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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
appeal of anonymity seems inherently flawed for storing large values in an age when the threat of identity theft through electronic eavesdropping and in-person, gun-to-the-head... View Details
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Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
ideas across academic communities. The Predictive Value of Accruals and Consequences for Market Anomalies Authors:Francois Brochet, Seunghan Nam, and Joshua Ronen Publication:The Journal View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
In a crisis, people insist on hearing from the leader. Akio Toyoda can't send out public relations specialists or his American executives to explain what happened. Having lost sight of his company's True North—its View Details
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
it wants to spread the burden of taxes among its citizens in the least painful way, Weinzierl says. In other words, the government wants those for whom it is relatively easy to earn money to pay more in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
superior product, adding to the probability of success. However, OSS has disadvantages too. Most importantly, it comes from behind in terms of market share (installed base). Because the View Details
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
getting a deal and still be honest, Ngwe suggests they use wiggle words such as “compare at” or “value at” before the original price. “This could be a very useful tool, because it allows them to inform the customer of the View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
intrinsically good and not subject to reevaluation on a case-by-case basis," writes Harvard Business School professor Lynn Sharp Paine in Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
It’s easy to understand why so many people embrace transportation network companies like Uber and the growing number of other ride-sourcing startups, which enable drivers to make money using their own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
Professor of Management Practice Robert Eccles has spent his academic career burrowing deeply into the arcane subject of corporate reporting—not the hottest View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Contest. BioMine uses existing scaled-up mining industry technologies to capture value from the 40 million tons of "e-waste" that is landfilled or incinerated annually around the world. (Watch Bradoo explain... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well spent, or pressure from... View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
groups, such as the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, work in partnership with business, government, and community leaders to promote business models that emphasize the public good. Beyond government and NGOs, other parties put... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
to be as much as $12 billion, or 21 percent of Apple’s profits. The larger point is that Google pays Apple large heaps of money to help it preserve its 92 percent share View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 18 Nov 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job
Manager (Like Bill Belichick)? Few of us want to take less money to move to another organization, but research shows hooking up with the right manager—whether in sports or business—can quickly increase your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
could work in the for-profit realm and still be true to my own values.” Two years later, she followed Demetri to the HBS/Kennedy School’s MBA/MPA Program. “HBS gave me a deep grounding and foundation in business practice,” observes Coupounas. “All View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
If you are one of the 17 million people who participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the money you raised may be helping to fund a first-of-its kind clinical collaboration between a nonprofit... View Details
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
Marketing executives value entertainment-related endorsements because of the difficulty of reaching a wide group of consumers using traditional... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
what firms make of it.” How global retailers enter local foreign markets — and then what they make of them — was the subject of “Globalization... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
impact-weighted numbers would complete the picture of a company’s impacts alongside its financial value creation. To get there, the IWA Project has been building a large-scale data set to get a baseline for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint