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19 Mar 2015
News

Walter Salmon Remembered

grocers, drug stores, and discount stores like Costco. Peter asked me (a banker) what I thought of supermarkets accepting credit cards for groceries. I said that the grocery margins (~1%) wouldn’t support the discounts on card purchases,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

many high-growth businesses in China, Gome has only moderate financing needs. Its charismatic and ambitious chairman Wong Kwongyu has built an expansive retail network in China and successfully used trade credits by suppliers and banks to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

afforded Middlebrooks precious peace of mind at work, knowing her children were in a safe, loving, and familiar environment. In addition, she credits husband William, who owns a customer service and training firm, with sharing equally in... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

bribery and corrupt practices: government laws and regulations, and companies’ own compliance systems. Both are effective only if they are consistent and enforced. For example, countries work at cross purposes when they legislate against corruption while simultaneously... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

2.94; so they did learn. And they certainly gave their coaches a lot of credit for helping them both in the start-up period and throughout the extraordinary change that occurred in that period. We were witness to a sea change in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

is going to improve their bottom line is a start.” #2: Change the Image The Perkins Fund does not invest exclusively in women founders, but in the 10 years since Sonja Hoel Perkins (MBA 1993) founded the firm, about 50 percent of the companies she has funded have had... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

clause and a reverse termination fee, the potential damages if Hexion/Apollo breached the agreement were uncapped. As the credit markets deteriorated in late 2007 and into 2008 and Huntsman turned in disappointing financial results, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

native Isaac Devash (MBA '93) decided to pursue an MBA degree after nine years of international work experience at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, London, and Tokyo. After completing his MBA, Devash brought a global perspective... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Mar 2018
News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

you don’t even have to change parking spaces. You just go back into the building, new company, and your Herman Miller chair is still there. And you’re not called a failure. You’re called experienced.” And certainly, Sahlman and his colleagues can claim some share of... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

Fernando Abstract Attempts to explain the astonishing differences in agricultural productivity around the world typically focus on farm size, farmer risk aversion, and credit constraints, with an emphasis on how they might serve to limit... View Details