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- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
jury, Salter discussed Enron's legacy: What happened, why, and what has been learned? "I want to stress one point: Enron is all about us," said Salter. "It's not just about some Dummkopfs in Houston. If it were just about some Dummkopfs in Houston, then... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
for the use of technology, and sensitivity to needs for work/life balance. This is the predominant collective response from many who responded to this month's topic, "How Will Millennials Manage?" It may be at odds with Michael... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
linked with superior outcomes. While they are no guarantee of success, their combined presence sharply improves the odds that you'll make a good decision. Multiple Alternatives. When groups consider many alternatives, they engage in more... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
it will raise the odds that she'll reap a high bonus next year as well. This perverse incentive becomes even stronger if her current year's performance is used in setting the following year's targets, as is often the case. When these... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
odds were not already against us, my decision to join the military put a strain on the time we could spend together and challenged our relationship. This past July we welcomed our first child, more than 13 years after we started flirting... View Details
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
2006) + More Info – Less Info Can one be a fiduciary and invest sustainably? Are these roles at odds with one another other? What does it mean to be an ESG investor? In this session, we will use a case study on JP Morgan Private Bank to... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
creating, at great time and cost, a successful therapy, and then beating long odds to win FDA approval, the rewards can wane as quickly as a patent expires. And most drug candidates wash out long before even making it to market. That... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
of action? A: The hacking incident was probably the last straw in a rather long line of issues. Sooner or later, Google had to stand up for its principles. They have always been at odds internally as to whether or not being in China,... View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
percent. We were seeing a massive write-off—$30 odd million of ingredients because nobody's buying anything. And at the same time, one night, my wife and I are trying to order online grocery. And the online grocery is saying, "I'm going... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
it doesn’t have to be. Students and their parents will gain insights into: How to Stand Out from the Crowd—What students need to do in high school to distinguish themselves, improve their odds of admission, and make a college want them.... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
such as investment banking. Consequently, many companies are actively discouraging their best young people from leaving lower-level positions for business school, arguing that their odds of success are actually better if they stay at the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Chances Are
researchers found, that a couple who used condoms as a contraceptive would become pregnant. Shapiro's friend called later that day to report that her daughter had confronted her boyfriend with that stat and another she saw that day: 1 in 144—the View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Video: Tackling the Housing Crisis One Renovation at a Time
Tawan Davis, MBA 2006, Founder and CEO of The Steinbridge Group, along with COO Sacasha Brown, MBA 2006, is defying the odds and creating a positive ripple effect for working class families. Based in Philadelphia and New York, Steinbridge... View Details
- Portrait Project
Luke Henesy
"Mister, if we get that 80 percent," Carmeron said, "you better get that tattoo on your ribs, 'cause that's where it hurts the most." I agreed without hesitation. The odds of my students outperforming the honors kids,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Andrew Velo-Arias
has enabled me to overcome the odds of being the son of immigrants who never attended college, of growing up in a working-class community and attending mediocre public schools. My mom may not have been able to proofread my application... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
Smarter Risks in Business by Eileen C. Shapiro and Howard H. Stevenson (Portfolio/Penguin Putnam) Professor Stevenson and Shapiro (MBA ’81) show how to increase the odds on the business and life bets you choose to take, using a quick... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Desert Dust-Up
Simmons Photo Courtesy Simmons & Co. INTL. Oil and water don’t mix. That truism about elements at odds could also serve as an analogy for Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), who’s sometimes known as a petroleum-industry contrarian. But it’s the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Abhi Sharma
aspirations to those of every underpaid schoolteacher, every relentless entrepreneur, and every child back home. I know the odds don't seem particularly favorable. Yet I also know that together we have the capacity to change them. And who... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
in the sense that spending a lot of money doesn’t guarantee success,” Finley says. “That really frustrates a lot of people.” How to Pick a Winner Numbers matter. “Getting a feel for the odds is important. The favorite wins a third of the... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- News
Jeremy Grantham on the Battle to Save Society from Climate Change: ‘We’re Not Winning’
In a recent interview with the Financial Times , Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966) noted his pessimism about the global attitude towards climate change. “My odds are about 50:50 that we will protect society in somewhat the same shape as we’ve... View Details