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- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
acquisition or embark on a major European expansion, for example. While any competent CEO would discuss the initiative with his direct reports and, one hopes, gain their support, most subordinates will read the tea leaves and endorse...
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by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
billion in assets under management. How did you first become interested in investing? My father had spent time in the Argentine and followed the price of Indian tea shares. As a young boy, it was romantic and exciting to chat with him...
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- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
to prevent the mishandling of public information, the entire industry was being impacted. Saint-Amand is faced with the challenge of deciding how best to handle this crisis. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412004-PDF-ENG Sustainable View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
speaking, the IT expert serves much the same function as the certified financial expert on an audit committee. A CIO or CTO with solid experience in the management of IT qualifies; for example, the IT oversight committee chairman for the Great Atlantic & Pacific...
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by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
"it's a bigger story," Mikes says over tea recently in her immaculate office. "We believe it's not just risk managers who fight these issues but also human resources managers, accountants, finance professionals, internal auditors,...
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- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
bed." After all, every culture has its exclusive cultural rituals. Those who strive to succeed our globalized economy may just be those who can swing a golf club and appreciate a cup of tea with equal ability.
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
people. And partly by constantly imbuing them with the idea that, well, of course we're going home. For example, the morning after the ship sank in November 1915—when it went through the ice and disappeared completely in 12 hours—he made them View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
Africa was to become one of the focal points in Laguë's career and philanthropic activities. He launched his own telecom company, CDR International, there six years later, after Adesemi had been sold. Today, he is an investment partner in Emrok View Details
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Robert S. Benchley
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
slaves for life 1676 Bacon's Rebellion 1677 First recorded prosecution against strikers in New York City 1680 Virginia hypersurveillance law enacted: An act for preventing Negroes Insurrections 1773 Laborers protest royal taxation in the Boston View Details
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin Steel 19th-Century Boston Portrait View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
including seemingly irrelevant if not ridiculous ones such as the shape of bananas, the use of children’s balloons, or the recycling of tea bags. With all the noise, it is easy to forget that Europe is the largest economy, the leading...
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by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
largest organized chai retailer. It has missed its target for retail store openings by approximately 25%, goals that are very important to its investors who are also board members. However, it has developed an exciting new internet-based View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly...
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- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
plagued with problems, as Oishi explains over a pot of chrysanthemum tea in an apartment building in the western Tokyo suburb of Yoga, where Mediva occupies several units as office space. The government is reducing the number of...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the Yogi Tea Company), for which he serves as executive vice president. "Our goal is to provide products and services...
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by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
Aid Afghanistan for Education and a for-profit company, Boumi, that manufactures and distributes products for the home such as curtains, cushion covers, tea cozies, coasters, bedclothes, and bathroom accessories. The mission of Boumi is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly...
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Garry Emmons
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111060-PDF-ENG Pepsi-Lipton Brisk Thales S. Teixeira and Alison CaverlyHarvard Business School Case 512-011 This case showcases key decisions in promoting the re-launch of Brisk, a ready-to-drink iced View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon...
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