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- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
role in selecting new board members. There was an implicit presumption of trust among the CEO and board members. At least a limited kind of camaraderie was thought to be essential among the leadership and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
burn cash faster than they make it. But already successful pioneers such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo! have transformed industry dynamics, opened new career aspirations, and become emblematic of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
nervy things some CEOs and dictators do once in power." Others were more nuanced in their conclusions. For example, Ajay Kumar Gupta wondered whether the research linking jobs to changes in hormonal balance relates only to those who... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
long used corporate social responsibility initiatives and philanthropy to improve their standing with consumers. Now there is a new crop of companies that are making health and wellness a business imperative, not just because it is “the... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
have described as characteristic of the modern neo-liberal regime. 2013 pub Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry By: Khaire, Mukti Abstract—This study of the high-end fashion... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
Wasserman realized that he wanted to learn more about the dilemmas inherent in launching ventures. He returned to HBS, first to earn a PhD (in 2002) and then as a professor, dedicating his research to the pitfalls of founding and how to avoid them. Based on a decade of... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
mission is to bring together leading scholars and business practitioners to study and shape the digital transformation of the economy. Accordingly, “Beyond Chicken and Egg” included three industry executives, as well as two academics who moderated their discussion:... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
success and failure. Mentor capitalists put their own money into a startup and try to provide coaching and expertise. "They want to give back," Leonard said, "but mostly they're people who don't want to live the 24/7 CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
As John Apen points out, "Alignment works only if CEOs and boards have the same time perspective as the other two groups (investors and employees)... top managers' and Wall Street goals were all short term.…" C. J.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
digital platform, and the increased fiscal pressures created by the worldwide economic crisis. Unfortunately, the educational programs for future health care leaders fail to provide many of the needed skills, according to a survey of CEOs... View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708440 Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 408-066 As CEO of leading executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles for the past 18... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
history of innovation, by the late 1990s Muzak had anemic financials and low employee morale. When new CEO Bill Boyd took the helm in 1997, he assembled a new management team.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
previously lived outside India rely significantly more on diaspora networks for business leads and financing. This is especially true for entrepreneurs who are based outside software hubs—where getting leads to new businesses and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
Harvard Business School Case 308-022 CEMEX grew through acquisitions from a Latin American to a global company under the leadership of a CEO who believed in the importance of a "one enterprise" culture and benchmarking against... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur
low-cost test equipment—was a big success, helping the company ward off new competition. "It was a dramatic catalyst to my career within the company and the people I recruited had a tremendous career uplift," Levine, now a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
chefs. The restaurant was also leading the new Nordic food movement, a movement focused on rediscovering Nordic cuisine and ingredients, which had helped increase the popularity of Danish cuisine. Since 2013 Noma had a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
turnaround of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2002-2003 season? Was it Paul Pressler as head of Disney Sports, because he got investment funds from Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then hired Bryan Murray? Was it Bryan Murray as the general... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
doing business in countries around the world, including those where they have paid bribes in the past. "Both companies acknowledge that there is clean business and dirty business in every country," says Healy. "Given their new tough... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding