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introduced Protectionist tariffs reduced Influence: Medium-Low 20 1920 s 19 Isolationism U.S. restores high tariffs U.S. pushes for debt recovery Allied nations seek war reparations from Axis powers Influence: Medium-Low 30 1930 s 19... View Details

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

not sufficient anymore. 2. The internal control systems are broken. 3. The best response to the above is to strengthen externally imposed controls by improving the flow of information to capital markets, by shifting power to shareholders,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

MSPs instead of input suppliers because they want to enjoy the economic value and power created by the indirect network effects typically (though not always) associated with MSPs. Hagiu and Wright note, however, that achieving MSP status... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

sugars or vegetable oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities,... View Details

15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

power of states. But the world is not flat, argues HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat. Think of it as partly globalized, or "semiglobalized." "Strategies that presume complete global integration tend to place far too much... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

product managers and advertising managers need to develop a new respect for and understanding of individual customers, account managers and sales managers. No longer will headquarters reign supreme. As power shifted from seller to buyer,... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

02 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

laws that seek to give workers more bargaining power by requiring companies to disclose employee salaries. However, opening up the books for all to see has put 2 to 3 percent less cash in workers’ pockets, at least in the US private... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Sep 2003
News

Stan O’Neal

native. “I find it terribly rewarding and humbling. It is hard for me to imagine anything I’d enjoy more.” O’Neal, named one of the “25 Most Powerful People in Business” by Fortune magazine this year, joined Merrill in 1986 as director of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

01 Sep 2006
News

Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered

it is a standard piece of the litany of management practice,” HBS professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser told the Boston Globe. “He wanted to be lively, he wanted to be provocative, but most of all, he wanted the power of the ideas to come... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

10 Jun 2019
Blog Post

What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS

company. The timing couldn't have been better. I eventually spent a year in Brazil, traveling throughout the country, seeing firsthand the destruction caused by corruption, and discovering the power of technology to stop it. Working at... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

25th Reunion last year, it was obvious that there were a number of very successful people among us." George von Peterffy, who taught Planning in the Business Environment, the course in which Anderson and de Rothschild first met, commented, "I wanted my students to... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

14 Jun 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

good for humankind," said the Dean. "If you look at the billions of people lifted out of poverty, the standard of living we have created, the kinds of jobs we've created it all came from the enormous force for good that is business." This View Details

12 Jan 2023
News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

caught the eye of Google, which forged a partnership to provide the estimated 66,000 software-development hours required to build a digital bank from the virtual ground up. Now called BetaBank Powered by Google, Ballard’s venture will be... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for the price trajectory of IP addresses. In a world without uncertainty, the unit price of IP addresses is constant until all addresses are in... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

restorative power of Dlodlo’s unconventionally mission-driven and community-centered approach to redevelopment. “Working with Nadine has been a blessing,” says Donnell Nance, a Union Square homeowner and officer in the Southwest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

24 Jan 2020
News

Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

number of the School's comprehensive leadership and focused Executive Education program offerings. In everything he did, Christensen sought to help his students understand the powerful way they could be a force for good in society and in... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

such as adding contractual clauses to assure that the manager will not repeat the offenses that led to the earlier firing.” Shadreck Saili observed that getting fired in itself might transform a candidate. MrScott remarked that the issue is how this person handles... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

problematic. Based on more than two decades of research, this presentation will explore the power of digital platforms, the emergence of AI as a platform, and how to manage the numerous problems digital platforms can create. Participants... View Details

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Melcolm Ruffin

his college education and his NBA career offered him simultaneous introductions to HBS alumni – and powerful Black leadership. In his second year at UMass, Melcolm attended an event featuring Dan Reed, then president of the NBA D-League... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

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