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  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

energy, time, and resources—in balanced measure—across what he calls "the three boxes": Box 1: The present—Manage the core business at peak profitability; Box 2: The past—Abandon ideas, practices, and attitudes that could... View Details
  • 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/514122-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-016 Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference For Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

such as stable value funds, balanced funds, and life-cycle (or target date) funds. We find that life-cycle funds designed to match the risk tolerance and investment horizon of investors have small welfare costs. All other choices,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007

balance sheet instead of raising our cash dividends or buying back shares?; Do we have the optimal capital structure, with the lowest weighted after-tax cost of total capital, including debt and equity?; Do we have an operating plan that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

distribution. The new strategy paid off-Durex condom sales increased threefold in China, and market share increased by over 10%. RB now wanted to generate the same results for its other brands in the country and needed to decide how to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

the need for energy security, to address growing concerns about a crisis in the balance of payments, and as a potentially important source of domestic jobs. Our premise in this note is that a key aspect of such widespread change is that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

eliminating fundraising, they say ensuring that donations are fully transparent, closing fundraising loopholes, and encouraging small donors to participate can restore some balance and expand the rolls of those whose needs are heard.... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

quite brief (a total of 4 pages) so the balance between thinking time and reading set-up time for students is quite attractive. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211067-PDF-ENG ABICI Mukti Khaire, Elena Corsi, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

industry and services. Although each Mubadala investment is supposed to earn large returns, the strategy balances financial against "strategic" returns. ADIA and Mubadala are the institutional architecture to manage the wealth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

had to share control, and in this Rich versus King choice, he was choosing to remain King. Q: Is it better to be focused on one or the other? Is it possible to have a healthy balance between the two and be both? A: Most of the founders I... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services
  • 06 Nov 2006
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How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

economy was managed spectacularly, with inflation brought down to single digits relatively quickly, budget balances within a reasonable ability to pay, and political stability guaranteed by the ANC's (African National Congress)... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

present a model in which fire sales propagate shocks across bank balance sheets. When a bank experiences a negative shock to its equity, a natural way to return to target leverage is to sell assets. If potential buyers are limited, then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

capacity and new products only when attractive, low-risk opportunities are identified and can be funded internally. The firm's culture of risk aversion extends to financing decisions with a clear preference for equity finance over debt finance. The CEO believes a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2013
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Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

checks and balances to keep them accountable, including detailed financial reporting, private companies have no such thing. Because of that, the SEC currently allows only accredited investors—meaning those who can attest to a certain... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14

Margaret Pierson, Pankaj Agarwal, Diego Medicina, and Juan PrajogoHarvard Business School Case 612-076 What is the right mix between business-driven and pure research? This case considers the question in the setting of IBM Research India, where a management push for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 27

matches in such markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of workers and the number of matches, while the change in firm welfare is ambiguous. A signaling mechanism adds the most value for balanced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

material, as well as less-tangible benefits. What is the balancing act needed to sustain gray zones? A: Using the above example of paramedics, what is gained and lost? Obviously, some level of organizational control is lost because... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

balance between the efficiency of a global entity and the speed of local businesses. What would be the best strategy for Bunge to respond to the external changes imposed by high energy prices and increasing demand from emerging economies?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper helps balance the literature via comparative analysis of the potential contributions of two voluntary sustainability certification programs for artisanal and small-scale gold mining... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

whether to keep or ignore ideas from previous years. As the Mystery Hunt has grown, organizers face the challenge of balancing efficient administration while keeping it free of excessive administration. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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