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- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
down to my own kids and grandkids. I joined because the deal seemed just too good to be true: service to the nation that has given me so much, free college, a guaranteed job upon graduation, an immediate leadership role, an opportunity to...
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- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
and I also loved living in Grand Rapids and did not want to disrupt the family by moving. I turned to the Bible; one verse in particular gave me much comfort: “Peace I leave with you...Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27) Based on a...
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Walt Disney Studios
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
their conduct and culture will prove to be “effective” or “adequate” according to bank regulators and the general public. This case lends itself to analysis and discussion in a variety of related graduate-level courses dealing with the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18
funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the two deals to determine which is more expensive, and must decide whether avoiding the constraints of government ownership is worth the extra cost. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
an important driver of solo deal outcomes. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2159229 September 2014 Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows Business History and the Impact of MNEs on Host...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
most markets. As the rule of law was reestablished in the international economy, deals done on the basis of trust unraveled. It was a striking testament to the damage caused to German business by World War II that Beiersdorf, which had so...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011) Abstract Job requirements at the top of corporations have changed. Companies have come to expect much more from their C-level executives, who need new and different skills to deal with today's business...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
valuation, corporate governance, shareholder activism, takeover deal tactics, and the Japanese market for corporate control. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209065-PDF-ENG Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006
operating system for dealing with elective (largely surgical) patients. By opening an emergency room, however, the institution is now called upon to care for complex and highly variable medical patients. Asks if the previous operating...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Inequality in the Digital Age: A Conversation with Mahzarin Banaji - Blog: RGE Report
be free. And yet our history is in opposition to that value.’ When Myrdal wrote the book, he didn't call it, ‘the race problem in America.’ He called it An American Dilemma , and the dilemma was that people in the 1930s and ’40s were View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
(MBA 1950). “I learned a lot at Preco,” says Stevenson, who spent four years at the company. “Meeting payrolls, dealing with unions, learning accounting, all in a less-than-glamorous environment — it was a good education.” As Stevenson...
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- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
pre-pandemic times. We will all be forever changed by this experience, and the transition to a post-pandemic world will be a slow and rocky one that will bring challenges and stressors. Some of your employees will return to work grieving the loss of a loved one who...
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All Industries
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
remarks underscoring the importance of community during times of national tragedy. "These types of circumstances, as horrific as they may be, serve to remind us of how blessed we are to be members of this wonderful HBS community," Cash said. "As we View Details
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and filmmakers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories and of helping writers produce better stories by supplying feedback...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
services, this month announced its participation on Dish Network's Web-based Sling Box service. Not every company is susceptible to decoupling, however. In some cases where it is too costly, labor intensive, or inconvenient for customers to wait for services, customers...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
cause some VCs to try and outbid them, causing more and more hype for mediocre deals. At the same time, the good deals that hit the traditional markets will also be overfunded—because VCs will fear companies getting financed by other...
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- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
financial crisis, but they may be hard to get rid of. The Washington political system struggles to deal with this gigantic fiscal challenge, and—no surprise—large tax increases and large expenditure reductions are not high on politicians'...
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by Staff
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
European Union, to become more democratic—we can see that these nationalisms are not at all anti-globalization. They're against what was conceived of as the Communist system and Eurasian political economy that had held them away from the world. Now they wish to embrace...
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by Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
“go and learn a lot,” which I’m very thankful of). Most policymakers, businesspeople, and climate advocates in attendance were there with very clear objectives, such as striking deals with other organizations, speaking on stages, and...
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- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
Association has been unwilling to approve the product for reimbursement. The case deals with the company's struggle to obtain a reimbursement code. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810027-PDF-ENG Angola and the...
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