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  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

Authors:Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling Abstract This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—while providing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 3

Government Efficiency, and Profitability Around the World By: Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

of rapid profit improvement. The question facing CEO Thomas J. Wilson was how to maintain the momentum. This case tracks the evolution of Allstate's strategy over 20 years, examining the logic behind the strategic changes, and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Reuben Mark

    Restructuring continued with several rounds of lay-offs, plant closings and reconfigurations. Finally satisfied, Mark began investing again and engineered Colgate’s acquisition of Mennen in 1992. Other international purchases followed and these acquisitions, coupled... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

      James E. Davis

      family enterprise, Davis was a major architect of the acquisitions, and of the company’s profitability in general. The work of Davis and his brothers created the largest grocery store chain in the South and the 5th largest in the nation,... View Details
      Keywords: Retail
      • 27 Sep 2016
      • First Look

      September 27, 2016

      case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-101 Management Control Systems Module 1: Managing Organizational Tensions This module lays the foundation for implementing strategy using management control systems. It... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 14 Dec 2010
      • Op-Ed

      Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

      indecision becomes widespread, it can quickly become self-reinforcing. Recent record corporate profits will only exacerbate this situation. If chief executives and chief financial officers are goaded into spending that cash, the economy... View Details
      Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
      • 18 Apr 2007
      • HBS Case

      How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

      Luiza Helena initiated a reorganization that replaced family members with professional management and launched a campaign to reinforce the company's mission to serve customers and employees. Despite the volatile nature of the Brazilian economy, Magazine Luiza posted a... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
      • 27 Feb 2006
      • Research & Ideas

      Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

      redundant activities?" and "How should we encourage burgeoning leaders to take risks and innovate while maintaining our focus on short-term operations and profit goals?" (Firms shouldn't have to forgo their quarterly... View Details
      Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves
      • Web

      Shaping the Corporate Image | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

      War II to the post-war era, U.S. Steel public relations campaigns responded to the public’s evolving perceptions of large corporations in regard to anti-trust issues, labor activism, wartime duty, profit margins, and the free enterprise... View Details
      • 11 Jul 2017
      • News

      The Right Thing to Do

      and the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, which killed 39 people. At the time, the company was run by Don Blankenship, a hard-charging CEO who put profit ahead of safety. In the five years before the disaster,... View Details
      Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining
      • 01 Oct 2001
      • News

      New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

      advantage? That's what drives profitability and, frankly, what makes it fun. Advice for current MBAs Choose your first job carefully. Pick a place that will maximize your learning. Find an organization that is so good at what it does that... View Details
      Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services
      • 01 Sep 2013
      • News

      A Hollywood Backstory

      flaws (e.g., the war profiteer Oskar Schindler in the 1993 movie Schindler's List). Which begs another question that rarely gets asked: in the aggregate, is it possible that we're actually better off with the influence of Hollywood? A... View Details
      Keywords: Armbruster, Michael; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
      • 01 Oct 1996
      • News

      No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)

      profitable departments at Bear Stearns, I was doing more managing and politicking and less of what I enjoyed most -- trading securities," she explains. At Havens Advisors, a hedge-fund firm, Havens-Hasty focuses on investing in risk... View Details
      Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
      • 01 Apr 1997
      • News

      Learning from the Past

      led it back to profitability during the oil boom of the 1970s. By 1983, however, boom had turned to bust. After restructuring the company to a more suitable size, Strassler cashed out and helped his brother launch a family-run investment... View Details
      Keywords: James E. Aisner
      • 01 Oct 1998
      • News

      A Career to Smile About

      advantage." Speed has also characterized Juliber's ascent up the corporate ladder. After helping to double sales and triple profits for CP's Asian operations in only three years, she was named chief technological officer for worldwide... View Details
      Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
      • 01 Sep 2013
      • News

      Faculty Books

      provide research results about publicly traded companies to help investors make more profitable decisions. But during the past decade, the integrity of this research has been questioned due to concerns over conflicts of interest. The... View Details
      Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
      • 01 Jun 2007
      • News

      Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy

      aspiration has been very clear: We will be the most profitable airline in the United States,” said Whitehurst, who media reports speculate is one of the senior Delta executives currently under consideration to be its next CEO. View Details
      Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation
      • 01 Dec 2005
      • News

      Faculty Books

      bare compliance with regulations, do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources to environmental protection? Should firms sacrifice profits in the social interest, given their fiduciary responsibilities to... View Details
      Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
      • 01 Mar 2017
      • News

      Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

      in the reduction of greenhouse gases, customers need to play a more significant role.” — Piersten Gaines (MBA 2018) Vail Ski Resort Data point: “The typical ski resort needs 100–105 days of skiing to secure the average industry profit... View Details
      Keywords: Dan Morrell
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