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- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
engaged in education in ways that are generous, well-intended, effective at alleviating the symptoms of a weak education system, and thoroughly inadequate to help strengthen the system," says Harvard Business School Professor Jan W.... View Details
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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog
success. In this course, you will think about: How should teams be structured? How can a founder see his or her own blind spots? Can you augment a founder’s weaknesses by hiring a complimentary team? When should a CEO be replaced? We... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
Fritz Foley, University of Michigan professor James R. Hines Jr., and I have shown that distorted environments are precisely where multinational firms have an advantage relative to local firms. In countries with weak capital markets and... View Details
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
the upper hand in this area. The following table compares the strengths and weaknesses of each model: P2p Strengths Weaknesses It's free Under constant attack by industry players Variety of content... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
that some giant computers controlled by big corporations and institutions know better than they do about what they will be doing in (the) future and what they'll become They might turn into poor, weak machines themselves , abiding by what... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
years of weak performance (and low stock values). To see how that works, let's look at the pay of a hypothetical CEO whom I'll call John. As part of his pay plan, John receives $1 million in at-the-money options each year. In the first... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
it offends our civil liberties, or be so weak that it can't protect our security? As in the fight against any kind of organized crime, we must find the right balance. The National Commission on Terrorism that I chaired found that the use... View Details
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
political, and economic institutions are able to coordinate private decisions on stable and productive paths. Where institutional development is weak - as seems to be the case in much of the developing world - private actions are poorly... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
thought it would allow me to have a direct impact for a while.” The interesting business model that attracted Gibbons to NIB was also the organization’s weak point only a few years earlier. As a nonprofit organization established by the... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
says. They can also sort their credit card bills by retailer, focusing on those expensive coffees or take-out orders to rein in spending. “Whatever your weakness is for a retailer, you could look and say, ‘I'm going to pay off that... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
aligned—shareholders, employees, top executives, those associated with the capital markets, and anyone desiring a "healthy" economy. Those not joining in risked enormous erosion of value. Accountants could hardly be expected to be more than a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw
The CrowdStrike tech security outage in July revealed the true interdependence—and fragility—of global computer systems. Following several high-profile data breaches, policymakers are calling on businesses to do more to fix code View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
become a bigger authority and voice to drive change in our community,” says Sean. “In many ways, COVID revealed fundamental weaknesses in the US economy and our politics, as evidenced by the Black Lives Matter movement,” adds Kenny. “Now... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
out. Q: What would you characterize as government's inherent weaknesses and strengths in risk management and how has this changed over time? A: In terms of risk management, the main advantage that the government has is its power to... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
relative to local firms. In countries with weak capital markets and burdensome regulatory regimes, multinational firms can use their internal capital and product markets to access global resources while local firms can't. In effect, these... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
strong positions and the most productive cost structures in their industries, can expect to gain market share. Other companies with healthy balance sheets can do so by acquiring weak competitors. 8. Emphasize core values. Although most... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
video conferencing platform Zoom exploded. In the case “Zoom Video Communications and COVID-19,” authors Associate Professor Scott Duke Kominers and George Gonzalez, the center’s senior researcher, examine Zoom’s strengths and weaknesses... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
associate professor Yasheng Huang asserts that it is not strengths but weaknesses in the Chinese economy that are responsible for some of the country’s impressive FDI figures. Huang argues that foreign direct investment in China surged... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
horizon when assessing impact on host economies. Second, it is necessary to incorporate societal and cultural impacts alongside more traditional measures of economic impact. Third, there is weak historical evidence that multinationals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne