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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
500 are incorporated) have made it clear that maximizing shareholder return is required only when the breakup of the corporation has become inevitable or there is a change of control. For this purpose, a merger of two publicly held firms will not result in a change in... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
the quality of what's inside. We need the assurance of the Sunkist brand. A variant on this theme is ingredient branding: putting the brand of an ingredient on the outside of a product to increase its appeal. When is the provider of the... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
word-of-mouth, marketers should influence word-of-mouth, is actually not entirely correct. We still do advertising because you control 100 percent of your advertising. You have very little, sometimes no View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
on the island of Nantucket off Massachusetts, serves more than 1,000 children, adults, and veterans every year. “I’m a firm believer in growing only as fast as you can control the quality of your product,”... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
convenience items, including DVD rentals. By 2005, McDonald’s had allowed Kaplan to spin off Redbox and seek outside investors for the business (which came to focus exclusively on DVD rentals); in 2009, McDonald’s sold its share to Coinstar, an early investor that now... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
with a team on a new idea in the health IT space—one she believes has the potential to increase the quality of patient care, while lowering costs by giving control of health care information back to the... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
College football fans may strenuously argue the specifics of play, but there is little doubt the quality of championship bowls they watch is higher than in years past. Does that mean players now pass, run, and tackle with more skill,... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
Whistleblower,” tells the story of Sherry Hunt, Citibank, and the frauds that caused the Great Recession. Hunt started at Citi as a mortgage quality control officer in 2004, just as the housing bubble was... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
overlook the significance of these certifications and typically lack the necessary operational capacity to pursue them, underscoring a divide in the adoption of sustainable practices within the RFH community. RFH also champions eco-friendly cultivation methods, such as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
expertise in quality control and volume manufacturing in the automotive industry (where he does double duty as managing director of Sundaram Brake Linings), Mahesh launched Sundaram Medical Devices in 2010,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
trends. Survey data, data from the Small Business Administration, and anecdotal information exist, but these are blunt tools, offering a limited snapshot of supply and demand, often with years of delay. Lack of quality data means that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
markets in developed nations. But by the mid-1980s, the Yangs decided the time had come to differentiate themselves. They would concentrate on quality and meeting the needs of the most discriminating designers and retailers in areas such... View Details
- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
approach when considering SOX," explains Srinivasan. The most worrisome part of the act on the business side was the mandate that required public companies to obtain an independent audit of their internal control practices. The cost... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
now give to the overall benefits of globalization. As practiced today, Ricardo's classic system results in win-win exchanges when both trading partners are either (1) industrialized nations with modern impulse/check/balance governments, no excessive unemployment, and... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
companies gain flexibility in the range of projects they may undertake. "Hiring outside contractors is a way for managers to access the talent they need to get the work done," says Bradach. Independent contractors reported a greater sense of accomplishment, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
individuals, can borrow and adapt." That belief, they maintain, will require that some companies, in their own best interests, relinquish control over brands and "be more generous" with consumers. In other words, they take... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Digging Deep
solidly built, collapsible shovel tools that won’t break when things get down and dirty. In the past year, Pieper moved manufacturing from China to Portland, Oregon, a difficult logistical shift that nonetheless made it easier to control... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
would not stay here at any price" to "This is an extremely nice apartment; I would stay here even if it were a lot more expensive than a nice hotel room." With these ratings, the researchers controlled for apartment/room View Details
- 21 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?
inducing people into believing they can expertly control the ball will affect the way they perceive themselves as business influencers. In fact, Norton spends most of his time thinking about thinking. So it's somewhat ironic that his... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right
million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose, potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel did not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for... View Details