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- 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25
PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to describe an emerging trend in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
Cases & Course MaterialsAccidental Innovation Harvard Business School Note 607-082 Describes the role accident has historically played in invention and discovery, and raises questions about the importance of variation in business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades ago, COOs outnumbered CFOs in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, but the proportions have flipped. Many CFOs are now charged with driving strategic planning in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
sales through innovative deal structures. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/912416-PDF-ENG Schuberg Philis Thomas J. DeLong and Daniela BeyersdorferHarvard Business School Case 412-092 The Dutch professional service View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
always want to hear that a person is struggling, nor do they necessarily reward risk taking, even though they might pay lip service to innovative initiative. The authors outline several steps that individuals can take to shake off fear... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
shrinking labor pool of talented people," Thomas continues, "today's companies are courting and working with diverse constituencies that were all but invisible to firms even a couple of decades ago. It is now widely accepted that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal
to come up with innovative ways to foster networking and informal Q&A segments. Moving to a virtual setting, however, had its perks. Given the ease and zero cost involved in joining virtual sessions, we were not only able to assemble... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate after a months-long trial. The... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
PublicationsLords of the Harvest: Symbolic Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2010) Abstract Firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
search firms provide a slate of well-qualified candidates, who on paper look superior to internal candidates whose strengths and weaknesses are already well-known. But the board doesn’t really know them or understand how well they mesh... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Greenhill Family Gift Enhances Global Research
Greenhill & Co., a merchant-banking firm he founded in New York City in 1996. Previously, he had a long and successful career in investment banking, as president of Morgan Stanley and chairman and CEO of Smith Barney. “This very generous... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the U.K., is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
entrepreneurial firms in successive generations. These firms became important drivers of innovation and scale, but they also found solar to be an industry in which achieving a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
employer,” the researchers write. However, their work experience gives them greater bargaining power to pursue positions they would prefer. In normal times, startup employees and managers who are drawn to young firms are often willing to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
The firm operates with a mission to deploy hundreds of millions of dollars across regions like Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia—essentially targeting places where sustainable infrastructure is often most needed yet... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
the firm will all rely on data science capabilities.” In short, to be competitive next decade, most companies should be thinking today about investing in data-driven technologies such as data analytics, machine learning, and Internet of... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
examine whether multi-location firms increase internal ties when they face appropriability risks from direct competitors. Our empirical analysis of the global semiconductor industry shows that when leading View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
1996, Hema Hattangady took over as the CEO of Conzerv, an embattled family-owned firm based in Bangalore that manufactured digital energy meters. Over the next 12 years, she grew it to become India’s largest energy-management company.... View Details