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- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
General is a real-life example of topics that we cover in our finance curriculum such as valuation, financing, and risk management, and it brings together financial strategy... View Details
- 03 Nov 2011
- What Do You Think?
The Ultimate Question in Management
determine the behavior of management or does the behavior of management determine our value system? (from Athan Sunderland), "Is (our) organization a place where balanced risks can be taken without causing too much career... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
information about the risk of future economic crashes and deserve more scrutiny from policymakers, economists, and regulators. The paper emerges after years of persistent... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
Beginning with the influential work of Professor Emeritus Robert N. Anthony in the 1960s and 1970s, Harvard Business School has given a prominent place to research and course development focusing on the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
Tony has a deep need to start acting and stop reacting, to feel he is alive, and to end his "as if" existence. The right answer, he concludes, is not more success, but View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
competitive pressure and highlighted how inherent conflict between an organization's departments can create disaster. The launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule took place 10 months after competitor SpaceX’s successful testing of its... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
risking arrest. The extent to which the illegal market continues to flourish, says Quelch, depends on how much states charge in taxes, and how much additional recreational demand continues to drive up retail... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
of dogs and interested families, Exley and Battles have begun designing an accessible, up-to-date list of families looking for dogs. And there are plans to update the site. (At... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
price no matter how many tomatoes were produced and a premium for better quality. Farmers were asked to harvest five days later than normal, which produces a riper, tastier product without adding sweeteners but increases the level of... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
that Section 404 may actually have far less value than its cost. In Stephen Thomas's opinion, "... the new, exaggerated internal controls can make a company ... more risk-averse... And in aggregate it creates new View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
in the black. "They underestimated the risk associated with paying bribes, but they also overestimated what they were going to make on profits," says Healy. "Most companies don't have the luxury of going back View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
disclosures hit the headlines. For this reason, it is perhaps a good time to solicit creative ideas about how leading business schools that mint a high proportion of senior executives in large organizations can identify and weed out... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
Europe and Africa because property rights are more difficult to enforce there. —Walter Kuemmerle The first difference is the development of capital markets and the transparency of these markets. In countries... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
Takafumi Horie, the thirty-three-year-old CEO of Livedoor, had become Japan's anti-establishment enfant terrible: rich, hard charging, willing to take big risks such as the ultimately failed attempt to acquire a controlling interest in... View Details
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
Many institutions promote and even mandate moral behavior and values among their members, but how they do it differs greatly. Some organizations such as religious groups may proscribe very specifically what... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
The United States housing market is tight and expensive and shows no signs of easing. Existing home sales hit a 15-year high in 2021, with 6.12 million sold, a jump of 8.5 percent, according to the National... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
lending in this market. Traditional bank loans may yield a return of 5 to 7 percent, but many alternative lending platforms charge yields ranging from 30 to 120 percent of the loan value, depending on the size, term duration, and View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto makers. At the same time, says... View Details