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- 2018
- Working Paper
When to Take the Leap: The Antecedents and Consequences of Leapfrog CEOs
By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng
Much of the prior research on CEO successions focuses on differences between CEOs appointed from within the firm and those appointed from outside; however, this dichotomy neglects significant heterogeneity in CEOs’ career trajectories. In this study, I examine the...
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- 16 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Future of Market Capitalism
Finance, and Industry; Senior Lecturer, HBSSir Ronald M. Cohen, Chairman, Portland Capital LLP, Portland Trust, Bridges VenturesLawrence H. Summers, Director of the White House's National Economic Council;...
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Re: Michael E. Porter
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
A worldwide economic crisis. Intense scrutiny from board members, customers, and government regulators. Expanding global markets. Public protests aimed squarely at your industry. Running a financial institution, never easy to begin with,...
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Terms of Use - HBS Online
(6 August 2020) 1. Introduction; Changes Please read these Terms of Use and the other Agreements described immediately below before registering for, accessing or using any portion of the Harvard Business...
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- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
firm that discreetly interviews (not for attribution) a number of employees who interact with the senior executives being reviewed. I have directly observed this board-directed process in several situations and, in my experience, it has...
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- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
Web platform for the company's business-to-business Web communications services. They wanted to move quickly to outsource the project, but first they desperately needed critical advice on the architecture of the platform. Fortunately,...
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Dutch Leonard
Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
Today, 25 years later, Hoa is still living in Hanoi and doing her part to help her impoverished country establish a modern, productive economy. As managing director of Galaxy Company, a successful consulting...
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Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
explain the crisis in Ukraine Q&A with Paul Krobe, director of the Intelligence Project at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. COMMUNITY UPDATES DECEMBER 20...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources
professional development programs are being cut from corporate budgets, I encourage you to renew your connections with HBS. As I enter my fifth year on the Alumni Board, and now as board president, I can tell you that HBS genuinely cares...
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- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
societal challenges. In today’s landscape, there are many ways in which to have an impact, including board service and volunteering; for-profit ventures with a social mission; nonprofit leadership; venture philanthropy; and impact...
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Julia Hanna;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises;
Management of Companies and Enterprises
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
What fuels a global economy? Certainly the easy flow of capital across national boundaries would seem near the top of the list. But financial globalization is not an on/off switch, notes Professor Rawi...
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by Rawi Abdelal
- April 1996 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Netscape's Initial Public Offering
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
In August 1995, Netscape's board of directors was confronted with a decision about what price to offer the company's shares in its initial public offering (IPO). Preliminary demand for shares was high, but the company had not generated any positive earnings at the time...
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Initial Public Offering;
Information Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Valuation;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Information Technology Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Netscape's Initial Public Offering." Harvard Business School Case 296-088, April 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
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Polaroid | Harvard Business School: Invention of the Polarizer
the Polaroid Corporation. All existing and pending patents were transferred to the new corporation.17 Wheelwright left the company in the early 1940s, but stayed on as a member of the Board View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
time, but somehow the cost of keeping them on board has been justified. The existence of an analyst who provides research on a particular company is attractive on several...
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- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
question at an individual household level—not to mention at the level of boards of directors, CEOs, regulatory agencies, and politicians—is will we, and they, pick up the...
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- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
of the ongoing debate over whether college athletes should be paid, given the large amounts of money they bring in. Two pending court cases would give college athletes the right to be paid—a move staunchly...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a community of health care providers
As CEO and chairman of the board of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Kent Thiry (MBA 1983) has built the second-largest kidney dialysis company in the world. He oversees 2,074...
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Nori Gerardo Lietz
Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. She presently teaches Real Estate Private Equity and Starting a Private Investment Firm.
Nori Gerardo Lietz is the founder of Areté... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship
of the Entrepreneurial and Service Management Unit and Chris Darwall, executive director of the HBS California Research Center, have led the tremendous growth View Details
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Nancy O. Perry