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- 03 Feb 2017
- News
Snap’s Concentrated Power Structure Takes a Page From Old Media
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
business models and journalism, to support news organizations, and raise the capital to effect large-scale structural change in the industry, says Hansen Shapiro. Currently a senior research fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
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Enron’s Legacy
class-action suit against the corporation) had adopted the salient structural characteristics and processes of experienced private-equity boards, I believe that many of the red flags signaling Enron’s economic woes and ethical drift would... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
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Short Takes
Ownership Matters: Bringing Owners on Board In his working paper, "The Impact of Ownership Type on Performance in Public Corporations: A Study of the U.S. Textile Industry 1983-1992," HBS assistant professor... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2011
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Capitalism’s False Mantra
Related Links Martin discussing his book One of the most influential papers defining the role of business, “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure,” was coauthored in 1976 by Michael Jensen, the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
things, they can resolve it internally more quickly and in a more efficient way than if it goes to regulators. Although we don’t study this I think it could also empower employees to feel ownership of the company because they’re helping... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
in the computer industry, while Professor Malcolm S. Salter's work on corporate strategy, organization, and governance looks at how ownership structure affects organizational performance. Asso-ciate... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
Moss Kanter: Silos, Cronies, and the Business Monarchy When organizations are structured into narrow territories that reinforce “silos” or “cells,” that can be harmful in several ways. Under such conditions, individuals in the... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
school, she found a better fit at HBS. There she learned the transactional skills that she thrives on: structuring deals and making things happen. Clarke’s interest in Africa started during a visit to South Africa four years after... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Managing the Map
Celera completed its "rough draft" of the genome first. Whatever the outcome of the genome's public-private ownership squabble, managing an organization in this fast-paced, highly specialized environment presents several unusual... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
probably won’t be individuals. Ridesharing, says Shen, is taking off even faster in China than it is in the United States. And it’s doing so in part for cultural reasons. In China, Shen explains, ownership has historically been less... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
keeps me intimately connected with the product. After each class, I'm always thinking about how my team and I can make the BollyX experience even better. "One structural difference from all my past jobs is that my time spent in Excel and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
now GFI, Baker has become a leading expert on the world’s shadow financial structure and illicit money supply. He also understands corruption’s human toll. Burned into his memory is the Nigerian lady who helped care for his children,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
financial institutions.) Finally, prepare a long-term rehabilitation plan. For the country’s financial system, this means a new regulatory structure. “It, for sure, will be reregulated because the government had to be so deeply involved in the rescue,” said Light. “And... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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Happy Monday
Primary.com’s policy says that employees are free to use their Fridays however they wish. Get a haircut, take the kids to the orthodontist or watch TV while they’re at school, or possibly finish up a work task. “It’s all fair game,” Bernard says. The company also added... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
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M.I.A. Boards
that focus on the perceived cause of the most recent crash. These efforts have ignored the enduring cultural problems of CEO-board collusive relationships and the lack of shareholder power. The result is the imposition of ineffective, costly, or counter-productive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed
assessing needs and identifying financially viable opportunities in this market, we defined an acquisition and property control strategy, secured public/private funding partnerships, and structured responses to competitive pressures. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Thinking and Acting Like an Owner by Robert Steven Kaplan (Harvard Business Review Press) Professor Kaplan explains that leadership is accessible to all of us, and it starts with an ownership mind-set. Acting like a leader is a function... View Details