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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
firm." It was a reminder that what's right for America may not make sense in Asia - an obvious point, perhaps, but one worth repeating in any forum on cross-cultural issues. The second day of the meeting produced equally profitable... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
generating sponsorship revenue? KCON LA and KCON Tokyo have made a profit for multiple years in a row, and KCON NY was in the black for the first time in 2016, but other KCONs lost money. What can they do to further grow the Bibigo brand... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
is the traditional private-sector approach," Ashraf says. "The assumption is that if you don't give someone a stake in the profits of the organization they won't feel that they have a mission." The practical problem with the theory is... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
Talismark, which helped its customers manage their waste, was considering re-engineering its business fundamentals to dramatically increase profitability by changing its sales and information processes. Implementing the changes would be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
rose-colored glasses will be much better positioned to profit from both positive and negative global developments. In summary, successful business operations in the current global economy necessitate a deeper understanding of political... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
impact investing. I thought, 'How can I use impact investing and tie in for profit principles to have an impact?' Impact has been in my blood for a long time and HBS seemed like a great option to re-center and commit to that path. At... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
on employee and community well-being in fact perform better than those that don't? "There is some evidence to suggest the affirmative," says Thomas. "The service profit chain model, formulated by HBS professors Jim Heskett, Earl Sasser,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
required that they act rapidly. However, they had divergent views on the path forward. Should they stay the course and focus on their core competencies, or should they rethink their approach to sales and drive profitability via spot... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
disclosure where senders are required to report their private information truthfully but can choose how complex to make their reports. We find that senders use complex disclosure over half the time, and most of this obfuscation is View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
sure high returns were tied to management compensation. The pressure to produce unrealistic profit fueled increased risk-taking. And as the government relaxed checks on excessive risk-taking (or, at a minimum, didn't respond with... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
meant that the manufacturing floor was increasingly allocating more space to microprocessors. As that more profitable market grew, Intel became a microprocessor company, not a memory company. These operating level decisions changed the de... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
economies–a movement started in the Global South–which prioritizes social profitability over financial gain. She also holds an Ontario Early Researcher Award (2018-2026) and previously the IDG SSHRC (2017-2020). Hossein is a board member... View Details
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
while preserving their traditional lifestyle. A portion of our profits is subsequently returned to these communities to assist the herders with local development needs in areas such as health and education. We believe that by investing... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
is senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: cerro_photography] Related Reading The Right Way to Manage Churn for Maximum Profit Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again. Identify Great... View Details
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Business historians can profit from careful analyses of government and personal archives to reconstruct the early "start-up" phases of firms—and to uncover the role that other organizational forms, such as partnerships, played... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
confident he could arrange another round of private financing, which should suffice to carry the company through to profitability in 2002. New market opportunities were arising, such as providing dry cleaning through grocery-store chains... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
assets are practicing sustainable development. According to this line of thinking, harvesting trees and using the money generated to build schools would be an example of sustainable development. But others insist that development is sustainable only if natural-resource... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
structure up-to-date. Last year, Boise Cascade announced its most profitable year ever, with earnings of $352 million on sales of $5 billion. At about the same time that Harad's company was struggling against declining profits, across the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
shareholders' economic interests and low corporate profitability, Japan introduced the JPX-Nikkei400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's "best-run" companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable of its large and liquid... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
profitable business was maintained during the 1930s, despite a welter of exchange controls and other restrictions which handicapped German and other firms. In the longer term, the ring strategy failed to protect most of the firm's foreign... View Details