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- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
about hedge fund managers and private equity managers raking in billions while decimating companies and destabilizing markets more than we worry about whether the CEO of Ford took home a few paltry millions... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
marketplace developments have eroded the dominant positions of giant corporations, Chesbrough pointed out, "venture capital has created a second path to market by funding the commercialization of research discoveries." View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
needs to know that the exploitive crowd is paying the bills." This helps affirm the message "We're all in this together." Embracing The Long View In George's growth model, as you build the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock market was... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
pandemic has motivated and facilitated lift outs in two key ways: Market volatility has motivated searches. Market agitation at any level, from firm to industry to global, can... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
communism as a result of too many layers of bureaucracy and not enough market (true enough). But I then tell students that I made a mistake and that this chart actually represents the managerial organizations of one of the most successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
interested in doing research on this topic? Daniel Bergstresser: My interest in asset location is both scientific and personal, in the sense that the topic matters for my own... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
later you have to generate sufficient profit to support market expectations. The problem is, if top management pushes too hard for profit and doesn't have the right controls in place, employees may start to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
East Coast finance industry pay scales, you have to pay what the market will bear if you want the talent-yada, yada, blah, blah, yada, yada, blah, blah.Yeah, I get all that. But here's what I'm wondering (and I bet I'm not alone): All... View Details
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
internal coordination issues with the company's sales force, and the financial returns versus other uses of capital for the company. The case raises issues in aligning business strategy and sales management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
looking to exit the market. While Seha's mission was to build diagnostic, hospital, and pharmacy chains in Egypt, Azab had not been planning to enter the hospital market until he further expanded the... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
"Privatization and the Role of the Governments in a Global Economy," the prime candidates for state-run operations clustered around five sectors of the European economy— transportation, telecommunications, View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
the order management cycle? Benson Shapiro: In the late 1970s, when I was teaching the Industrial Marketing course in the MBA program at Harvard, it began to become clear to me... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
technological sophistication, and, as claimed in a recent, well publicized lawsuit, gender? My inspiration for these rants is Scott Cook (HBS MBA '76), co-founder of Intuit and a true disruptor. From its founding Intuit, quickly became... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
business models; an enhanced focus on organizational innovation and implementation; and increased field-based learning." The Diagnosis As source material for the conference, Herzlinger arranged for market research firm Scriplogix to... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
freedom of individual choice should always trump government intervention but, perhaps more so than in other developed countries, this sentiment enjoys widespread support in America. The government should not... View Details
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
financial chicanery or unethical dealings. “Often what you are trying to do is create a sense of loyalty or trust in the firm, but that can make people so loyal that when they see something wrong they don’t... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
health and financial savings. It's not always easy to implement behavioral economics techniques in a way that properly incentivizes people to change their behavior. One thing is sure, however. When they are... View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
in the first place,” Lloyd wrote. Bealeader commented: “ leadership training is too often: (1) an infrequent, if not one time, event, and (2) offered to a select few.” In citing the pressures of View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
firms-partly thanks to changes in labor regulations that made labor markets more flexible. Reforms were also effective at cutting red tape that prevented entrepreneurs from starting businesses. The number of... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim