Strategic Corporate Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

often see staged financing in new venture situations. The fourth is sources of financing. While traditional finance courses have focused on classic corporate financing options, we introduce venture capital, angel investors, View Details

Keywords: by Staff

10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

part-time and had gathered £40,000 of initial capital. Yet, making the decision to leave his corporate job and become an entrepreneur was not easy: Was Dinr a good business opportunity? Would it be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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agility, and working towards strategic objectives. Managers work together to set strategy, priorities, and policies, determine resource allocation, manage performance and coach individual staff on their career goals, and measure results.... View Details

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Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog

with it will cease to exist and will be superseded by this course. In VCJ, students will learn all aspects of the venture capital process, including: Deal sourcing Developing an investment thesis Conducting due diligence Investment View Details

04 Oct 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go

developing Wily's technology, landing some important sales, and leading a strategic transformation of the company, David Strohm (MBA '80), a VC advisor on Wily's board, requested that Cirne step down to CTO and clear the way for an... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Technology

18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

to make a decision regarding one of the industry's "transformational assets," the Bayer team had to move quickly and carefully as they were determined not to overpay for the asset. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning

Fortunately, noted Pearson, “Some of the seeds of our current success had already been planted.” Specifically, there had been increased emphasis on environmental education programming based in field science on the island and a concerted effort to develop the island’s... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
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Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan

By: Forest Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal

Arcos Dorados—McDonald’s largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)—faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDonald’s... View Details

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01 Mar 2007
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Security Chief

CEO, having first served six months as COO. Since 9/11, it’s hard to think of a business with more growth potential than security. Even before that fateful day in 2001, GE executives made the strategic View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23

people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering potential View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Strategic Value Of Values: A New Guidance System By Rosabeth Moss Kanter Any company can say it has values, but what Banco Real did was to embed them in business practice and make them credible to the skeptics inside and outside of their... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

state control to free enterprise in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe—more than 20 countries in all, including Zambia, Vietnam, and, most recently, Myanmar. “Reforming economic infrastructure and privatizing state corporations are rarely... View Details

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Fabian Frick

making; I wanted more of a management role,” says Fabian. A consulting assignment with McKinsey gave him the opportunity to explore strategic digitization projects. “In Germany,” Fabian notes, “we have lots of large, traditional companies... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Tech

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

not equally worth doing. By clarifying and defining intended impact and theory of change, organizations can gain the clarity they need to make the important decisions of how to allocate time, money, and staff. The most important piece of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

11 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All

easily adapt to a different culture in a professional context? I landed in Berlin two weeks ago, directly from New Delhi, were I did my last course of the year. Without much time to settle down in the city, I started working as a member of the team. For now, I am... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Dec 2017
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A Shared Vision for a Better World

Harrold returned home, he earned a master’s degree in political science but ultimately realized academia wasn’t for him. “I decided I was better suited for the business world where strategic and decisive... View Details

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

25-year business career that included 10 years in fashion retailing; 12 years in mutual fund and brokerage financial services; serving as a director on nonprofit and corporate boards; and chairing the Better Business Bureau here in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5

Publications May 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations By: Brown, Daniel, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—We explore the... View Details