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- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional commercial banks when they compete with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work
Bloomberg Opinion H-1B lottery change would help Google, Facebook, Apple and hurt outsourcers Ethan Baron 24 Oct 2018 | The Mercury News Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities Richard Florida 18 Oct 2018 | CityLab What Will Trump Do... View Details
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Profiles - MBA
victims to suffer ataxia, paralysis, and death. A team of scientists at a local university quickly discovered that the disease was caused by a chemical company dumping untreated mercury into the water, but industry-funded researchers from... View Details
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The Gift of Global Talent
change would help Google, Facebook, Apple and hurt outsourcers Ethan Baron 24 Oct 2018 | The Mercury News Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities Richard Florida 18 Oct 2018 | CityLab What Will Trump Do Next With Chinese Student Visas?... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
overseas components.” There were concerns that the Company could become involved in politics and lose its needed focus on new markets. Supporting the plant in Thailand, Erich Almasy suggested that, “Politics are mercurial and should not... View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
There’s a scene in the drama series Mad Men when junior ad exec Peggy Olson complains to her mercurial boss Don Draper, “You never say thank you.” Don peevishly replies: “That’s what the money is for!” Harvard Business School Professors... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
direct special attention to it." Similarly, Daguerre, who invented photography, made his breakthrough when he put an exposed plate into a cabinet in which a thermometer had earlier shattered; mercury vapors from the broken... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
Joseph W. Crosby
Crosby built a small $3 million military supply (jet propulsion fuels) company into a $275 million advanced research and development operation. During his tenure, Thiokol designed sophisticated rocket launch equipment used for the Mercury... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
feel very proud of their work." For Horn, these social and cultural activities help him keep a sense of perspective in the mercurial movie business. For Horn, these social and cultural activities help him keep a sense of perspective in... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
Donald E. Petersen
Though he was part of the teams that launched the Ford Thunderbird and Mustang, Petersen's real fame is rooted in his revival of the Ford dynasty in the 1980s. Under Petersen's leadership, Ford grew out of the shadow of GM, redesigning the Thunderbird, and launching... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
James S. McDonnell
McDonnell built one of the most successful government-contracted industrial space and aircraft production businesses in the U.S. His company produced the Phantom jet fighters, the Mercury Space Capsule, and the Gemini spacecraft. In 1967,... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Spreading the Words
San Francisco investment firm, he and Jan now spend twenty to thirty hours a week adding to the site from a spare room in their Menlo Park home. “It’s a passion,” Cook told the San Jose Mercury News (April 8, 2003). “We’re making a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Help in the Vicinity
bricks-and-mortar location that offers it. Vicinity's services are currently utilized by more than 250 diverse companies, including Barnes & Noble, McDonald's, and Nike. In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News (January 17, 2000),... View Details
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
distractions including Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo will be sold off; they're now meaningless. U.S.-based models like Mercury will be discontinued. Can Ford recover? The answer lies in whether the common vehicle platforms developed for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
restaurants. Things went well, until — as is so often true in the mercurial world of restaurants — they didn’t. Thomas put her expertise in operations and management to work, helping to sort out some of the financial difficulties the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
comprehensive and reasonable a negotiated settlement may appear, acceptance is subject to approval by complex, often mercurial individuals. Over the years, Ross has worked with a succession of Middle East leaders, but given that Yasser... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
in action? Check out the mercurial ups and downs of the nearest startup. "They're always unfiltered," Mukunda says. "In pretty much every case the personal quirks of the entrepreneur will have a huge impact." View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
Toyota? A: It has to make good cars. Basically, Ford has been holding its position on the basis of SUVs and the pick-up. Q: Trucks. A: Trucks, you could say. And really, Toyota, the Camry, just pushed the Mercury and the Taurus right out... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
instant photography. Under the leadership of its mercurial founder Edwin Land, the company regularly released new instant cameras and films, often without any market research. Land created a culture of innovation and exploration within... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
And those mercurial capital flows, as welcome as they are when they’re inbound, can wreak havoc when they reverse, or as they attract undisciplined competitors and drive excess supply at the worst possible moments. Moreover, the... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)