Illusions - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Oct 2010
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Starbucks and the Labor Illusion

08 May 2008
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Global Maket an Illusion in a Semi-Globalized World, Expert Says

12 Aug 2011
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This Column Will Change Your Life: The Labour Illusion

04 Feb 2007
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create the illusion of higher quality. I’ve always bought the cheapest vodka I could find, but my kids insist on the expensive brands. Great lesson in the realities of marketing! —Howard (Ted) Greene (MBA 1967) Back to top “Ant Financial”... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
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Magician Turns HBS Upside Down

research and development that go into developing tricks. He personally creates technology and builds devices in his own machine shop to achieve illusions and make magic. As Alyssa Martin (MBA ’09) explained later, “He told us that he... View Details

Keywords: magic; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 2002
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John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera

acknowledges that his role is important, but with no formal music training, he has no illusions that he could run the whole show. Yes, money is essential, but "a big, fat checkbook, without an artistic director? I couldn't do it. I... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?

always sets the accurate worth of a company—that so-called misvaluation is merely an illusion perceived by managers. But to him that point is an academic one. “Ultimately,” he says, “company managers are making these [cash policy]... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Mar 2005
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Desert Dust-Up

claims. “We are,” he declared, “living with an energy illusion of the highest order.” Simmons, who is writing a book on the subject and has spent the last two years researching Saudi technical data, has also called for more transparency... View Details

Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

11 Jul 2017
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The Right Thing to Do

morality in business. In 1988, he set up the Lawrence D. Ackman Endowment in Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at HBS. This series is just his latest effort at lighting a candle instead of just cursing the darkness. “I’m doing my thing,” he says. “I have no... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

depended on bank loans instead of equity, creating the illusion that money was in infinite supply. That led Mitsubishi and other Japanese companies to make bad investments. I decided we should do something about them immediately." As a... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003

create only the illusion of transparency - while delaying work. Donations yield reduced value because of inefficiency and security costs. A worse problem surrounds Madrid pledges. Pledges are not the same as cash, as Afghans found.... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Sep 2006
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Down the Memory Chute

marriage) relationship with them, as two readers did with sectionmates of mine. It was evident that certain male students were favored with better grades by certain other adoring WAC readers. The female students were under no illusions... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2012
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Rival Visions

were misdirected illusions of ways to become rich. It would take Gallatin well over a decade to realize that his gifts lay not in dealing with land and agriculture, but rather in managing money and other financial instruments—liquid... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

some $130 million each to join the major-league fraternity. Since these teams will largely consist of players existing clubs deemed expendable, backers can have few illusions that their investment will be rewarded - on the field or at the... View Details