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- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
fictional, the descriptive events bear such close resemblance to reality that the reader is left with an informed perspective on the people, the culture, and the day-to-day business realities within China.” When asked what motivated him... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
outcomes. Instead, in most lines of business—with the exception of a few commodities in which international trade had developed—firms had an incentive to remain small and to employ as little fixed capital as possible. It was in this era that Adam Smith penned his... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
stake in Infoseek, the Internet search firm. Disney, once merely an entertainment provider, has thus become a multimedia giant able to shape and deliver news, information, and other content through a variety of channels. "Companies are attempting to expand their... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
similar to long-maturity fixed-rate debt. If the pension fund enters into an equity asset swap in which it pays the total return on a standard index of the stock market (e.g., S&P 500) and receives in return a fixed rate of interest,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
44, has been charged by a bull elephant in the Congo, swum with penguins in the Galapagos, mingled with bison in the American West, and camped out among grizzly bears in Alaska. It’s all part of his job as head of a multinational... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
even worse, south. There is no reason to think that bear markets are over. At the same time, this is a country with a very robust and resilient economy. Markets will have their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
program at the Nestlé Group in Germany, where he showed a particular talent for marketing and product management. His skills attracted the attention of the management at Pfizer-Germany, who hired him in 1966 as senior brand manager. A... View Details
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
nuts and selling them. “It can take up to 25 years for a tree to reach maturation,” says Naa-Sakle Akuete (MBA 2014), “but once it does reach its gestational period, it can bear fruit for hundreds of years. So it takes a while to get... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
data science (e.g., unbiased data and algorithms), better implementation (e.g., understanding the target audience and market conditions), and better policies (e.g., auditing algorithms to ensure they perform in an equitable manner). For... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Stetson College of Law, the younger James became CEO of Raymond James in 1970 and set out to build the company. But the bear market of the early 1970s sent the small firm reeling; James retrenched and rode... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55409 Harvard Business School Case 119-023 Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning This case follows Bill Booth, marketing manager of a regional wine distributor, as he applies... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
addressable market of $280 billion. That’s music to the ears of small businesses. Indeed, our research shows a sizeable credit gap exists for small businesses, particularly for loans under $100,000, which is the size that over 60 percent... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to wield it without unhappy... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
For many multinational firms doing business in unfamiliar countries, it made sense to create joint ventures with local firms. After all, that local knowledge of customs, suppliers, and markets could save the newcomer months—maybe even... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract Although there's ample research to guide marketers in naming new products, little of it has addressed follow-on offerings, even though these make up the bulk of new products in many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
navigate conflicts both external and internal. Today, more than ever, markets exert continual pressure on organizations to cut costs and return capital to the bottom line, but building value demands that much of that same capital be... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
computer algorithm. Bad News Bears What they discovered was surprising. This wasn't a small number of companies manipulating their earnings calls. "Instead, it seems that nearly every firm finds it useful to choreograph or 'cast' a call... View Details
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
or not on my watch anyhow." (Jamal Barghouti). A dominant theme concerned the bias in the market toward addressing short-term challenges, caused in large part by what Robin Chacko described as the "impatient" investor. As... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
extracting intellectual capital from other countries to enhance our research and case writing, but we are also transferring our pedagogical experience to them. What are the other means that advance the initiative's goals? The initiative actually has a View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg