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- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
Because the two great disturbances that are shaking the world economy are the cyclical downturns in the United States, and especially in the information and communications technology sectors, and the global supply networks. That double... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
numbers, many of those responsible for social engagement online reached out to key decision makers in the company to try to obtain an ever-larger budget for such efforts. Invariably, however, they are met with the same question: "How much do all of these social efforts... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
possibility. Given the fact that, at least anecdotally, some companies are starting to encourage work-from-anywhere, the bottom line implication is that it could trigger a de-urbanization or de-agglomeration... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
reached their limits; third, some products affecting the health and rights of the people as well as the related entities' behavior are challenging the legal and moral bottom line. These three aspects are required to establish a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
mainstream, PureCircle would need to at least double its capacity to secure its position in the industry. If leadership overbuilt the company's capacity and Reb A ultimately remained a niche product, they would severely jeopardize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
(Bazerman, Loewenstein & White, 1992). The present analysis, however, shows that the perceived value of such tradeoffs—the transaction utility (Thaler, 1985; 1999)-depends on whether the allocation occurs within a particular social category View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
to put the study rooms in the library instead of Spangler, and how many seats to put in the auditorium.” Ultimately, Spangler got 29 study rooms and a 350-seat auditorium. Essential Spangler: Warm weather always draws a crowd to the patio; the main lounge View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
federal regulation. So my bottom line is we need a financial product safety commission that ensures some basic safety for American families.” Don’t Expect CEOs in Handcuffs Harvard economics professor... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
has been growing 30 percent annually since 2006. In the years ahead, athenahealth announced, it would nearly double the size of its workforce, to some 5,000 employees. It would also further redevelop the 29-acre site by adding 150,000... View Details
- Web
Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
operating expenses for fiscal 2018 rose 4.8 percent from fiscal 2017, coming in below our forecast of 6.3 percent. Faculty and staff compensation—the School’s largest expense—was up 4 percent, versus the 5 percent we anticipated. Other View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
worker-management culture. However, the company was best known for its compensation system, paying its workers on a piecework basis, coupled with bonuses based on company revenues. Although this often resulted in average annual pay for Lincoln workers that was more... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- Web
CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017
more than doubled over the past five years, growing from $35 million, or 6 percent of total revenues, in fiscal 2012, to $74 million, or 9 percent of total revenues, in fiscal 2017. This revenue has a significant impact on the School’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
worker-management culture. However, the company was best known for its compensation system, paying its workers on a piecework basis, coupled with bonuses based on company revenues. Although this often resulted in average annual pay for Lincoln workers that was more... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
prowess. This narrative stresses that Britannica’s management faced organizational diseconomies of scope between supporting lines of business in the old and new markets, which generated internal conflicts. These conflicts hindered the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
limited partners begging to get in,” notes Wilcox. “Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals, and LPs are lining up to invest money in them. But the mediocre and poorer funds are having trouble raising... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
receive double bilateral cochlear implants,” Sommer says. “Now I can hear a golf ball hitting the bottom of the cup or the sound of rain on the window, all the little things that make this an amazing world... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the CFO
Reflecting the success of HBR's digital initiatives and the relevance of its content, the number of average monthly visitors to HBR.org has more than doubled over the past five years. Looking ahead, HBP is focused on driving growth across... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
follow. "If you want to put resources toward helping the local community—fix the housing problem or whatever it might be— [stakeholders] might look at you and say, 'What do you mean? Where's the bottom line... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
in income while the bottom 80 percent lost that same $600 billion from 1979 to 2008. That translates into an average gain of $500,000 in annual income for each person at the top, while the bottom 80 percent... View Details