Balance and Stability - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

things that talented managers seek: exciting work, personal development, a balanced lifestyle, a great company, and recognition and rewards for individual contributions. It is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

because of a perfect storm of their falling sales and weakened collateral, and growing risk aversion among lenders. Those days are not over. While lingering cyclical factors from the crisis may still be... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

environmental functions throughout the investment process. Some of the specific questions examined in the case are as follows: With a more diversified investor base, how could the firm balance the different expectations of investors View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

unresponsiveness of contribution rates to their tax treatment: (1) employee confusion about or neglect of the tax properties of Roth balances and (2) partition dependence. Publisher's link:... View Details

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

the world's arable land. Balancing the relationship between domestic supply and demand, and bringing that relationship into harmony with the environment, will be crucial to the... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

12 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 12

910-418 The world's leading Thai agribusiness corporation and largest agribusiness investor in China, CP Group, is facing another crossroads in China as the country starts to undergo rural reform. The issues at hand for Chairman Dhanin... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents

offices. Here's my proposal: I ask that the Association of University Technology Managers establish a set of standards, balancing public interests and private incentives, that would encourage the development... View Details

Keywords: by Richard G. Hamermesh; Biotechnology; Health

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

added: “China has surplus trade with the world and the US has a deficit trade balance As such, the US lost the race several years ago.” In the same tone, Salvatore posed a question for us: “Leadership in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

but it's possible that the bidder doesn't have an attractive option, either. Always balance the possible upside against the security and relief of getting the deal done now. The flip side of the coin is not... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

For commercial debt backed by real estate collateral, non-performing loans rise more than 81 percent once the crisis hits. “Once you have defaults in the commercial sector, the bank balance sheet is handicapped. View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

Women will continue to be the ones who have the babies, but we might be able to make changes in who is considered the primary caregiver. There certainly are some Scandinavian countries where there is a much more balanced point of view... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

23 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

the owner of a French chain of fast food outlets is concerned about the impact on his company's balance sheets. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111063-PDF-ENG The Dow Acquisition of Rohm View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

savings from imposing a delay and deterring fraud to pay a substantial bonus, more than the interest rate times the amount at issue. You can pay them a bigger bonus than that. So in principle they should thank you. They'll thank you for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

eventually balance imports. Business people must understand where markets and countries are headed by analyzing the present and then extending current performance trends... View Details

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

examples of how, by practicing judo principles of movement (not inviting attack, defining the competitive space, and following through fast); balance (gripping your opponent, avoiding tit-for-tat, View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

Kabbage and can be referred to as online balance sheet lenders. Their loans typically are short-term, less than nine months, and fund working capital View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

Summing Up Fixing the Way We Work There is a lot wrong with the way we work, but very little of this is due to new networking capabilities or communications technology. Neither can we blame increasing globalization and the demands of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

themselves by dutifully pumping all their profits back into the firm. By 1986, RCA's balance sheet was in shambles, and its consumer electronics division and NBC were sold to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

June 2008
Teaching Note

Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard (TN)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Teaching Note for [inse107038]. View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Strategy; Performance; Groups and Teams; Management Systems; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; Social Enterprise; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Manufacturing Industry; Latin America; Brazil

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Bill Wilson: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer

This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom as a drunk. An epiphany, coupled with his personal drive, led him to build a worldwide organization that has helped... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career

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