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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
warning that antibiotic resistance presents one of the greatest threats to health, food security, and development worldwide. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States at least 2... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
operating efficiencies. Managers can use this information to test their profit plan assumptions and validate their business strategy. In addition, strategic profitability analysis can be used for early warning and corrective action,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
in their business model—defects that numerous outsiders noted from day one. It was a classic case of wishful thinking. Q: How can managers without executive authority spot the warning signs of denial and help reverse the process before... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
but warned that such a debate is "not likely to produce quick or easy agreement." The commerce in cadavers begs for such a debate. The commerce in cadavers in the United States rests on many key principles, including the need... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
plan can be a model. But he thinks it should be looked at on a state-by-state basis — rather than as a one-size-fits-all, federally funded, mandated national plan — to accommodate the particular circumstances of each state. And he warns... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
sufficient to fuel international expansion. The author presents advice on overcoming the paradox but warns it can be a lengthy process. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2010/12/why-you-arent-buying-venezuelan-chocolate/ar/1# Bringing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
efforts remained a secret from the SB. In the meeting, Maj spoke forcefully in favor of a student organization to support the workers and KOR. An SB informer was in the audience. After the meeting, Maj was called before the university administration and the secret... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
supplier, New York’s Chenango Valley Pet Foods. “That’s the reality of modern food manufacturing,” Gisholt remarks. “Food for people is also made without a complete wet cleaning in between productions, which is why you will see a nut allergy View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
predictions of those who warned that a company whose bottom line wasn't the bottom line could never survive, Scher has molded privately-held Working Assets over the past fifteen years into a business with 500,000 customers, 100-plus... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
response is clear. They also differ from unmistakable threats that may lack straightforward response paths (such as the frightening oxygen-tank explosion aboard Apollo 13). However, when the warning sign is ambiguous and the threat's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
25-year history. The protagonist, Yvonne Murray, is a group program manager at Adobe and responsible for coordinating the integration of her business unit's product—Device Central—in Creative Suite 3. Murray is copied on an email that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
everybody's rushing toward it, that's a warning sign. People think they'll make a lot of money on the zillions of Web sites they're putting out there by selling advertising. Many will. But I think many more are in for a rude awakening."... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
have to be serious and smart about this. If we don’t structure it correctly, the bailout could very well calm the current crisis, but also provoke even greater – and even more dangerous – risk-taking in the future,” said Moss. One public policy that should serve as a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
have made it to the other side without John. Even though some of our problems stemmed from things John warned us against, he rolled up his sleeves and did everything he could to help us survive and be a better company thereafter. We could... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
“The history of globalization warns against easy assumptions on the linearity of globalization.” Another instance is the highly influential "law and economics" literature, which emphasizes the importance of the common law... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
ground around the same time as its biggest competitor, DogVacay. At one point, he said, DogVacay was six times bigger than Rover. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago, when Rover acquired DogVacay in an all-stock deal. He also warned... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
international cooperation it needs to do its job? We are greatly encouraged by the increasing support and political commitment in recent months devoted to combating avian influenza, but even more is necessary. Surveillance and early View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
those five quarters? Susan Wilner Golden: Okay. And first, to warn you, I know that's funky math. There's only four quarters. DM: [laughs] SWG: Um, but this was the paradigm and framework I came up with. It was too hard to think of life... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
environments. “People have this notion that big data can solve every problem,” warns Luca. “We fundamentally think it’s about pairing the right sets of questions and tools with the right datasets.” With some creativity and ingenuity,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
kid” at Ford Motor Company, McNamara climbed the corporate ladder and, after fourteen years, was named president (the first from outside the Ford family) in November 1960. Bucking sacrosanct industry notions, he promoted vehicle safety and seat belts, View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons