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- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
the rising opportunity cost of staying in school and the perceived lack of economic relevance of staying in school—that fosters as much as a 50 percent dropout rate by Class V. Q: How did your prior business experience prepare you for...
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- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
Mills (@KarenGMills) is a senior fellow and served as administrator of the US Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. Antonio Moreno: Engage creatively and prepare for returns With COVID-19 cases rising, retailers should expect a...
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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
414-031 United Rentals (B) In April 2012, Jenne Britell, the chairman of the board of directors of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) was preparing her notes for an upcoming stockholders' meeting. It was a meeting unlike most other meetings...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
specific case of Acme, sack the guy If the contract is watertight, be prepared to fight." In chastising those taking a more tentative position, Phil Clark asked, "Is leadership (presumably referring to that of both the CEO and...
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by Jim Heskett
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
physical facilities were prepared for. So the team decided to reconfigure the twenty Atlanta branches into three alternative models: Five branches were redesigned as "express centers," efficient, modernistic buildings where...
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- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
and hold inventories? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718430-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-459 Corporate Strategy: Course Introduction 2018 This course overview note was prepared to aid students in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
into something new and unknown is what I carried with me into other spheres and to my future successes.” I did not feel qualified or prepared to take on the position of QB at eleven years old, but I stepped into it, and I built the skills...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
surgery or other medical care. Finally, prepare long-term rehabilitation. Those three tasks must be accomplished in order. As for the $700 billion proposal described as a bailout by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, it is deliberately...
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- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
shareholder agreement, there will be less to argue about, and it's easier to keep the process orderly. Prepare For The Day Most family companies that live long enough will face the need for a buyout of one or more shareholders. You should...
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Retail
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
Management Agency to evacuate certain hospitals in New Orleans because they were private. Many large retailing organizations with facilities on the Gulf Coast made extensive preparations in advance of the incoming hurricane. Only hours...
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by James Heskett
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
you craft good questions and demonstrate your competence. Ng says it’s an unspoken rule: When you are asked, “Do you have any questions?” you should always say “yes” and come prepared with a smart inquiry. A good question is one that you...
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by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
improving the practice and quality of leading has never been greater for those responsible for preparing future leaders, the sense of urgency and commitment is palpable. Third, after spending only a few minutes with such a group, you...
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- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
generally." Goals Of The Case Study "I have several teaching goals," said Lakhani as he prepared for class. "One is to highlight the imperative for organizations to shift towards an open-data approach, especially in...
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- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
about one-on-one conversation. The idea is to maintain as much as possible a rich, two-way, and informal exchange of ideas to make sure that the strategy is perfected and the priorities are universally shared. There is no point in spending days View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for disasters and others do not. We...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
improvisational forms can help you shape your negotiations from the onset. Just as a piece of jazz springs from all the musicians in an ensemble, a negotiation evolves from interactions across the parties. No matter how much you prepare...
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by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business The Business of Saving the Planet What do you think are the next steps to prepare for the risk of climate change? Share your insights below.
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by John Macomber
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
Turmeric is prepared into medicine. Doucefleur In the early 1990s, an Indian plastic surgeon at the University of Mississippi, S. K. Das, was about to amputate the leg of a patient because of a wound that wouldn’t heal. Colleague Hari P....
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite
strengthen their relationships with colleagues and supervisors," he says. As a result, people of color typically begin having notable careers when they break into middle management. "Minority managers do, in fact, have to be more deeply grounded and better...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
lauded by some for defending the integrity of its products and the security of the owners of its products. All of this makes for a classic Harvard Business School case problem. We should be well prepared to discuss it. And now the story...
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