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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Capitalism.” Not a word was mentioned about the credit disaster facing our nation today. The article stresses the remarkable recent prosperity of capitalism, and points out some concerns. It does not speak to the abuses of the mortgage... View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
Highlights Neal Nathani, Chief Executive Officer/Managing Partner, Totem Point Management Charis Ji, Analyst, Dodge & Cox Show Hide Details Concepts Introduction to Assessing Strategy Execution Drivers of Profitability: Traditional DuPont... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
direction. I was pleasantly surprised by her incredibly active voice and that she was reflective not only about her career but about politics, civil society, gender, and religion. She not only reflected on these topics, she had extremely interesting View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
Debora points out, it is certainly important for firms to take the time to understand all of the issues involved. In doing so, it may be useful for firms to develop an ongoing dialogue with the NGO (or NGOs) and take a proactive approach... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
pan-European funds and global private equity organizations), panelists pointed to corporate carve-outs and restructuring as hope for future payoffs. When I arrived in 1989, people were saying that there was too much money chasing too few... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
concentrate on operational excellence based on an assumption of continuity rather than on an assumption of discontinuity: creative destruction. Instead of holding up long-term survivors of corporate warfare as the ideal, they point to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
other cities and other countries,” Neeley points out. Despite these upsides, however, shifting to working remotely is not without its challenges, especially when it comes to communication and coordination among managers and employees.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
songs on a music album, television episodes on a DVD, or chapters of a book. "Pure" and "mixed" refer to the condition under which those products are sold. Under a pure-bundling strategy, a firm sells only the bundle,... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
function of government is unlikely to fade away anytime soon. Q: You argue that risk management is a core function of the American government and that this has been true since the early days of this nation. However, you point out that the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
reliance on non-renewable or non-recyclable resources a sustainable economy will not emerge until graduate schools research and teach how to identify and manage the existential risks referred to above.” Nick C teed up the appropriate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
riders alike can easily switch between Uber and Lyft. Sze concurred. “I don’t know if winner-take-all is a real thing,” Sze said. “It sounds like a unicorn myth.” And even when one company wins a market, it’s not always obvious who the winner will be. Easterly View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
humans. It is undermined by any company that tries to justify decisions based on market norms . Academics and training alone will not create leaders. Life creates leaders.” Bill C., in pointing to corporate governance as an issue, said... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
we now enjoy,” Richard Haass told some 640 alumni and guests at the HBS Global Leadership Forum (GLF) in Washington, D.C., in June. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, was the first among a wide array of Washington insiders at the three-day conference... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
Fifth Third’s employees back to the office he remarked that, “We can’t be a great company working remotely We can get the job done, but it’s tough to flourish.” The comment refers to Fifth Third’s management core. Like many service... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities
venture and how you behaved when things didn't go well." History points to the importance of people skills in successful ventures, agreed Sahlman. But what roles do operating experience and technical knowledge play in a firm's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
and see it differently. We refer to each other as “Yes” and “But.” If you come to us with an idea, I’m the optimist saying, “Yes, we can do that!” She’s the realist who’s saying, “Okay, but how are we going to do this?” With those... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
elimination, I will advance my perspectives on widely applicable best practices vs. country-specific endeavors. These insights promise to serve as a powerful starting point for my future global health and health equity projects. How has... View Details
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5
an enduring history of racism; slaves didn’t become free in Texas until 2.5 years after Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation. The Juneteenth holiday today references this date of delayed freedom for Black Texans, but also... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
broadcast media. The FDA guidelines served to reduce the uncertainty regarding permissible DTCA content and so 1997 is viewed as the watershed point in the use of DTCA. Since then, DTCA has increased dramatically. Outlays for DTCA doubled... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
Britain’s perceived glory days in the nineteenth century, when the country was the economic hub of the world. The Governor of the Bank of England, a legion of economists, and scores of other experts have pointed to the economic risks,... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini