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  • 31 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

committed over time—and that commitment can withstand turnover among both management and frontline ranks. Know that it is not an easy task to combat generations of subconscious learning and socialization View Details
Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis
  • May 2004
  • Article

Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Suraj Srinivasan
We analyze the disclosure practices of companies as a function of their interaction with the U.S. markets for a group of 794 firms from 24 countries in Asia-Pacific and Europe. Our analysis uses the Transparency and Disclosure scores developed recently by Standard &... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Markets; Investment; Size; Performance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Corporate Disclosure; Trade; United States; Asia; Europe
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  • 11 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

that turns on its head the old rules about ethically “pure” and “impure” work, according to the study. Starting up an online news site or freelancing are now seen as “pure” endeavors, enabling journalists to have control over the content... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 20 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

usual methodology of studying organizations in a particular industry or geography, Zhang went wide and deep. He developed a longitudinal sample of 1,069 leading public firms in 35 countries and 24 industries. His chief finding: The social context View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Cold Call Podcast

How Will Gamers and Investors Respond to Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard?

Keywords: Re: Joseph Pacelli; Technology; Media & Broadcasting
  • Web

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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • Web

Executive Education - Health Care

Executive Education Executive Education Expanding Thought Leadership in Health Care With virtual and in-person classrooms comprised of health care-executives from around the globe and led by world-renowned faculty, HBS offers a rich and... View Details
  • Web

Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

financing around the discontinuity. This might suggest that financing is not a central input of angel groups. September 2014 (Revised December 2014) Case The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art By: Mukti Khaire and Nancy Hua Dai Since its... View Details
  • April 1994 (Revised August 1996)
  • Case

American Express (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch
In January 1993, the American Express board met to decide who would succeed James D. Robinson, III as chairman and CEO. The board needed to act in the spotlight of intense media and investor scrutiny, and after leaks had revealed that there was a conflict among the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Corporate Governance; Resignation and Termination; Leadership; Management Succession; Performance Evaluation
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  • 08 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS

digital innovation compelling - especially if you think about the democratization of access that digital technology enables.  It also meant I needed a serious boost in my digital literacy, so I ended up taking CS50 for MBAs during my second year. I had toyed View Details
  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

"Nobody outside India understands what that means instead of going to a dealer and taking a vehicle and going home, you had to make a booking, and your turn would come probably after ten years," said Bajaj. At one point the Bajaj... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto
  • Web

Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

competition, the environment, and health care. His approach is based on understanding the overall economics and structure of complex systems, in contrast to particular elements or parts. His extensive research is widely recognized in governments, corporations, NGOs,... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

management and governance turned out to be another non-obvious differentiator. “Financial management is a skill that all of our HBS alumni should feel confident in applying,”... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

Transparency Trap By: Bernstein, Ethan Abstract—To get people to be more creative and productive, managers increase transparency with open workspaces and access to real-time data. But less transparent work environments can yield... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

usually aware of these activities yet turn a blind eye, says Anteby. Why? Is that because such managers are nice people? Or do supervisors see hidden yet important benefits in a company culture that tacitly... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

nothing wrong, or they rationalize that their deviations are acceptable to achieve a greater good. During the financial crisis, Lehman CEO Richard Fuld refused to recognize that Lehman was undercapitalized. His denial turned balance sheet... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • March 2022 (Revised December 2022)
  • Case

Perch

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Stacy Straaberg and Julia Kelley
In May 2021, Perch CEO Chris Bell needed to decide whether his e-commerce aggregator company, which bought and scaled Amazon Marketplace brands, should acquire up to three acquisition targets. The prospective acquisitions, Web Deals Direct, HomeCo, and Future Brands,... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategy; Business Strategy; Integration; E-commerce; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; North America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston; California; Asia; Philippines
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  • August 2021 (Revised September 2022)
  • Case

Patch Technology: Making It Easy to Do the Right Thing

By: Tomomichi Amano, Robert J. Dolan and Carol Zhang
In 2021, the growing threat of climate change pushed companies around the world to understand that significant behavioral change was necessary. While many recognized that decreasing emissions was critical, more sophisticated players such as Microsoft began to recognize... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Management; Marketing; Digital Platforms; Climate Change
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  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

considered in the same light by managers and researchers." "The former are charged with making decisions and implementing them, the latter with simply providing previously contracted-for information." "Even favorable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace