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23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

considerations of social responsibility are important, executives who frame environmental problems solely in those terms may overlook the business opportunities and risks that come with such problems. Treating environmental issues like... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt

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Leadership with purpose: Redefining success and impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019) - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 05 Feb 2025 Leadership with purpose: Redefining success and impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019) Satpal Singh Author Alumni tag All Industries Alumni Career Journeys India Student & Alumni Stories When I joined the Senior View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

MD/MBA Program Launched

will produce “a new generation of leaders in health care.” Graduates of the program, whose enrollment will increase over time, will be encouraged to practice medicine before becoming senior executives in hospitals, health-care... View Details

Keywords: MD/MBA joint-degree program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

Ziff-Davis and is now the ninth largest network on the Internet. The tales of these two firms (along with that of Donna Dubinsky, a member of the HBS Class of 1981 and CEO of Handspring, the maker of Visor personal organizers) are the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

said. "The flatness of the organization gives a lot of opportunity. There’s much fewer people you have to deal with, and I think having fewer people to win over is a valuable thing," Selassie said. But Thomas warned students against expecting corporate life... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

e.g., to buy out minority shareholders; for gift and estate tax purposes; to tie executive compensation to firm performance; to raise outside capital; or to sell the company outright. However, these... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53346 November–December 2017 Research-Technology Management Innovation Streams and Executive Leadership By: Tushman, Michael Abstract—Incumbent View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Lehman Brothers Records | Baker Library

Lehman Brothers Records The Lehman Brothers Records document the history of the investment banking firm from 1868 until 2007. The records of the investment firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co., prior to its 1977 merger... View Details

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

“Networking is an important skillset in venture capital and in my previous role that’s what I was doing all the time. I was pitching a vision, building trust, and developing relationships,” Mbanusi explained. He also honed these networking skills as part of the... View Details

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

determine whether the practice results in "collusion and monopoly?" In fact, does platform leadership have to be confined to those firms developing technology? Can it just as well be established by marketers who serve as traffic... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

Michael Jensen, a finance expert, how what is happening today compares to what transpired in the 1980s. A decade ago, Jensen explains, M&As; were often associated with downsizing and what he describes as "the freeing of equity trapped in old-line, inefficiently managed... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

17 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

online ad budget is spent on search advertising, which is more effective than banner advertising at driving traffic. The ability to place your ad on the screen exactly where someone is searching for... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

emphasis toward xerography characterized the Haloid Company in the 1950s. In 1961, in recognition of the spectacular growth of sales engendered by the first plain-paper copier, the firm was renamed the Xerox Corporation. In response to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

enlightening guide, they show how Gates, Grove, and Jobs approached strategy and execution in remarkably similar ways-yet markedly differently from their erstwhile competitors-keeping their focus on five strategic rules. Strategy Rules... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

via e-mail with Executive Director Vincent Dessain (HBS MBA '87), and Research Associate Anders Sjöman. The School's five centers are charged with supporting the research needs of faculty and developing case studies in their regions. In... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

inventors who patent since 1920; a dataset of the employment, location, and patents of firms active in R&D since 1921; and a historical state-level corporate tax database since 1900, which we link to an existing database on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2009
News

Hope for Reform Dims

for claw-backs when investments go sour, and give executives significant equity stakes in their companies. “Two firms with compensation plans like I just described, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, both... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Mar 2011
News

Tax and Grow

absence of investment opportunities or from indecision among corporate executives. Once such indecision becomes widespread, it can quickly become self-reinforcing. Recent record corporate profits will only exacerbate this situation. If chief View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Sep 2012
News

Women and VC

DODI: Backing ventures with products important to women and families. Photo courtesy Monica Dodi A cofounder of MTV Europe, a former executive at Walt Disney/Europe, and former CEO of AOL’s Entertainment Asylum, Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) is... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Feb 2000
News

He Begs to Differentiate

"Information is no longer power, it's the interpretation of information that is important," Martin Sorrell (MBA '68), chief executive of London-based WPP Group, told The Times of London (November 20, 1999). "Our clients are in an... View Details

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