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  • 30 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

A recent study suggests that America’s political polarization is driven more by incorrect beliefs and stereotypes about the other side than distaste with those people. That should be good news for those wondering how to knit polarized... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/picking_green_techs_winners_and_losers/ The New Psychology of Strategic Leadership Author:G. Gavetti Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2011) Abstract In this article, it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

Student Journey Whether you’re a founder, joiner, investor, or undecided, explore all we have to offer during your two-year entrepreneurial journey. To learn more about each journey, refer to our "Entrepreneurship Journey Road Map". Founder Students planning to launch... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

For the last decade or so financial institutions have relied increasingly and excessively on short-term financing, risky business that could quickly go south when a souring economy made it impossible for firms to roll over their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services
  • 08 Jul 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?

substitute. The not good news for most print media For most print media firms, the net effect of a paywall on digital sales is negative, as digital subscription revenue is offset by a significant decrease in digital advertising revenue... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Journalism & News; Journalism & News
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

As waves of globalization wash across the business world, tremendous new opportunities for financing and investment present themselves to savvy enterprises. In a new casebook, HBS professor Mihir A. Desai... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

India's economic growth is an exciting new playing field for the retail industry and for entrepreneurs looking to get in on the ground level, a panel of that country's businessmen agreed. Rising incomes, increased advertising, and a jump... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 03 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

strategies and organized their businesses. The contributors to this new book bring out this rich diversity on a much broader canvass. Q: What have you learned about the success and impact of businesses around the world? A: This book shows... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 15 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom

©iStockphoto Here's some heartening news for working mothers worried about the future of their children. Women whose moms worked outside the home are more likely to have jobs themselves, are more likely to hold supervisory responsibility... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

that begged the U.S. government to regulate the radio market in the late 1920s, and firms that pushed the British state to finally put an end to piracy. In retrospect, of course, it all makes sense: for once entrepreneurs have carved out... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • August 29, 2017
  • Article

How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

By: Tsedal Neeley
According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030. Among the enormous changes this will demand are new skills, attitudes, and behaviors. A five-year study of the global workforce at... View Details
Keywords: Global Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Employees; Competency and Skills; Success
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  • December 1985 (Revised January 1989)
  • Case

Cummins Engine Co.: Black Friday

A new regional manager for Cummins Venezuela faces Black Friday, Venezuela's massive currency devaluation and a weak distribution system. The manager must find a way to collect $1.4 million in receivables due from distributors and reestablish a viable distribution... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Venezuela
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  • 07 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 7

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-120.pdf Who Is Governing Whom? Senior Managers, Governance and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms Authors:Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee Abstract We examine how organizational structure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

works for. Career concerns occur whenever employees take into account the impact of their current actions on their future career. The results of the research suggest that financial disclosures have implications for the debate over whether View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 05 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 5

address the diverse values and interests of their companies' stakeholders. Publisher's link: http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=4059 May 2015 Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains Ignore, Avoid, Abandon, and Embrace: What Drives View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

increase Matt Parke 16 Jan 2019 | Working Nation New Research Reveals Caregiving for Elders Impacts Employee Performance 16 Jan 2019 | Senior Safety Reviews New Hampshire, Vermont Governors Pitch Two-State,... View Details
  • 14 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

Heart Harvard Business School Case 507-025 The firm has to choose between an established brand, Tanishq, and a new skunkworks brand, GoldPlus, to go after the Indian plain gold jewelry market: Tanishq,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2005 (Revised December 2016)
  • Case

Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004

By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
From a single, modest club in 1962, Bally Total Fitness had grown to become—in management’s words—the “largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers” in the United States in 2004. Bally had faced its share of challenges, but the last couple of... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Fitness; Gyms; Health Clubs; Chain; Securities And Exchange Commission; Paul Toback; Weight Loss; Exercise; Contracts; Personal Training; Retention; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Finance; Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Public Equity; Financing and Loans; Revenue; Revenue Recognition; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Trends; Cost Management; Profit; Growth and Development; Leadership Style; Five Forces Framework; Private Ownership; Opportunities; Motivation and Incentives; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
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  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

firm characteristics in understanding variations in the corporate governance practices of firms in emerging economies. Using panel data and a number of model specifications we shed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

exclude it from the annual proxy statement. The SEC, however, reserves the right to deny the request—in which case the proposal is included in the statement and put forth for a vote after all. Source: What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel