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- 01 Oct 2002
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View from the Top
balance between corporate interests and the broader interests of society. Lafley: I agree, the challenge is trust. Gadiesh: Yes, trust. And I say trust - not accountability - because many CEOs and corporations are responsible and...
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- 01 Oct 2021
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Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
traditional balance sheet does not account for a company’s cost to society. For instance, airlines don’t figure in the environmental costs of travel, which can amount to billions annually. HBS’s Impact-Weighted Accounts Project, led by...
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- 01 Jun 1998
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Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
about how the current business scene is heavily skewed toward the shareholder. "Certainly the shareholder is important," he notes. "However, the shareholder role has gotten out of balance with the other important players - customers and...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2014
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School Ties
education and business competitiveness." Balancing the Books Four ways that business is partnering with PK-12 Enabling innovation. Companies in San Antonio, Texas, worked to gain voter approval for a tax increase to fund quality...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
have talked about the importance of balancing innovation with preservation of what has made the School great. How tricky is that balancing act? Given how rich our traditions are, we never want to lose sight...
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- 18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
colleges and universities.) “Racism creates unequal economic opportunities,” Neumann said, noting that Netflix has $5 billion on its cash balance sheet and encouraging other companies to move even just 1 or 2 percent of their investments...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
sure the objectives you are expected to meet, the criteria under which you are evaluated, and the resources available to meet these objectives are consistent at all times. Do not overinvest in your work; to keep a balance between work and...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Leading Change
balance are our priorities,” says Yang. Pro-worker and pro-environment policies aren’t just a social good at Esquel. “They save money and strengthen our competitive advantage,” notes Yang. For example, polluted water impedes the...
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- 01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
accessible in other parts of the world can take on greater sensitivity at this stage of the Asia Pacific's economic restructuring. The challenge is to balance this sensitivity. We must make firms aware that the research cannot be released...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
part that will shift the balance between states, firms, and society," Spar predicted. Professor Spar's research is the subject of a forthcoming book, Pirates, Prophets, and Pioneers: Business and Politics along the Technological Edge, to...
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- 01 Dec 2011
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Ticktock
subcontracted production to an Asian firm.) More pointedly, the cases address the reasons for Clocky’s startling, unsolicited publicity, along with an issue that faces any entrepreneur looking to build a business around an unconventional product that elicits multiple...
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Eric Schiffer
some board meetings at a time when the company was being approached by investors. I took a look at their P&L and balance sheet and told my wife’s family, “You’re rock solid. You don’t need any investors. And if you’re interested in going...
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- 25 Jun 2019
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After the Storm
into a better college. They’re doing it because it’s the right thing to do.” And, for Dyson, he’s finally found that work-life balance that was unavailable in his past life. “My worst day at this job is better than my best day at my...
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Paul Flannery
- 01 Jun 2003
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Ruling from the Bench
balance between individual rights and society’s rights. How many more secret proceedings should we allow the government? What are we willing to do to make sure we don’t have any more 9/11s, and how many rights do we have to give up? “I’ve...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Complements to the Case Method
collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions concerning manufacturing and marketing. After each round, reports are generated that include balance sheets, customer beer preferences, and ways in which the...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
America’s energy policy and is upset with the way the country is dealing with migrants, both in agriculture and in high tech. Many are worried that U.S. politicians will respond with populist policies. Problems aside, isn’t capitalism on View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
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Manager's Notebook
customer information. But now, conveniences such as Web browsers and "smart cards" (which today are used to store electronic money in several European markets and, in the future, could record an individual's daily transaction information) are shifting the View Details
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Judith Ross
- 25 Jun 2014
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A Man on a Mission
skills," he says. "When I arrived at HBS, I had never taken a business course in my life," says Earls. "I did have some experience in certain areas, such as human resources, but at HBS it all came together. I picked up new skills, like understanding budgets and View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
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Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
a variety of perspectives, including ascendancy to power, access to campaign financing, the balance of work and family, differences in style between male and female leaders, and whether leaders are "born" or "made." We had a wonderful...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2001
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Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
institutional clients, and corporate services. In 1998, Merrill chairman and CEO David H. Komansky (107th AMP) asked him if he’d consider being CFO. “This was an opportunity to see the whole firm comprehensively,” observes O’Neal, who accepted the offer despite never...
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