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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

Image by Brian Stauffer What would the "perfect" tax plan look like? Sheridan Schechner (MBA/JD 1983), managing director, Barclays Capital, USA I'd envision three simple building blocks: a consumption tax with no exclusions that... View Details
Keywords: ask the expert; Finance
  • 05 Aug 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

in the field of analytics are focused on improved utilization of productive equipment and materials It is hard to get much GDP growth or wage growth this way, but corporate profits are certainly going up.  Perhaps that is a better way to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

    James E. Casey

    service was his hallmark issue, Casey was also a strong proponent of employee enhancement programs, becoming one of the first American businessmen to introduce a profit sharing plan to employees. View Details
    Keywords: Transportation
    • 01 Apr 1998
    • News

    Going For The Summit

    iVillage soon created sites such as About Work (www.aboutwork.com), Better Health (www.betterhealth.com), and Armchair Millionaire (www.armchairmillionaire.com), a financial planning site. Although Carpenter and her cofounders originally... View Details
    Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
    • 21 Nov 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

    investing in projects that earn more than their cost of capital; increasing profits from existing capital investments; reducing assets in activities that earn less than the cost of capital; and reducing the firm’s cost of capital itself.... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding

      John R. Sculley

      Leaving his position as CEO of Pepsi-Cola, Sculley’s first task as head of Apple involved cutting costs and cutting people, most notably, Apple’s founder and symbol, Steven Jobs. Though the firing of Jobs was difficult for many to digest, Sculley’s rehabilitation View Details
      Keywords: Computers & Electronics

        Alan C. Greenberg

        As head of one of the nation’s leading securities trading, investment banking, and brokerage firms, Greenberg became a legend with his ability to both deliver profits and champion ethics. Greenberg encouraged his Bear Stearns employees to... View Details
        Keywords: Finance
        • 02 May 2016
        • News

        Building Startup Skills for Business and Life

        Bill Daugherty (MBA 1991) believes in the power of entrepreneurship—not just to launch successful businesses, but also to jump-start successful lives. After selling his profitable Internet search company in 2004, Daugherty created a... View Details
        • 20 Sep 2011
        • News

        A Taxing Question

        Ireland, Israel, and Mexico. The Obama administration apparently is aiming to create a hybrid proposal. “The Treasury Department is considering a proposal to eliminate some but not all taxes on the overseas profits of US multinational... View Details
        Keywords: Roger Thompson; Accounting, Tax, Bookkeeping, Payroll Services; Professional Services
        • 10 Jan 2008
        • Sharpening Your Skills

        Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

        resource allocation lead to strategy failures? Can operations become a competitive advantage? Can "lean" Productions Methods Improve Service Industries? Bringing 'Lean' Principles to Service Industries Toyota and other top manufacturing companies have embraced,... View Details
        • Profile

        Paul Luning

        cut energy costs by twenty to forty percent, while we also had a huge environmental impact." In less than two years, Current Energy grew from ten people to 160. Aspirations beyond profits After concentrating on day-to-day tactics and... View Details
        • Portrait Project

        Anita Lynch

        forget. They remind me to consider the kids who are growing up today even worse off than I did. America's working poor need better economic opportunities, and I believe a lot can be done to help them create these opportunities for themselves. I View Details
        • 01 Mar 2014
        • News

        Cutting Edge

        irrelevance. The company's signature wild cherry–flavored product all but disappeared from retailers' shelves; by 2012, annual revenues had sunk to about $1 million. Enter Steve Silk (MBA 1978), turnaround maestro and patron saint of lost businesses, with a View Details
        Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
        • 01 Dec 2010
        • News

        The Transformers

        philanthropies New Profit and NewSchools Venture Fund. Harvard Business Review also served as a springboard for new ideas. In the March–April 1997 issue, MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice Allen Grossman cowrote an article... View Details
        Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
        • 25 Mar 2014
        • First Look

        First Look: March 25

        when H&M announced plans to enter the U.S., sales had grown 20% per year and operating profits 30% per year for a decade. After the August announcement of U.S. expansion plans, its share price hit a... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 24 Aug 2016
        • Research & Ideas

        Can Obamacare Be Saved?

        On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks after the Department of... View Details
        Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health
        • 29 Aug 2006
        • First Look

        First Look: August 29, 2006

        for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of her masculine, aggressive style in the classroom. As she begins to View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 01 Aug 2007
        • Op-Ed

        Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

        Nigerians. It could lay out its management plan as part of its election campaign, and voters would take that into account in making their decision. Why would locals vote for a foreigner? If they felt it was their only option to get out of... View Details
        Keywords: by Eric Werker
        • Web

        Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

        investing in smaller businesses. Educational Objectives The course focuses on how to manage smaller businesses with an emphasis on the financial aspects of buying and growing these businesses. The cases are designed to give students practical knowledge that will be... View Details
        • 01 Jun 2007
        • News

        KPMG for Mayor!

        Nigerians. It could lay out its management plan as part of its election campaign, and voters would take that into account in making their decision. Why would locals vote for a foreigner? If they felt it was their only option to get out of... View Details
        Keywords: Eric Werker; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
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