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- April 4, 2009
- Article
The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?
By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias
The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details
Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations
Musacchio, Aldo, and Francisco Flores-Macias. "The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?" Harvard International Review (website) (April 4, 2009).
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
neither of us would have liked to be in his shoes), he answered a difficult question deftly by pointing out that because his industry had had such a large impact, it was in a prime position to lead the charge for reversing the damage. A... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
was based in Alabama and had shipping and docking rights in prime eastern port cities. Buying Pan-Atlantic for $7 million, McLean noted that the acquisition would "permit us to proceed immediately with plans for construction of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
types developed by various social scientists during the past two centuries. One of the prime foci of social history, for example, was the history of labor. The history of capitalism picks up that interest but moves beyond wage labor in an... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
experimentation helps everyone: Aspiring quantum consumers, for example, gain insight into when the technology will be ready for prime time, and what it will be able to do when it is, while aspiring providers like SEEQC and its rivals get... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
to top Antonis C. Samaras (MBA 1976) Member, Hellenic Parliament Greek Prime Minister, 2012–2015 A different path: “My father, the 11th son of a family of 11, came to Athens from the village of Pylos to become a cardiologist. At Amherst,... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
extraordinarily difficult and controversial management task." And therein lies a big problem, because how effective an organization is at making high-quality decisions consistent with its mission and objectives, the experts note, is a View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
leading innovation in changing environment.” 1. Understand the opportunity paradox How can organizations capture new growth most effectively? “If you’re doing something new, it is inevitably going to be difficult,” McDonald says. The Burton snowboard company is a View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
versus only 18%, 15% and 8% in the West, Midwest, and Northeast respectively [5]. Thus, homes in the South are more primed for heat pump installation and will likely benefit from lower upfront expenditures. Lastly, the cost of electricity... View Details
- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
restaurants; there’s no need for them to be in prime locations, no need for cool designs, and no need for seating space. One estimate we heard was that a brick-and-mortar restaurant in New York City costs $1 million to $1.5 million to set... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
the ways in which they can add depth and meaning to life. Charles Duhigg: I think people are primed to think about habits in their lives all the time. I have a good habit, a bad habit. I want to build a habit of running or eating more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details
- 01 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People
whether "luxury-primed" individuals are simply self-interested or are indeed more prone to harm others. Thus, we conducted a second experiment that was similar to the first one in that the participants were either primed with... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
is no chance of meeting it,” says Doug J. Chung, MBA Class of 1962 Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. "The salesperson will be discouraged, and just as unlikely to work to their full potential."... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
last June, he has been a prime example of the positive results of that litmus test. Daniel first heard of McKinsey & Company at a career panel he attended during his senior year at Wesleyan University, where he majored in mathematics. But... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
traveled, and met as many people as he could, including the yet-to-be-elected prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “He’s a very unusual human being, an important historical figure who is both a sincere practicing Muslim and a devoted... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
and in some cases, priming individuals to feel powerful and in some cases not. They found that in cases when someone felt powerful but was not recognized as being in a position of authority, team members were able to override that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS
to run events and are hoping to automate key pieces of our product by the end of the school year. Our hope is to raise some financing that will allow us to pursue Venuefly full time after graduation. Maybe I’m not a natural-born entrepreneur, but I've been fortunate... View Details
- 06 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion
since undergrad). For everyone, it was an opportunity to pick up some new skills. 6. Be prepared for some intense days and late nights Primed with our new or refreshed electrical and mechanical engineering skills, we were split into... View Details
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
think of the role of advertising as providing primes that are psychological in nature as a means of persuasion, you can take something that exists in society—a consumer preference for fair skin—and leverage it for good or for bad.”... View Details