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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
companies in South Africa and abroad, and sheds a light on the harsh realities of corporate environments. Drawing on her years of experience and research, the author argues that many young Black professionals struggle early on in their... View Details
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
shareholders." Others raised questions that would have to be answered before deciding what to do. They included: How good has the CEO's performance been? (Noaman AlSaleh) How clear is the organization's contract with the CEO? (S.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Incentives and Operational Excellence
Research Symposium on May 20, Narayanan described some problems common both to major corporations and Mom-and-Pop shops, and offered practical solutions based on his new research. Contract incompleteness is one reason why control problems... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
tend to rebalance more actively. We find some evidence that households rebalance towards a higher risky share as they become richer. We also study the decisions to trade individual assets. Households are more likely to fully sell directly held stocks if those stocks... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
"the right environment" to promote accountability and head off future disasters. The corporate leaders we have interviewed say that culture isn't something you "fix." Rather cultural change is what you get after you've... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-073.pdf The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms' Corporate Tax Planning Authors:Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz, and Sonja Olhoft Rego Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
professor Bower found that companies performed better when they appointed insiders to the job of CEO. CEO succession is a process taking many years, not an event that takes place shortly before a transition. It reflects the way a company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
possibly was another example unfolded. As reader Anna Johnson put it, “When the pressure to meet quarterly performance expectations against best-guess sales targets and a flesh pounding schedule take precedence, it’s not surprising that... View Details
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
research. What's more, firms that correlate their international trading activity with the local ethnic community significantly outperform those that don't—a fact that has escaped notice of financial analysts. The findings could help Wall Street make better earnings... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
hosted the event. Are Wireless "hot Spots" Potentially Hot Markets? Hot spots are pockets of wireless access points that increasingly populate airports, coffee shops, corporate campuses, public transportation, and even homes.... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
do; they get them with the confirmation of a purchase rather than ahead of time. Were there a five-day waiting period before an order could be placed, the current system would perform better. But people want to act quickly, and in markets... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
improves financial performance on measures such as profitable investments at the individual portfolio-company level and overall fund returns. And even though associating with similar people can have social benefits for those people, it... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
framework that has significant corporate applications as well. The concepts in this book are grounded in a historically significant case study on how the American President deals with foreign policy. We are highly critical of much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
education, not for use as a political weapon. The board conditionally agreed to end the disputed investments. The result: With investments constricted over a number of years, the fund experienced a $3 million performance shortfall, which... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
analysts perform is assessing the need for external financing to fund operations. Thus, analysts are already intimately aware of what financing needs a company is likely to have. Accordingly, in periods leading up to a need to go to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
the bakery's finances." For her part, Nundy, an intern in the HBS Nonprofit and Public Management Summer Fellowship Program, was equally energized by her experiences during her twelve weeks of service in India. She spent the first six weeks View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
point. "His hands perform a rapid-fire ballet of encouragement: palms outstretched to reassure the uncertain student, wrists moving in quick circles to urge onward the confident," noted a 1976 article in the Harvard Gazette.... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
commitment to communicating about pride is to tap into a very powerful motivating force. Pride is an intrinsic, deeply seated human emotion, says Katzenbach, one that drives performance in the workplace in a number of ways, from creating... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
maximize their people's performance. Publisher's Link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=79788&R=10106-HBK-ENG&conversationId=323988 Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
opportunities to cheat on tests are likely to engage in self-deception, inferring that their elevated performance is a sign of intelligence. This short-term psychological benefit of self-deception, however, can come with longer-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne