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- 01 Apr 1998
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capital that is in Muslim hands and the inescapable requirements of dealing in our modern, integrated financial and business world, there is a pressing need to develop procedures that meet the religious requirements of Islam and fulfill...
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- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
[global managers] would love to have one set of solid accounting standards, rather than having to deal with "translation" issues. There is even some evidence of impact in the U.S., which has traditionally been very firm on...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone, has written an empowering, entertaining, and informative guide for anyone striving for greater personal impact. From deal making to investing, leadership to entrepreneurship, philanthropy to...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
for a larger screen, more storage, and other improvements over the Kindle 2, which sells for $299). “I’m 100 percent committed to making this deal close and making it a successful deal,” Wilcox told the Boston Globe in a June 13 article...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
chairman and CEO Peter Magowan, a member of the Giants’ board of directors, as well as with San Francisco city development official Ron Blatman, a longtime friend. When the deal with the Florida investors was announced — but, critically,...
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) C. Fritz Foley Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Stuart C. Gilson Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Deal Making in Real Estate Dan Gilbane Christopher Graham Spring 2025 Q4...
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- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
Summing Up Questions concerning grade disclosure, voluntary or not, elicited a great deal of response from those readers exposed to every facet of the issue. Opinion on the immediate issue of disclosure was evenly divided. But a third...
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- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
Standard Bank, the largest bank in South Africa with a conservative culture of white Afrikaner managers. The management team had already been through this with another consultant, and they had walked out on her. “So I made a deal with...
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- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
than just financial gain,” he stresses. Some of his most successful deals have involved conservation easements that minimize investment risk while creating economic value from parcels that merit conservation. He has worked extensively on...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
but realized after college that such a turnabout was unlikely. “When you’re going blind, there’s plenty of denial. But you’ve ultimately got to get comfortable with it and deal with it.” Today, Gibbons has gone far beyond mere...
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- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
industry norms and culture. For instance, entrepreneurs often promote flat, non-hierarchical structures in the firms they start. However, if customers are used to dealing with titular "Vice Presidents" in other firms, they may...
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- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
things that are really stupid and to make bad choices to deal with a short-term situation that proved to hamper your prospects in the long term. I think we are in a period such as that, both in governments and in the corporate sector....
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- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
getting a deal and still be honest, Ngwe suggests they use wiggle words such as “compare at” or “value at” before the original price. “This could be a very useful tool, because it allows them to inform the customer of the value of a...
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- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
perhaps reflecting the company’s reputation for not rewarding those who find flaws in the company’s technology. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, probably has several concerns to deal with, and perhaps we can help him think through the options....
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- 23 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 23, 2016
filing date rather than at patent grant—on the timing of licensing deals in the biomedical industry. We find that post-AIPA U.S. patent applications are significantly more likely to be licensed before patent grant and shortly after...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
Editor's note: Now 10 years old, Facebook's growth is starting to slow. That's one reason it purchased What'sApp last month in a jaw-dropping deal valued at $19 billion. What might the next decade be like? Harvard Business School...
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by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
customer perceptions of service quality, or success in developing talent, should be injected in some way into the calculation. Regardless of the solution favored, Daniel Pink reminds us that all of these practices run counter to a great View Details
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by James Heskett
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
increasing connectedness and the impact of our actions in one place on the situation in another. "We cannot deal without understanding the connections we're making," said Stevenson. "You may want to look at these four...
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by Kenneth Liss
- 20 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
“Business as Usual, In a Different Way” – Creating an Impactful Remote Internship at Actis
is Actis’ pipeline of high-potential and diverse talent into the firm. As Henley noted, “We look to hire people who will build a career at Actis and hope that the Summer Associates will be the future leaders of the firm. Our Associates are exposed to live View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
waters. But in order to be successful, potential entrants are going to have to deal with that reality and perhaps use it to their advantage, Yeo said. "Clean energy isn't really competitive on its own yet, which is why we need a...
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