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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
members, after all, are part-timers. And while they're expected to be independent, they have to rely heavily on managers and auditors for information. One problem in all this was that the boards weren't getting appropriate information and that was View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
the elders over a cup of tea to explain what you’re doing, he was told. Notify a village two days before beginning tower construction—that way the men can ensure their women will be inside and not visible over compound walls. “Two years... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
expenditures using project finance in 2006, up from $217 billion in 2001. The use of project finance has grown at a compound rate of 13% over the past 10 years. Focuses primarily on private sector investment in industrial and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
makes up 33% of Lan's overall revenues (markedly different from many U.S. legacy carriers that derive 3% to 4% of revenues from cargo). Since a change of ownership in 1994, Lan has grown steadily and quickly at a compound annual growth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
influence them. More specifically, this approach steers attention away from the political processes whereby administrative policies are formed and implemented . . . . These difficulties are compounded by the typical simplifying device of... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
compound and frantically repeating the name of their commander “Mujahed, Mujahed, Mujahed”. I didn’t see Mujahed in the vehicle, but I did see the casualty they had transported to our base for treatment. As I pulled the patient from the... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
combinations of herbs and synthetic compounds that were less similar to the prior art and apt to be less contestable. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46704 Different Strokes for Different Folks:... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
necks). For the day celebrating a sectionmate with a hyphenated compound name, everyone replaced their namecards with ones with hyphenated names. 1990H. Besides all the things I think a lot of sections have done (“the wave,” the quote of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
company, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, has experienced a compound annual growth rate of over 19 percent, due in large part to strategies that have included redesigning and introducing new products, reexamining company management,... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
current context, some within the group wondered if that was the right way for SOS Group to measure and scale its social impact. Compounding these issues, Borello, whose opportunistic acquisition strategy had shaped SOS Group throughout... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
called Edelnor that was in danger of becoming insolvent within months. Fernando had six months to restructure the company before it would become completely insolvent, and his headache was compounded by the fact that the process for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
weren't getting appropriate information and that was compounded by directors' complacency because everything seemed to be going well. Palepu: Mention of compensation committees brings to mind the issue of dramatic escalations in executive... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
husband and two children across the country for a job at a no-name Internet start-up. What changed your mind? I spent the day at eBay. I learned that users were deeply dedicated to the site, which had a compound monthly growth rate of 70... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) (Harper) In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers raiding insurgent compounds in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
their advice because such dismissal threatens advisors’ sense of self-worth, leading them to judge seekers more harshly. Moreover, these effects are compounded by advisor expertise: expert advisors are more likely to punish seekers who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
compounded the sense of uncertainty and fear. We saw something quite similar in 2008. Bear Stearns failed in March of that year, which obviously reflected a very serious financial situation. By later that spring, however, things had... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Double-Digit Growth Experiences By: Werker, Eric D Abstract—This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10% or more over a period of 8 years or... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
and the $6 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper mine expansion in Mongolia (2014). Globally, firms financed a record $415 billion in capital expenditures using project finance in 2013, and the use of project-financed investment has grown at a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
the incentives of brokers, and brokers price discriminate based on a consumer's level of sophistication. The model estimates indicate that costly search is a key friction in retail financial markets, but the effects of search costs are View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman