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- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
Case 308-071 In 2007, the leadership of the Indesit Company is focused on long-term corporate strategy. After three decades, the company has emerged as the number two home appliance producer in greater Europe. Should they invest further... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
its benefits. And so, as time rolled on in the 2000s, we then started to see various kinds of good practice codes of corporate governance, or even legal mandates in some jurisdictions to increase diversity,... View Details
- Teaching Interest
General Management: Processes and Action
General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; China; India; United States
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
and T-shirts. Going against the corporate norm is nothing new for Scher, who shunned the usual perks and salary an HBS graduate typically commands in favor of the glamourless, risky, and low-paying job of starting up a company that wasn't... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
you need to think critically about what you are doing every 100 years or so, whether you need to or not," Dean Jay Light wryly observed in opening remarks to an unprecedented campus gathering last March of business school deans, View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
Final-Offer Arbitration Challenge Gives Negotiators a Valuable New Tool By: Bazerman, Max H., and Daniel Kahneman Abstract—In legal disputes, contested insurance claims, and similarly adversarial negotiations, one party is likely to open... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online
Exercises Explore the dimensions of difference that exist within your team Reflect on how biases can affect inclusion Assess your team's level of inclusion 6-7 hrs Module 3 Tools for Teaming Discover the role of structured decision-making... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of business history evolved around the corporate strategies and structures of developed economies. The growing literature on the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
capital encourages business development." They gave a ranking of close to 6 before the crisis and 1.3 in 2014. To make things worse, credit rating agencies imposed filters that automatically downgraded ratings of Greek corporations... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
state initiative from above, civil society mobilized from below, using the judiciary to hold the state legally responsible for policy implementation. Reforms exposed acute gaps in service delivery, propelling new civic demands for state... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46138 Forthcoming Accounting Review An Analysis of Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract—We use Transparency International's ratings of self-reported anticorruption efforts... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
resources to meeting that customer's needs. This article will show you how to identify the best primary customer for your business by analyzing perspective, capabilities, and profit potential; allocate resources through structural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
by Metro do Porto in 2007. It represents an opportunity to study fixed income derivative instruments, such as plain-vanilla swaps and structured swaps, as well as understand the opportunities and challenges of using innovative financial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
Prisoners were housed in old stone barracks and newly constructed huts made of corrugated iron. The researchers examined the corporate archives of three German multinationals that employed the largest number of people interned in India... View Details
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
increasing complexity and unpredictability of our world is such that only a highly distributed decision-making structure will be able to adapt and respond effectively, she continued. "Most of us don't think a centralized planning... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
white counterparts." Ely's contribution, he went on to explain, is in developing theory about when and under what circumstances diversity leads to process gains or losses. The questions she asks, he said, include: How do organizations' View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
effective in terms of getting the right information in a financially sound way. The problem is that the current structure incentivizes employees to report issues where the penalty is high. For a workplace safety violation, the penalty can... View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
strategies prompted by a changing climate with the help of a panel of four HBS alumni with expertise in finance and energy, including Hui Wen Chan (MBA 2010), Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citigroup; Michael Ellis (MBA 2008),... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
was one of the original and largest HBS alumni clubs for a long time,” Slivka says. “Our records show that our first club president was Nathan Pearson (MBA 1934) who served in 1941 to 1942. So we go back close to 80 years.” Slivka said the club was most active in the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley