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- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
Illustration by Eduardo Recife The large tome looks its age, which is roughly 160 years old. Bound in leather, an average page, of which there are about 800 in the volume, includes almost 100 eye-blurring lines of pen-and-ink script. It’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system than anyone else. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
a beauty feature on the needs of women with different types of skin, showcasing a range of actresses of different backgrounds with large close-up shots. Holmes began to throw out some names, including Eva Mendes, Lucy Liu, and Alfre... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Phillip Michael Strazzulla
lead to LifeGuides? One project I worked on was a structured reflection for my section to be done during a summer internship. Many of the large firms that recruit on campus spend a lot of money, wine and... View Details
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
Economics at Oxford and became the first British Asian woman to become president of the Oxford Union, the famed debate society that spawned a long line of notable British political figures. “At Oxford, I didn’t have a firm idea on... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
marketing, strategy, and general management roles. A common question from MBAs is how to decide what type of company to pursue- whether an early stage start up, a medium size company, or a large corporation. What advice do you have for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
and withhold by exception.” Have private-sector firms undergone similarly rapid, wholesale reinvention? I would say that IBM’s transformation under Lou Gerstner (MBA ’65), with its shift from hardware to software and services, is an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
had to be licensed in the state in which that image was generated. But the easing of state-level licensure has largely allowed physicians who are licensed in one state to practice in another. The easing of that regulation has, in turn,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
contends, these low-end manufacturers could grow under the radar of more established automakers until they become “too big to fight—or too big to beat.” But the Chinese market—like its European and American counterparts—is being sustained in View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape of global talent mobility, which is both asymmetric and rising in importance. We next consider the determinants of global talent flows... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
this literature may not seem obviously related to the asset location literature, they turn out to be tightly linked. Fisher Black and Irwin Tepper established that a firm with access to tax-deferred accumulation in a defined benefit... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Several CEOs are receiving significant media attention for taking public positions on controversial social and environmental issues largely unrelated to their core business, ranging from gay... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
innovations by single user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
they will now have more choice than the two or fewer plans that 87 percent of firms with fewer than 1,000 employees now offer and pay less for their health insurance. In addition, they will have commensurately more disposable income, and... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
have a sufficiently deep understanding of operational details. Most operations—both within the firm and in the supply chain—are rife with "hidden" information and action. To align incentives better, managers should first... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
conditions in the world today: the declining capabilities of government, the massive size and increasing sophistication of the global financial markets, and the impacts of new technologies that leapfrog large centralized projects and put... View Details
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
deeper cultural tendencies as well. But my research shows that there's another, equally treacherous, aspect to cross-border negotiation that's been largely overlooked in the literature: the ways that people from different regions come to... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
mass of customers who are not "leading edge" users, and thus preempt large shares of the existing market. Further, Christensen maintains that precisely because of their size and success, organizations with "household... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
kinship, which fostered a strong professional relationship. Cera, the Kusisto’s youngest daughter, is a J.D. candidate at University of Michigan Law School. She is looking forward to a summer job at a large legal View Details