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HBS - The year in Review

colleagues. Professor Ryan Buell designs and leads the program with the support of the Division of Research and Faculty Development. Associate Professor Shai Benjamin Bernstein Entrepreneurial Management Assistant Professors Samuel Antill View Details

August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
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The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais

The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as... View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Investment Banking; Financial Institutions; Change Management; Leadership; Business Model; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Management Teams; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia

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30 Oct 2019
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How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

worries, their personal finances may be in shambles. Most entrepreneurs cut their own salaries as their venture goes into decline, and many have invested their life savings in the startup—along with funds from friends and family. If... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Aug 2003
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Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

model," they write. Among the features of the approach they recommend, which is currently being used by organizations in a range of industries and countries, are the following: Goals based on longer-term external benchmarks instead... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

02 Oct 2006
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Negotiating in Three Dimensions

disciplined look beyond the usual suspects to figure out who might really matter: potential and actual parties, internal and external players, principals and agents, decision makers and influencers, allies and blockers, and high- and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
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Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

reporting fraud that professional standards are not infallible. You still need this external accountability mechanism. Lagace: What do your findings mean for the health of US capital markets? Srinivasan: Companies from around the world... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

28 May 2020
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Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

to be processed more slowly, leading to longer stays in the bankruptcy “hospital.” Not only would professional fees go up (especially burdensome for smaller businesses), but process delays would force companies to wait longer to obtain new View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

around me was like freaking out a little bit. I had friends, I remember, you know, Paul, he's like, oh, Peter, I want to sit down with you. And so we sit down in New York, we had a beer, and he's normally like a very gregarious, he's a Russian guy, he worked in View Details

16 Jan 2006
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Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

reason," which he called an "impartial spectator." The impartial spectator allows one to see one's own feelings and the pulls of immediate gratification from the perspective of an external observer. In the area of... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Oct 1997
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High Fives

selective about where you do business. For private equity, Latin America is favorable now because inflation has dramatically declined, savings rates have improved, and there's not a large pool of surplus capital to finance its growth, so... View Details

04 Nov 2013
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The Real Cost of Bribery

headaches it causes. Rather, bribery's most significant impact is its negative effect on employee morale. Initiation, Detection, And Response Serafeim aimed to find out how bribery affected a firm's operations across four dimensions of competitiveness: its View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Jul 2015
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Transitioning From the Military to Business School

and squeeze more out of the HBS experience than I otherwise could have. What has been the hardest part about the transition? For me, one of the most difficult parts of transitioning from the military to HBS was learning to rely on internal rather than View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

hrs Module 2 Driving Change at Scale: Moving Beyond the Firm Learn what purpose-driven firms are, the "Wheel of Change," and why businesses must act to solve large global issues, such as climate change and income inequality. Highlights Prisoner's Dilemma Cooperating... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

courses are completed successfully, learners will earn a Certificate of Specialization. HBS Online is currently offering a Learning Track in Leadership and Management , Strategy , Entrepreneurship and Innovation , Business in Society , View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

will operate, recognizing that’s decades not quarters. This requires considering our current and future customers, communities, employees, and shareholders—not just the people we are working with today. The externalities of... View Details

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What Black Executives Really Want

imposter syndrome—feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success. These individuals feel chronic self-doubt and a sense of inadequacy that overrode any feelings of success or external proof of their competence. When these... View Details

2010
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Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro

All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

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01 Feb 2002
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corporate investment decisions. Corporate investment, she notes, is often more driven by available cash flow than opportunity, which doesn't follow logically - if cash isn't available for a prime investment opportunity, external View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Sep 2021
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Building New Connections

DAS’S DEEP IMPACT Outgoing Senior Associate Dean for External Relations Das Narayandas leaves a legacy of notable accomplishments after five years in the role. Narayandas, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration and... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Open Market

And while the role offered Howard the opportunity to apply her company-building skills, the company’s mission, “democratizing finance for all” was the main draw. “Knowing from my prior career experience just how many people don’t feel... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Finance; Finance

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