Balance Of Payments - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

consequences their practices have. To help managers become more effective, we suggest that researchers should investigate the challenge that managers face: how organizations can balance their economic effects and their effects on human... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Jan 2007
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Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968

success in running an established business or entrepreneurial venture." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Have fun. Try to balance family, career, and society—something that is, in fact, very difficult to accomplish. For those who can do it, the... View Details

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

shipping model, according to Ngwe. Ngwe attributes the higher purchase totals to customers overshooting the minimum balance needed to qualify for free shipping, due to the extra time and effort required to hit it exactly. "Shoppers... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

highlight both the opportunities and challenges of launching and operating a venture within the region. Experts from Singapore’s private and public sectors will share their insights, offering a balanced... View Details

Profile

Jacob Meiner

definition of business – about money and balance sheets – was too narrow, and that it was about a lot more than that. I fell in love with the problem-solving side of... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Jun 2024
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Conducting Business

In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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How to Post | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

student. With greater numbers of students pursuing activities away from campus, and with increased instability in a number of regions of the world, the School has developed... View Details

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Sid Shenai

deficiencies in the qualitative skills, in leadership." To balance his talents, Sid expanded his educational ambitions by pursuing the JD/MBA Joint Degree Program at Harvard. Competing to help nonprofits succeed At HBS, both classes... View Details

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Fumi Tamaki

method, we practice making sound decisions based on limited information – it truly mimics reality. We learn to balance data with judgment.” Learning through collaboration and the support of peers With help... View Details

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Commencement 2017 Address | About

balancing the demands of your career with the rest of your life. In this arena in particular, I’d urge all of you to respect your loved ones as... View Details

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

HBS Working Knowledge contributor Carol Elsen conducted an e-mail interview with Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner about their new book, The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. Elsen: Since the dot-com implosion, how... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

01 Apr 1997
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Manager's Notebook

customer information. But now, conveniences such as Web browsers and "smart cards" (which today are used to store electronic money in several European markets and, in the future, could record an individual's daily transaction information) are shifting the View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

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Alumni Forums - Alumni

I'm really busy. Is now the right time to join a forum? Ironically, this may be the best time to commit to forum. Members say their monthly forum experience helps them maintain priorities, focus, and balance so the rest View Details

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HBS - From The Dean

Report, you will see evidence of their resilience on both the balance sheet and in the vignettes that mark notable milestones of our academic calendar. Since transitioning to... View Details

Student-Profile

Fanele Mashwama

Shawn Cole—plus he had an existing network of friends and colleagues in the Boston area—so he felt confident that HBS would be the right fit. “The Business Economics program struck the right balance between... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace

skills, she notes, she is thankful for every day. As a senior executive, Marshall works to balance -- and satisfy -- the needs of her shareholders, customers, and employees. Her work with CARE often gives... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

think more carefully about how they manage and organize themselves. Palepu: Paul, you spoke about the breakdown of checks and balances in the system generally. Can you elaborate? Healy: One thing that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

arise primarily from the wave of mergers and acquisitions that continue to alter the balance of power among media firms. The Walt Disney Company, for instance, in addition to... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

01 Apr 1999
News

A Vibrant Brand

officer at Chemical Bank in New York, he began to notice a disturbing phenomenon among the media: a lack of balanced journalism relating to African Americans. The idea of... View Details