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- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
difficulty of maintaining these over time, and as circumstances changed. Salvaj: The mistakes provided opportunities for these pioneers to display their confidence and to project self-assurance. They have been able to withstand shocks and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
confidence and departure. Minguela must repair the damage to Blink's management team, restore investor confidence, and continue Blink's rapid growth to deliver on the venture's initial promise. The case explores management team roles,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
“women’s problems”) so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, or other minority category could use their talents and do their jobs with respect and dignity. That utopian fantasy is increasingly possible now that the numbers of women leaders with strong credentials...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
toward processed food. He was fairly confident that a "wide market awaited the manufacturer of food products who set purity and quality above everything else in their preparation. 56
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by Nancy F. Koehn
- 08 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation
innovation simply by ensuring that new firms have room to enter the market. Second, efficient liquidation also reduces a retailer's cost of capital by increasing the bank's confidence that a retailer's inventory can be used as collateral....
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- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
communication to investors highlights key value and risk drivers, and one that holds senior executives accountable for successful strategy formulation and implementation will give investors more confidence that the company is well...
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by Robert S. Kaplan
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
parents, they wanted to be proud of me and wanted to feel confident they had launched me on the road to a better life. Although most of us grow up as products of our families, we are also heavily influenced by the social norms manifested...
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- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
Insurance Corporation. Today, the FDIC is the most important ingredient brand in the world, way more important than Intel. Trust in the FDIC and the United States Government enables consumers to confidently deposit up to $250,000 in any...
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- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
prices as much as 20% below Tesco's, and premium-grocer Waitrose were both growing fast. What did Clarke need to do to restore confidence and get Tesco back on track? Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
maintain social harmony. But opacity also facilitates fraud and corruption, which erode investor confidence and stifle risk-taking. A flamboyant politician Kotaro Tamura attempts to raise public awareness around these tensions, but his...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
looking to cash out soon, either with a sale or by taking the company public through an IPO. He pondered both options and surveyed the challenges that each presented. If Mistele and INRIX decided to go public, Mistele would need to be View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
But the article also shows how individuals behave in concert because of the self-fueling trajectory in which response provokes response, in either positive or negative directions, in what are more popularly termed winning streaks and losing streaks. Upward spirals...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
problems ripe for innovations that can make a difference in the world. It is a privilege to work with enlightened SuperCorps to create partnerships across sectors combining capabilities for the greater good. That has the potential to solve enormous social and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
segment consumers into four different groups: Confident Rejecters, Cautious Optimists, Stoic Skeptics, and Stressed and Strained. The agency then created different messages for each one—for example, emphasizing affordability for the...
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- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
recognized as a result of the bubble—have been those of the analysts who worked in the investment banks. The banks employ two kinds of analysts: Those who issue recommendations about individual firms, and those who try to get investors to buy the stocks. For an...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
behalf. The partners are confident their long-term returns will validate their investment strategy and positioning in the increasingly competitive VC market. Will investors agree? Purchase this...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
colleagues with confidence in their leadership and ability to succeed. In contrast, leaders who are faking it only fool themselves, as others see through them and are pained by their acting. Sometimes this approach impresses their bosses,...
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by Bill George
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
Professor Amy Cuddy joined researchers from Columbia University to test how body language affects body chemistry. Specifically, they wanted to suss out the beneficial effects of so-called "power poses"—adopting various stances that make people look View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
blind spots, accept shortcomings, and gain the confidence to address great challenges in their lives. Q: Do you think business schools should be paying more attention to this subject? A: Any business school committed to developing leaders...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
expert in financial institutions. We launched the CFS program two years ago, and it gave Howell and me the confidence that we could pull off an even more ambitious undertaking, a joint JD/MBA course, which we launched last January. This...
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