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Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA
Ethnological Museum, we arrive at the Holy Trinity Church. It was built to commemorate Ethiopia's liberation from Italian occupation and is the second most important place of worship in Ethiopia. In observance of religious customs and rituals, we View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes policy...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
these institutions—but how can 100 senators possibly know what a doctor in Dubuque, Iowa should receive for removing a mole? So these 3 are the iron triangle, and they've got all the power in their hands. They're abetted by the academics...
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- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
interests, the processes that make it difficult for shareholders to remove directors should be dismantled. Most of the public criticism of executive pay is not an attack on the capitalist system or the operation of free markets. Rather,...
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by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
board chair. Since that time, he has acted decisively, removing Fritz Henderson as CEO and assuming the mantle himself. Whitacre quickly reorganized the company from top to bottom, cut out layers of middle management, initiated new...
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- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
office architecture on employees’ interpersonal and electronic interactions. Working with co-author Stephen Turban, who was introduced to Bernstein by the late HBS professor David Garvin, their study yielded surprising findings about the potentially negative impacts of...
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Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
about "making moments that are so good." But by removing the Double Down from the menu, KFC made the moment when it came back in 2011 not just "so good," but even better. Nor is KFC alone in adopting this approach....
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Re: Michael I. Norton
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
auto makers have made advances, and Korean manufacturers are focusing on improving their quality and innovating on warranties and assurance programs to remove consumer uncertainty. Much further down the road, competition will come from...
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- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
mentor to many entrepreneurs, describes how he responded to a manager who wanted to fire a salesperson. The customer loved the guy, but he wasn't working out internally. "Here's the desired result — to remove this person but with a...
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by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
for every grade K–10, and recognizing that some students need a longer day or extended school year to meet those requirements; decentralizing decision-making and removing seniority from the union contract in the hiring of teachers;...
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- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation....
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- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
food, medicine, or cosmetics you use. Consumers would end up restricting what they buy to a few trusted brands. In effect, the FDA has made competition possible in consumer products and even in pharmaceuticals (particularly through the growing generics market) by View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
portion remains unaccounted for but is consistent with tax sheltering. Moreover, investment lives have shortened considerably, removing much of the power of accelerated schedules. With the growing globalization of firms and the growth of...
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by Ann Cullen
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
Oliva Oliva: "We are doing a two year study; it is 40 percent on its way. "A number of companies in Latin America have become world-class players. These were entities that were living on small, protected markets, and are suddenly developing and decisively...
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by Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
in a wheelchair, badly bruised from injuries sustained the day before that had been caused by falling in her home as a result of poor eyesight. “She said she couldn’t take it anymore and felt it just wasn’t worth going on like this,” Leger recalls. Following Soledad’s...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
that successful entrepreneurs do a great job of building relationships. Your approach to business is pretty intense. Are you a tough boss to work for? I try to be super supportive. I find co-workers who share my love for work, and my energy and drive. After that, I...
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- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
previously undisclosed files, many of which detailed the treatment of Kikuyu detainees during the Mau Mau Rebellion. The files had been removed from Kenya and relocated to Britain in the 1950s, along with reams of documents View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
assessing the startup health care company's 2014 marketing plan. On December 31, 2013, Vaxess had obtained an exclusive license to a series of patents for a silk protein technology that, when added to vaccines, reduced or removed the need...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
information
(but) the problem is at the end of the day, the user wants an answer—he doesn't want more and more of them." Herve Gellaire, chief technology officer of Xerox and president of Xerox Innovation Group, said, "I believe there may be means to...
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by Julie Jette
- 17 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
Student Conference: Climate Symposium 2021
innovation and progress that businesses are uniquely positioned to bring, from spearheading voluntary corporate carbon removal programs to reimagining sustainable agriculture. You had over 300 people register for the conference. What do...
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