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- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
to recent research. Enter the era of “spray and pray,” where venture firms over the last decade have seeded more firms than previously, but with...
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- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
brands, styles, and sizes. Still others are using two- or three-dimensional models to help consumers predict product fit. A firm called TheRightSize recently announced technology called "The Rosetta Stone of Fit" to reduce View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
businesspeople as well as to legislators,” Sawyer says. “They were looking for profit-sharing plans that would enable even less efficient firms to weather the downturn.” In 1933, California approved two...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’
like a misfit at the bustling consulting firm he cofounded — Oliver Wyman. Increasingly, the human side of consulting that he thrived on took a backseat to View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
Lawrence S. Kramer (MBA '74), who spent twenty years as a newspaper reporter and editor for publications such as the Washington Post and the San Francisco Examiner, was himself in View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
information services. He is also exploring how firms use information technology to achieve competitive advantage through further refinement of his "strategic grid" framework. MIS faculty have made technology an integral part of View Details
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Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
“The new cases will feed our curriculum, we have opened lines of communication with many new companies, and the case method has found a firm foothold in China.” A second collaborative program, Competing in...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
changed my mind about that. We now seek 50-50 joint ventures with strong partners from whom we can learn -- leaders in their respective countries or regions who know the customers, governments, and cultures. We've found that when neither...
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- March 2012
- Article
Performance Pressure as a Double-edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation but Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge
By: Heidi K. Gardner
In this paper, I develop and empirically test the proposition that performance pressure acts as a double-edged sword for teams, providing positive effects by enhancing the team's motivation to achieve good results while simultaneously triggering process losses. I...
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Motivation and Incentives;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Behavior;
Groups and Teams;
Performance
Gardner, Heidi K. "Performance Pressure as a Double-edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation but Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge." Administrative Science Quarterly 57, no. 1 (March 2012): 1–46.
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
commercial law firm partner with over 15 years of experience representing victims of gender-based violence and sex discrimination, addressed the legal process that ensues when a victim formally files a...
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Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) in SanFrancisco. Created by George Roberts, one of the founders of the New Yorkinvestment firm...
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by Anne Kavanagh
- August 2020
- Supplement
Mary Guerrero and the Advancement of Latinx Talent: Developing an Employee Resource Group at a Top Tier Bank (B)
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Amy Hernandez Turcios
Mary Guerrero decided to pursue the challenging road and kicked off Hispanic/Latinx Advancement and Career Engagement (HACE) at her Bulge Bracket Bank (BBB). For Mary, her larger purpose was to advance Latinx talent in the U.S. because she believed it was important for...
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Latin America;
Career;
Engagement;
Bank;
Inclusion;
Scale;
Latinx;
Talent and Talent Management;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Leadership Development;
Banks and Banking
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Amy Hernandez Turcios. "Mary Guerrero and the Advancement of Latinx Talent: Developing an Employee Resource Group at a Top Tier Bank (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 321-018, August 2020.
- October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (C): Integrating Gillette
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
P&G had used its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to prepare for the physical integration of Gillette prior to the change of control. The execution of these plans posed numerous challenges in global business units as well as in individual country organizations....
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Change Management;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Conflict and Resolution;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Integration
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Matthew Bird. "Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (C): Integrating Gillette." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-032, October 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- Web
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
politics and policies is a crucial aspect in taking informed managerial decisions. Adverse macroeconomic and political phenomena can have a catastrophic impact on firm performance: witness the strong...
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Revitalizing the Corporation: Modern Corporate Strategy - Course Catalog
financing, or investing in a company that operates in multiple, businesses, geographies, or activities. The course includes many CEO case protagonists and representatives from leading consulting firms as...
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- 12 Feb 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Adding Bricks to Clicks: The Effects of Store Openings on Sales through Direct Channels
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
with markets and investment. In addition, he worked half-time with a Boston-based management consulting firm on the strategy problems of several important corporate clients. He soon decided to focus his full...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
between government, large financial institutions, and community-based organizations to encourage asset building. Located in Boston's inner-city Roxbury neighborhood, the firm, Tufano explains, aims to "build a road between View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
We examine in this paper the differential response of establishments to the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in determining micro economic performance. Using a new worldwide dataset that reports the...
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Financial Crisis;
International Finance;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Local Range;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Production;
Performance Evaluation;
Networks
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-110, June 2010.
- October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Since the 1980s, Procter & Gamble had leveraged its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to create a global company. When P&G faced difficult times in 2000, the new CEO, A.G. Lafley, leveraged the PVP to drive P&G's turnaround, integrate global operations, and guide...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Values and Beliefs;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Leading Change;
Growth Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Matthew Bird. "Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global." Harvard Business School Case 309-030, October 2008. (Revised September 2009.)