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- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to do for me?" says Solmssen,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
language originally intended to inform an investor, which now protects the offerers. —D. Quinn Mills "While some analysts insist that Quattrone believed in honest research, others say he tried to bully them. `I'll have you out of here Monday morning if you say... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
almost the size of Kuwait. What’s clear, though, is that while this city is rich relative to the rest of the country , its city managers were miserly when it came to building the ribbons of roads and rail needed to bind its residents... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
role as managing partner at Global Ventures, doing all the things hard-driving VCs do—like making presentations from a hospital bed. In March 2021, Enan traveled to New York for open heart surgery to repair a mitral valve prolapse. The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
S. Kaplan and Steven R. Anderson Periodical:Journal of Cost Management 21, no. 2 (March-April 2007): 5-15 Abstract Activity-based costing has enabled managers to see that not all revenue is good revenue and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
sometimes be skirted, frauds sometimes perpetrated, society’s resources misallocated, and the environment sometimes damaged. Managements are sometimes tolerated or even embraced who should not be—managements preoccupied with... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
terrorist threat info and analysis pulled from the web’s darkest corners. Rothrock’s RedSeal also has a number of federal clients, though he doesn’t necessarily know who they are. Brokered through a government intermediary, they simply show up as View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
we can design and manage our most imminent environments—our neighborhoods, may they be of physical, social, or intellectual nature—to best support knowledge creation, diffusion, and performance outcomes. About the author Sean Silverthorne... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
more and more cases, when leaders make critical decisions, they are not choosing among specific, detailed options, each supported by in-depth analysis, nor are they expecting to implement the option they choose in a familiar, predictable, or View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
exclude customers without Internet access or a bank account. That strikes me as a relatively small investment to make for a relatively large number of individuals. Tufano suggests a few adjustments to "reinvent" the savings bond... View Details
- Web
Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
disclosure regulation (the U.K.), the analyst school-tie premium has remained large and significant over the entire sample period. Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh Lerner Publication:Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
online grocer to address this question. In general, we find that as the delay between order completion and delivery increases, grocery customers spend less, order a higher percentage of "should" items (e.g., vegetables), and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
sourcing retail partners to ideating and negotiating the deals. I'd also execute on the look and feel of the physical store post-deal. It was a hands-on management role and I absolutely loved the high-intensity nature of my day-to-day.... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7
use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks—where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions—give larger loans to small firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Early on in Kim Scott’s career, she had a few wake-up calls that set her on a mission to become a better boss—a leader who was highly effective but still very human. She began to develop a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
room. You will never regret it, and you'll build a strong reputation." Linda Rossetti (MBA 1991), managing director, Golden Seeds; blogger, Novofemina.com, Boston, Massachusetts I'd offer three ideas to female MBAs. First, take the time... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, Renata Lemos, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We present evidence on the labor supply of CEOs and on whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2019 (Revised July 2025)
- Case
Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case discusses the challenges faced by Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche Industries Limited in 2003, when the Kenyan government accused the company of manufacturing and selling substandard alcoholic drinks, revoked its liquor licenses, and shut down its... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Wine; Manufacturing; Informal Market; Regulation; Illicit; Illegal; Shutdown; Factory; Low-income Consumers; Multinational; Local; Government; Allegations; Accusations; Negative Press; EABL; Tusker; Beer; SAB; Chang'aa; Naivasha; Rift Valley; East Africa; Lawsuit; Legal Battle; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Production; Safety; Quality; Distribution; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (A): Fighting for Share in the Kenyan Alcoholic Drinks Market." Harvard Business School Case 720-390, September 2019. (Revised July 2025.)
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
Great chefs, like great artists, go far beyond their materials (in this case, food) to provoke an experience that fulfills their creative vision. Unlike artists, however, they are running a business that requires putting diners in the seats, balancing costs, and View Details