacturer has an instrument that combines advertising, distribution, market research and all of the marketing functions in one. That's terrifically attractive to the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
of what it takes to launch the business? Do women invest less because they lack confidence in their businesses or the size of the opportunities? Do they have reservations about their ability to see the venture through hard times? Is their level of investment simply a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
keeping construction on schedule to ensuring that new and renovated buildings function as expected and are maintained within budget. In his office in Shad Hall, O’Brien takes time out from his daily campus rounds to explain the new master... View Details
- Web
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting
purely presenting. Quick Tips: Use polling questions like “Raise your hand if ” or QR code links to anonymous polls For virtual events, you can also use the hand raising feature or encourage students to submit their questions via the chat View Details
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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
and the Continuum of Effective Corporate Strategy The course identifies valuable resources (and capabilities) that can function as the "Mickey Mouse" that adds value to the corporate portfolio. By studying strategies at firms as different... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
along with the plan. It worked with IBM to solidify blockchain’s functionality and security and found a willing, technologically progressive client in the Swiss private equity firm Unigestion. The final piece was bringing in similarly... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Relations, to visit each of the eleven first-year section classrooms and deliver an interactive presentation about the School's financial structure as well as an overview of alumni benefits and services. The Global Alumni Conference Committee provides a critical... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
research cycle will conclude in August 2003 with a conference on the HBS campus that will include faculty from partner universities as well as business leaders and nonprofit managers from Latin America. “As in all its other functional... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
this begged the question of whether, in such an environment, self-regulation could stand a chance if boards such as those at American or Delta were willing to approve such compensation packages. Could self-regulation function in a context... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”
Reflections on the right fit Surveying her career at Amazon to date, Tiffany believes she has found “a special place” that’s particularly suited to her ambitions. “They encourage people to move around a lot, both functionally and across... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
teaches my boys to function independently and be responsible for themselves.” Room for boards: “I’m involved in a number of organizations, including LeanIn.org, the Urban Institute, Women for Women International, and the Defense... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
increasing or decreasing, depending on the magnitude of a manager's career incentives. Altruistic Utility Functions for Joint Decisions Authors:David E. Bell and Ralph L. Keeney Publication:In The Mathematics of Preference, Choice and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
available at positive prices. We characterize the size of the p2p network as a function of the firm's pricing strategy and show that the firm may be better off setting high prices, allowing the network to survive, and acknowledging that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
what we had left of functioning city government, handle security issues, find out what resources were available and what was needed from the state and feds, and generally try to get things back to normal as soon as possible throughout the... View Details
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
standpoint. Whatever the mpg improvement of the new car over the clunker, premature scrapping of functioning vehicles is hardly a contribution to environmental sustainability. In addition, C4C buyers may well drive their higher mpg cars... View Details