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Georges F. Doriot

If there is a historical link to the roots of entrepreneurship within the Harvard Business School, it would lead directly to General Georges F. Doriot, the legendary HBS professor who taught at the school from 1926 to 1966. “The... View Details
  • 11 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

Dean's youthful Internet backing failed to generate enough votes at the polls. In the recent New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton's surprise win is attributable in part to her superior grassroots organizing there—the political... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

that senior managers' physical presence on their organizations' frontlines was not helpful unless it enabled active problem solving. Working Papers Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 20

generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with the global commodity chain approach that argues that manufacturing/core economies absorb the bulk of surplus View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

More recently, Section 363 sales played a key role in some of the largest and most complex bankruptcies of the financial crisis, including General Motors and Lehman Brothers. “The amount of debt that needed... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 27 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Customer Loyalty Programs That Work

motor vehicles registries. In the digital era, retailers have myriad ways to collect, store, and slice-and-dice customer data. "The more information you can get and the better you can deal with it, the better you can become at... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Retail
  • 11 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

leaders as legendary as King Solomon and Desmond Tutu to latter-day executives like General Motors CEO Mary Barra, known for her inclusive, employee-centric style. Kindness is teachable. Ritchie Davidson of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 28 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

increased 30% year over year. “Partly, that’s a result of feelings of oil insecurity and supply reductions,” Erika said. “But Tesla can’t fill all of the orders it’s receiving because of the high demand.” She applauded the choices and added value for consumers that... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

the Spanish superstar for the 2018 tournament after all. What is the best course of action? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518041 Harvard Business School Case 218-033 Tesla Motors (A): Financing Growth The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2016
  • News

Again in a Great City

twist. General Motors once anchored New Center. Now, with the development of the light-rail just blocks away, there’s a possible future where even Detroit could become less dependent on cars. National... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

taught by Professor Ross Graham Walker and others, a company’s numbers had value far beyond mere record-keeping. Statistical data could instead be used proactively as a general management tool for analyzing an organization’s production... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

technologies could leverage their abilities. It is generally agreed that Wal-Mart would have been impossible to manage so efficiently without state of the art, computerized data processing. So Walton authorized investments in it. Wal-Mart... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
  • 09 Dec 2021
  • News

Higher Returns

companies. We're talking Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mary Barra of General Motors and Larry Fink of BlackRock and Brian Moynihan from Bank of America and Tim Cook from Apple and Robert Smith from Vista Equity... View Details
  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

Electric is the division of General Motors (GM) that does all of the electrical wiring and cabling for GM automobiles. They developed a new approach for passing the cables through the firewall between the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

old vine vineyard, and has limited resources, he must decide if this is the right investment to make next. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718438-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-496 General View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

the evaluations given (and consequent resource allocation). We empirically evaluate effects in data collected from a grant proposal process at a leading research university in which we randomized the assignment of evaluators and proposals to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

The New Space Race

closer to Earth. Two years ago, the agency awarded a nearly $7 billion contract to SpaceX—launched in 2002 by PayPal and Tesla Motors cofounder Musk—and Boeing to transport US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) starting... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

M. Viceira Abstract—Our new model of consumption-based habit formation preferences generates loglinear, homoscedastic macroeconomic dynamics and time-varying risk premia on bonds and stocks. Consumers' first-order condition for the real... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

was Eisenhower's difficulty during World War II in confronting Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, much to the exasperation of Generals George S. Patton and Omar Bradley. Montgomery fought hard to convince Eisenhower that Eisenhower... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace