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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
which is often very different from what that person wants. You have been credited with 750 marriages. Is your long-term success rate better than the national average? I don’t have quantitative data on my divorce rate, but I’m going to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
Considered one of Wall Street's most influential young executives, Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA '93) has gained that stature by working hard at what she has always loved. “My father was an investment banker, and I think my interest in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
short-term results with adherence to a long-term strategy and direction. At Cummins, we are driven by the concept of maximizing shareholder value -- but the question is, value over the next quarter or two, or over a longer period? Either... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
Citigroup's Global Investment Management and Private Banking Group, prefaced his opening address on Friday evening with a moving account of his return to Lower Manhattan following the destruction of Citigroup's offices at 7 World... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
1977) is chairman and CEO of Buenos Aires-based Velox Group, a privately held organization with a line of supermarkets, banks, and finance companies spanning five South American countries. He notes, "You need to be prescient, nimble, and adaptable while maintaining... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
But bribery and corruption do more than divert wealth from legitimate commerce or investment in long-term growth: They help cement the power of corrupt regimes, institutionalize injustice, frustrate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
Compartamos Banco (CB), a microfinance institution providing loans to rural women in Mexico. Students on the microfinance track in Oaxaca interviewed some of CB’s long-term clients in its Crédito Mujer program; at our debrief meeting it... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
says, noting that power posing can be used before any potentially stressful situation, such as a salary negotiation or, if you’re an entrepreneur, a VC pitch meeting. So go ahead, strike a pose. A two-minute investment could have a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
investment banking, law, and management consulting firms — are unique in that they have no products, manufacturing plants, or distribution systems. Their financial success depends entirely upon the capability and performance of their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
close to bankruptcy, oh, you will get religion. But over the course of the ensuing 10 years, that tight focus caused the industry to forget that customers matter." In 2004, AMC was acquired by the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase and the View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
New Releases
performance, customer knowledge, internal processes, and learning and growth. The balanced scorecard is a practical management tool that marshals the value-added potential of people throughout the organization toward the achievement of View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
The awarding of “up-front” bonuses — before cash and profits from commercial endeavors — invites employees to maximize their short-term interests while compromising the company’s long-term interests. Systems of reward that ignore... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Wolfensohn Center for Development, a new global poverty research initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is also relishing the opportunity to work with his son, Adam, and daughter Naomi at Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a privately held firm that View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Clubs Click with New Web Services
events are big hits; nontechnical volunteers can build and maintain a club Web site; and the low cost appeals to small clubs with limited resources. HBS signed a long-term agreement last fall with Harris Internet Services, a leading... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
which all 88,000 workers are new, many are temporary, and half are volunteers, an entity that has no preexisting procedures and methods, no institutional memory, no long-term viewpoint, no established corporate culture, and, by... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
financial institutions.) Finally, prepare a long-term rehabilitation plan. For the country’s financial system, this means a new regulatory structure. “It, for sure, will be reregulated because the government had to be so deeply involved... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
a new purpose for a corporation. And they listed five things. And in order those five things were number one, delivering value to customers. Fair enough. Number two, investing in our employees. Okay. Number three, dealing fairly and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
for long-term grant commitments) encompassed investments in irrigation and roads, community services, and the farmer-training program cited by Bloom. To qualify for funding, MCC partner countries must meet a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Drawing on generous contributions from the search fund community as well as his own experience, he sheds light on how this community converted $1.4 billion of investments into $8.7 billion, with $1.8 billion going to the entrepreneurs.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
four-year research program that spanned 25 industries, identifying long-term winners and what they do differently, Capon talked to marketing mavens from across the global economy and presents their insights in five broad groups: picking... View Details