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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
Cambodian or otherwise, to teach the next generation the skills to revive the arts, to manage cultural organizations, or to lead the country. I made about 10 trips to Cambodia over 10 years. At the National Museum, I worked with a team to...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
revive the zombie. ... Almost every company has more resources than it realizes. Find and put the zombies down, reallocate resources on your most promising projects, and you will suddenly see your innovation efforts become bigger, better,...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
the GDP. Are there any lessons from other countries that have gone through this? How can Nigeria revive its economy through agriculture? —Suleiman Yakasai (PLDA 22, 2016) BRUNELL: Nigeria typifies the problem of the “resource curse”—with...
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- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
skilled workers. Developing the right skills The irony is that jobs like these are exactly what we need to revive our middle class— but they will continue to prove elusive where we fail to align skills training to employer needs or...
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Hiroshi Mikitani
the more remarkable. But his deeds have been noticed by a new generation and the rumblings of a startup culture are already being felt across Japan where a revival of entrepreneurism is underway. Granted, Mikitani had a significant...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
revive manufacturing that I don’t buy. One is that it is somehow more valuable to make real (tangible) things than provide less tangible services. That’s silly. Another is that the “rebirth” of manufacturing will suddenly solve America’s...
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- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
response is a revival of the management simulation that became the rage before the emergence of the Internet and nearly unlimited computing and storage power. As a developer and user, I can testify that those early simulations were...
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- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
Michelin operations in Brazil and overseen the integration of the Goodrich-Uniroyal acquisition, Ghosn earned the nickname "le cost killer" for his role in the Renault turnaround. His Nissan revival plan included cutting...
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- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
11, 2001, he led the mourning city to a resounding recovery. His administration rebuilt and revived Lower Manhattan and improved the lives of millions of New Yorkers across the five boroughs, creating a record number of new jobs, cutting...
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Susan Young
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
rose from $400 million in 1985 to $60 billion by 2000. Today, thanks to the revival of long-term investments under CEO Omar Ishrak, Medtronic’s shareholder value has risen to $110 billion. The challenge to the virtuous circle comes when...
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- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Courtesy Red Lobster Dan Morrell: Kim Lopdrup (MBA 1984) is a turnaround expert. Early in his career, he helped revive Dunkin Donuts’ American coffee business and then...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
behavior and how this competitive dynamism is reviving the Japanese economy. Conference cochairs Amar Lalvani and Yen Liow (both MBA 2001) were pleased with the event: “The conference’s timing was perfect,” stated Lalvani. “The challenges...
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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the...
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- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
not a recommendation to manufacture a false enthusiasm to gloss over problems. Speaking about and to employees' pride has to be authentic; employees will quickly sniff out managerial insincerity, and the manager's communication will backfire. As Donald N. Sull writes...
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by Theodore Kinni
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
individuals' biases often get in the way of good decision making. In part, it's a reflection of what we often term "analysis paralysis" in MBA-speak. A distant cousin to thin slicing in our management curricula of the past forty years has been the View Details
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by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
determined to revive Serbia's economy and one day see his country join the European Union. Not so long ago, Djelic, as a partner at McKinsey in Paris, was enjoying what he terms “a charmed and privileged existence” in the French capital....
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Garry Emmons
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
ongoing potential revival of the city. It allows a discussion of what causes cities to thrive and to fail, with a special emphasis on the roles of cross-sector collaboration and transportation infrastructure. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
quickly—infrastructure that doesn't currently exist—and address the economic crisis at the same time. And then the question to the philanthropists is, 'Is that worth it to you?'” About the Author Rachel Layne is a writer Based in Boston. [Image: CasarsaGuru] Related...
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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette
It is ten o'clock on a mild March morning in Charleston, South Carolina. A gentle mist is falling, weighing down the yellow Lady Banksia roses in the garden outside Roper House, an impeccably restored Greek Revival mansion that overlooks...
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Deborah Blagg
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
Biver purchased Blancpain, a watch company that had been out of business since 1961 but had once made mechanical watches for $16,000. After successfully reviving Blancpain, Biver sold the company to Nicolas G. Hayek (chairman of the...
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Sean Silverthorne