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  • 05 Jul 2023
  • HBS Case

What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

industries. “We don’t always realize the impact our orientation can have on our way of thinking, or how others experience us as a leader.” Recently Spearman made a more dramatic change: he resigned his role as CEO to instead pursue a... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 20 Oct 2020
  • News

HBS and Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Receive $25 Million Gift from The Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation to Support Leadership in Life Sciences

  • 12 Feb 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung, Thomas Steenburgh & K. Sudhir
  • February 2010 (Revised December 2011)
  • Case

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, Marco Iansiti and Akiko Kanno
Ricoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Investment; Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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  • May 2018
  • Article

Linda Babcock: Go-getter and Do-gooder

By: Max Bazerman, Iris Bohnet, Hannah Riley-Bowles and George Loewenstein
In this tribute to the 2007 recipient of the Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory‐To‐Practice Award from the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), we celebrate Linda Babcock's contributions to diverse lines of research, her tireless and effective efforts to put... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Biography; Research; Negotiation; Leadership; Practice
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  • 2012
  • Other Unpublished Work

Strategic responses to collective activism in the U.S. biomass sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt
Almost all companies face constraints and pressure from collective activists. Using tactics such as protests, boycotts, and lobbying, social movement organizations and collective actors can draw significant media attention to issues facing industries and organizations,... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business and Community Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Identity; Forest Products Industry; United States
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    Michael L. Tushman

    Michael Tushman holds degrees from Northeastern University (B.S.E.E.), Cornell University (M.S.), and the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. (Ph.D.). Tushman was on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, from 1976 to 1998 where he was... View Details

    • 18 Oct 2013
    • HBS Seminar

    George Borjas, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

    • November–December 2014
    • Article

    Fairness and Efficiency in Multiportfolio Optimization

    By: Dan A. Iancu and Nikolaos Trichakis
    We deal with the problem faced by a portfolio manager in charge of multiple accounts. We argue that because of market impact costs, this setting differs in several subtle ways from the classical (single account) case, with the key distinction being that the performance... View Details
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    • 2011
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Innovation and Regulative Ambiguities in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector

    By: Shon R. Hiatt
    While prior institutional research has focused on institutional ambiguity as an exogenous condition under which organizations exercise agency, this study examines the state's exercise of agency in making legal institutions more or less ambiguous and its impact on... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Policy; Energy Sources; Innovation and Invention; Energy Industry; United States
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Private Equity and Industry Performance

    By: Josh Lerner
    The growth of the private equity industry has spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where PE funds have... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Common Law; Industry Growth; Performance Productivity; Europe; United Kingdom; United States
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?

    By: Lauren H. Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
    This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Growth; Investment; Spending; Government Administration; Employment; Managerial Roles
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    • October 2007 (Revised December 2008)
    • Case

    The Royal Bank of Scotland Group: The Human Capital Strategy

    By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman
    Describes the development and implementation of one of the world's most advanced human resource management support systems. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a global banking leader that began implementing a strategy for measuring the impact of human capital on... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Systems; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Information Technology; Banking Industry
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    • 08 Jun 2011
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

    says Coles, who has used the simulation in the elective course Managing Networked Businesses and the doctoral course Market Design. "The goal was to provide a classroom experience that would allow students to really see the impact of... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
    • February 2023
    • Case

    Kapor Capital

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Lindsay N. Hyde and Julia Kelley
    Kapor Capital, a leading impact investment venture capital (VC) firm, is on the cusp of a generational transition. The two rising managing directors are about to take over the firm from the VC’s eponymous founders. How should they think about strategy, brand, and... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Operations; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • 16 Jun 2012
    • News

    Psychology: A question of judgment

    • 05 Mar 2013
    • News

    LED Bulb Firms Wait for Light to Go On

    • Program

    Leading Professional Service Firms

    achievement Create an intimate, flexible culture that is inclusive, supportive, and collegial Help professionals manage rising expectations, remain productive, and grow throughout their careers Develop leaders at all levels of your organization Become a more effective,... View Details
    Keywords: Professional Services; Professional Services
    • 8 AM – 9:15 AM EDT, 22 Sep 2020
    • Virtual Programming

    Driving Impact: A Dialogue on Capitalism, Climate, and Social Change | Sept 22

    Join Professor Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985) and Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969) as they explore whether and how managers and investors can lead and invest differently in order to drive positive changeeven amidst a pandemic and climate crisisand the timing for government... View Details
    • 02 Jun 2023
    • Blog Post

    Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society

    Cassidy Wald (MBA 2023) has been named the recipient of the School’s Dean’s Award. This award celebrates the extraordinary achievements of a graduating student who, during their time in their program, has made a positive impact on... View Details