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- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
to lose faith in the rationality of the market and closed his fund. Next-step options, such as a CFO or director of corporate development position, filled his head as he left the top-floor co-op of the Brooklyn Heights town house where he and his wife lived. The home,... View Details
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo
raised more than $110 million in private venture funding, Care.com used its cash on marketing and acquired four companies in an effort to expand and grow, prior to going public in January 2014. The challenges are many for the tireless... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
Security, Department of Defense, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other agencies, describe how America’s electric infrastructure was critically unprepared for any number of natural and man-made threats, including solar storms,... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
supplying pertinent information and raising questions regarding the private information held by the other party. Rather than simply stating information, parties share their underlying reasons and logic. The... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
Unsurprisingly, then, Jakarta underwhelms in comparison to other world centers. Last year, in its annual liveability index, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Jakarta 116—below Almaty, Kazakhstan, and New Delhi—out of 140 cities.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
destruction of natural habitats such as forests and wetlands. On the other hand, business is gradually beginning to make efforts to reverse those frightening trends by creating new processes, products, and paradigms that take the... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
for an extra hour of studying, versus going straight to bed. I learned to maintain respect through overcoming disagreements I had with teammates, players on other teams, and my coaches. These three overarching lessons transpire through... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
more vigorously to assert who they are socially, psychically, and culturally,” remarks Koehn. “As a value proposition, luxury goods are very sensitive to timing and ego.” Adaptation, however, is a risky business. “You can’t rely on consumer research to the same extent... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
for the most part. And private conversations, by their nature, can't mobilize an organization to address the gaps between its business strategy and the structure, capabilities, and market realities it faces. In our experience, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
the body of empirical research on entrepreneurial resource mobilization has grown, the literature has become increasingly fragmented. We review the literature on entrepreneurs’ mobilization of resources, spanning human, social, financial, and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
kid-pleasing category of electronic toy. The LeapPad took the dusty, flash-card connotations out of the term “educational toy” and launched a new, highly successful product line of “smart toys.” LeapFrog did what no other new player in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
floor of Merrill Lynch headquarters at Manhattan’s World Financial Center. As president of Merrill’s U.S. Private Client Group, O’Neal oversees sixteen thousand brokers — or financial advisors, as he calls them — in eight hundred branch... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
across multiple types of necessary evils: Have pairs or teams perform these tasks together. Create ample time and space after these tasks for people to decompress and debrief. Provide the right physical environment—a quiet, private area... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
long-running stories, it is often the episodes that take place off the beaten track that most capture the imagination. Some classmates may check in only once or twice in their careers, while other reports might appear only because a class... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
initial caution, growth when it came was both fast and steady. When he sold the company in 1999 to the Spanish food conglomerate Campofrio, TelePizza spanned six countries with more than 600 outlets selling some $250 million worth of pizza a year. He had turned an... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
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Lara Hodgson
us out of business,” she recalled. Selling to small boutiques had been simple. Those stores paid immediately with a check or credit card. The large companies, on the other hand, paid anywhere from 30 to 90 days after receiving a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
James Ellman shows how to invest wisely as climate change impacts multiple sectors across the stock market. The costs of global warming and its mitigation will have a major impact on equity market performance over the next two decades. As... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
the production of nearly all crops, they first developed with much more limited application, and early diffusion was accordingly limited in scope until tractor technology generalized. The results are consistent with theory and other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
we’ve completely gutted the right of workers to organize in the private sector, to be heard in the workplace, which is a fundamental human right. That needs to be restored. Not just because it’s a fundamental human right, but because it... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
reduced tax evasion and, in connection with other reforms, brought about high and sustainable economic growth. And the situation kept evolving throughout the course of writing the case; in 2006, the Slovaks elected a new government. In... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace