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- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
skills to work, fashion a company environment that meets your own needs, and profit directly from your success. But finding the right business to buy and closing the deal isn't always easy. In the HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
presents special strategic and tactical challenges. (See the sidebar "Linked Negotiations" for descriptions of three categories of such talks.) This article focuses on "birds in the bush"—situations in which, like Jim,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
and discrepancies can emerge as a result. Effective Auditing for Corporates provides you with proactive advice to help you safeguard core value within a corporation and to ensure that auditing processes and key personnel meet the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
of 10‐year sustainability‐related goals. In an effort to meet such goals, the company invested a total of $1 billion in environmentally beneficial products such as new seeds and traits in Dow's AgroSciences business, solar shingles, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
observed corporate accountability reports can be used to determine whether and how those reports create or destroy value for shareholders and other constituencies. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934322 When Supply-Chain... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
found to be associated with the ability to attract specialized solvers with range of diverse scientific interests. Furthermore, successful solvers solved problems at the boundary or outside of their fields of expertise, indicating a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
the public domain, it's already reflected in the stock price," says Cohen. "Investment insight is something you understand that no one else does." Cohen says that in the course students are encouraged to find those special... View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
and bribe others in order to receive special services in the future. Indeed, in a pair of follow-up survey studies, we find evidence that the link between tipping and bribery can be partly accounted for by prospective orientation. ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
produced. Scoring high in all these categories, BMW believes that its reputation as the world's "greenest" car company plays an important role in brand awareness and customer satisfaction, factors that contribute to revenue growth. So how can View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
firm was confident that it and the current management could work together to revamp the fortunes of China's leading electronic retailer. However, it did not anticipate the power Huang had behind bars. As the majority shareholder, Huang managed to manipulate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
take on leadership responsibilities when delivering care. Evidence suggests that effective clinical leadership yields superior clinical outcomes. However, few residency programs systematically teach all residents how to lead, and many clinicians are inadequately... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
company, the European beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes. As they wait to meet with the CEO, they revisit their assumptions on the deal and review the insights that informed their valuation. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
accountability reports can be used to determine whether and how those reports create or destroy value for shareholders and other constituencies. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1934322 Working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
Imagine you've arrived for a meeting at a corporate campus. But now you discover that the conference room is in another building a quarter mile away. Sure, you could walk there but in the rain? Up purrs an automated people mover, a... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Kanter, who holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializes in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. We asked her to discuss several themes in the book, especially those with a business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
questions at the upcoming shareholder meeting about Ping An's financial strategy for diversification within China and globally. Ping An had been founded by Ma in 1988 and had since grown into China's second... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
TELUS Share Conversion Proposal On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
capital allocation decisions over a 10-year period from 2004 to 2013, during which IBM returned more than $140B to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. During this time, CEO Sam Palmisano created,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the reduction of discretionary... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
case focuses on the lead-up to Disney's 2012 annual meeting where Disney would face a vote on the compensation package of its CEO, Robert Iger. Leading proxy advisory firms were recommending that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne