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01 Dec 2020
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Karmic Kickstart

that year of treatment, I could barely function at all. After considerable discussion with my wife, Janet, a psychology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, we decided to start over in a distant place... View Details

Keywords: transitions; higher education; travel; reflection; cancer; Educational Services

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From Classroom to Workplace - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

male-dominated arenas and of achieving a delicate balance between their professional and personal lives. 173, 174, 037 Women students, for example, experienced the sting of... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Books

with shareholders, rewarded short–term “earnings management” and beautified balance sheets. These tactics were facilitated by cooperative accountants who didn’t want to risk losing the profitable consulting business View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

interactive database tracking 16 categories of policies announced in each country, from rate cuts and lending to quantitative easing, the large-scale asset purchases and balance sheet expansion by central... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Feb 2011
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Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

Citing corporate scandals of the past ten years, Andrew MacLennan said that " in the last 10 years there has been a growing recognition of the need to balance great ideas... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Turnarounds and Transformation

in LSEG Workspace, 12 August 2023 (link not available) Fixing Burger King's Royal Mess, Wall Street Journal, 21 June 2023 Restaurant Brands International replaces its CEO: Former chief operating officer to take the helm, says one View Details

04 Jan 2021
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How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

been winning the competition repeatedly. As Working Knowledge reader John Sandvik put it: “A scale tipped to either side is not ideal the balance already is far in favor of the largest businesses, and some... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

of an extremely successful supermarket chain on the West Coast, where he achieved impressive business results through effective IT system implementation and management. As chair of the IT committee, he helps... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

the community -- its outside stakeholders. You can have responsibility at the top of the company, but if it doesn't permeate the entire organization the stakeholders can't count on it. What about bottom-line responsibility to... View Details

06 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

at Enron had nothing to do with the failure to expense options. Rather, it related to a failure to disclose something else entirely on both the income statement and the balance sheet. Enron had taken advantage View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman

22 Feb 2022
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Savings and Loam

they’re generating interest at the bank. Cummings intends to close that loop with Walden Mutual, which he founded in 2021 to create impact on both the deposit and lending sides of the balance sheet. (He... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

03 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

those efforts and proactively addressing issues when negative stories arise. “The positive association between ESG performance and market valuation is stronger for firms with more positive public sentiment momentum,” writes Harvard Business School Professor View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

identified unconventional energy as one of the eight strategic priorities that would be transformative for America. The Project’s research on unconventional energy recommends a strategy for government and business to maximize this... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Do You Speak Business?

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2015
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Case Study: Bionic Banking

(Thinkstock/Getty Images) Robo-advisors, like Betterment and Wealthfront, are built for millennials-automated asset management for those with lower account balances or an aversion to traditional financial advisors. Silicon Valley has... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Short Takes

abandonment - refusing to repair a broken product. "People feel most satisfied with their purchases when they can put the paradoxes of technology in relative balance in their lives," says Fournier. Fournier... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2017
News

Lego Stays on Script

of approximately $4.52 billion (five times greater than that of its nearest competitor, Fisher Price), and the company has been hailed as a growth champion. Hear more from company cochairman Jørgen Vig... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann

Every now and again we have some really big news to share with prospective students. This week’s announcement about the new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences joint degree was no exception. In a previous post we outlined some of the program... View Details

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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog

need and ways to build a sustainable future. Students will explore the balance of maintaining basic development goals, such as improving infrastructure, reducing poverty, energy access, housing, transport... View Details

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