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- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
to solve first-world problems when you can create generational impact or wealth by solving a much lighter problem, as simple as, like, somebody cannot pay for their kid's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Saving the Steel Industry
USW would insist that executive pay be limited and that union representatives serve on the board. “We’re not going to save a company and go back to the old way of doing... View Details
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
“Users are as important as or more important than producers as sources of innovation in modern societies.” Can you explain how? Lakhani: Research... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
a day or two behind the counter as part of our 'Adopt a Store' program for senior executives," he explains. "It keeps us connected to the spirit of the company." How did you decide to View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
training." Doug Garr proposed that "Medical schools should require a month of 'learning' where students become patients and actually get checked into hospitals." As Cheri Thomas put it, " I do not see the cost-benefit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
going through the process of pricing discovery over time and optimizing for the best LTV to CAC [customer lifetime value to customer acquisition cost] ratio, which brings you to questions of scale. View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead, figure out a different way to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
the issue of top-management compensation? Brian Hall: As you all know, stock options were intended to give executives incentives to get share prices to rise, which in theory would create value for... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
“which is a fancy way of referring to all of the things you don’t have as a new company—products, knowledge, connections, resources.” The most common and effective way to make up for that lack is to find... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees Many companies hand out awards such as "employee of the month," but do they work to motivate performance? Not really. Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
everything was being paid for in cash, the fact that you had all these banks popping up on Brickell Avenue, which is known as kind of the Wall Street of Miami, that were just there to take dirty money. View Details
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
some leverage in that. Bill: There is a little bit of leverage. Or at least “I'll help pay for." The lack of comparative information helps these rankings gain traction also because it gives you a sense... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
their skills, and move them up the skill and pay ladders,” says Eckert, with robots replacing only the bottom rungs. “You’re not finding 21-year-olds coming out of school and wanting to go into... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 30 Oct 2019
- News
Creating Agents of Change
poverty. “As we're investing in these children and youth, we're really investing in positive multiplier agents of change that go out and pay it forward in that community. And every time I spend time with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
Rakuten.” “Students have strong reactions to this. On the one hand, some insist that this is a poison pill that must be swallowed—there’s no choice,” comments Neeley. “Others say, ‘This is impossible, the CEO is crazy. How can you do... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
manufacturers and service companies will seek permanently to diversify their supply chains radically going forward We might accept the lower financial results as the insurance premium we have to View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
value for patients, as measured by health outcomes per dollar expended. Porter recently talked about the book. The American model of health-care delivery is largely private and competitive. Yet costs are soaring, access is restricted, and... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
solo travelers or small groups. You step inside, press a button for your destination, the door closes, and off you go down a narrow track. Two minutes later—presto, the door... View Details