Balance Of Payments - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

personal computers. Reddy passed along knowledge he had newly acquired about selecting and dealing with the board of investors, honing a business strategy, building a strong core team, and managing cash carefully. The two View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

01 Dec 2015
News

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

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

examples of how, by practicing judo principles of movement (not inviting attack, defining the competitive space, and following through fast); balance (gripping your opponent,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

payments worldwide, and, earlier this year, Seattle-based OpenCar, an automotive software and services provider. “To become more horizontally integrated, we’re expanding the range of content we offer and... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

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
What Do You Think?

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

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

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

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

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

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

company? A: Running a four-drive company is like riding a unicycle-it takes a lot of work to maintain the balance among these four drives. The primary threat to a perfect four-drive company is to avoid... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

In the beginning there was the microprocessor. The mass market availability in the early 1980s of this revolutionary piece of technology — which shrank the computer from an unwieldy Goliath View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

funds." A few years later, he adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Jun 2020
News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

this debate of privacy. Because it's definitely happening in some Asian markets and some Asian venues. Dan: But I want to touch on that example of frictionless payment and the... View Details

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

with the capacity and courage to effect these changes? Another message, according to Herzlinger, was about the role of payment models on cost, quality, and access to care and the need to ensure that "access"... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

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Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online

international taxes Payment deadline November 6 View weekly calendar Enroll Now No documentation required All learners must be at least 18 years of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and... View Details

06 Dec 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

this Q&A, HBS professors and strategy experts Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu offer a practical framework for succeeding in emerging markets. Key concepts include: The ambition level of large, fast-growing emerging markets around... View Details

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

and the needs of his or her new employer.Not all managers are equally suited to all business situations. The strategic skills required to control costs in the face of fierce price competition are not the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

25 Jan 2016
News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

financial side of business and was seeing a balance sheet for the first time. I had to get out of my comfort zone and get comfortable with public speaking. Also, it allowed me... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Jan 2004
News

Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

losses, improve his finance department with the help of a Wall Street private equity firm, and make it a matter of policy to pay closer attention to managing the balance sheet.... View Details

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