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Jeremy Andrus

2003 when the company launched—they were boring. It was a neglected category. Headphones had not been a branding statement before we entered the space. But now, that piece of real View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

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Finance ; Real Estate ; Property Demand ; Taxation ; Property ; Revenue ; Los Angeles Citation Related Green, Daniel, Vikram Jambulapati, Jack Liebersohn, and Tejaswi Velayudhan. "Fiscal Externalities of... View Details

02 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success – Part 2

helps overcome that obstacle. For virtual Company Presentations, you can send students a video conference link so that they can attend your presentation in real time or view a recording at a later date.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

In August, mega venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced a $350 million investment in residential real estate company Flow—the single largest investment the VC titan... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: CPP Investment Board

at approximately $300 billion (CDN), CPPIB is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan to help ensure its long-term sustainability. CPPIB invests in all major asset classes, including View Details

10 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote

stevanovicigor In 2016, the National Environmental Research Council (NERC), a quasi-governmental agency in the United Kingdom, decided it would be fun to let the public vote online to name the country’s newest research vessel. The agency... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman Abstract—Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of positive industry trends, there were some nagging concerns that this might be a risky time in the public capital markets. The company had just completed an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

improve how workers are treated or betters the environment. But new research from Harvard Business School and London Business School demonstrates the first real evidence that mandatory CSR reporting works, and could give policymakers and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Employment Data Trends

<1% <1% Other Manufacturing <1% <1% <1% 1% <1% Nonprofit / Government 4% 3% 3% 5% 5% Government 1% 1% <1% 2% 1% Nonprofit 2% 2% 2% 3% 4% Other Financial Services 1% 2% 1% 3% 4% Private Equity 18% 14% 15% 17% 19% Retail <1% 1% 1% 1% 2% Services 3% 3% 1% 2% 3% View Details

28 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

environmental ratings and environmental performance of more than 650 firms in the United States. We find empirical evidence that supports our hypotheses and present implications for theory and public policy. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 1999 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Westfield America

By: William J. Poorvu, Richard S. Tedlow and Daniel J. Rudd

The company is attempting to duplicate its Australian formula for successful mall ownership in the U.S. market. It must deal with rapidly evolving financial markets while recognizing and capitalizing on emerging trends in retailing. View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Adaptation; Financial Markets; Property; Trends; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Australia; United States

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06 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

do no more than palliate public outrage. What we need is a much more comprehensive look at the recent scandals so that we can begin to figure out what the real issues are. As a start, let's consider one of... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

The recent collapse of the eight-story Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh was a red alert for every company that has embraced the "virtual organization" model and the outsourcing that goes with it. The lure of the model is... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

companies must serve a social purpose. “Society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose,” Fink wrote. “To prosper over time, every company... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

Summing Up The Dodd-Frank legislation provision requiring the publication of the ratio of CEO compensation to that of the average compensation level of all employees in public View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

specific case of Wells Fargo, it might warrant finding those who were fired for objecting to what was going on and hiring them back. The concern here is about psychological, not financial, ownership. The objects in question are organizations and relationships, not... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?

of their biggest research challenges was how to determine whether a manager’s guidance was on target or misleading. They did so by constructing their own estimates of how a company was doing in real time by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services

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Clubs - Business & Environment

become better stewards of the natural and built environment. Impact Investing Club The Impact Investing Club strives to equip our members with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as successful impact investors across the full spectrum of investing. View Details

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

products company decided to set a real zero climate goal instead of net zero, and how they plan to achieve it. She also describes how Seventh Generation is going beyond a carbon footprint to measure its... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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