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- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
board's vehicle to monitor financial reporting. However, neither the audit committee nor the board is a guarantor and neither has an obligation to ensure perfect accounting or disclosure. They must use reasonable efforts to ensure... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
serve, so he joined the Red Cross and went overseas as an ambulance driver. In Paris, he found purpose in chauffeuring military command officers around the city to meetings. Disney brought to this endeavor a keen sense of fun and theater: He covered his green military... View Details
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
campus is closed to most motor vehicles, a rule that encourages face-to-face encounters along the walking paths. Taxis, and often black limousines, patiently wait for their clients on the campus' margins. As the campus master plan explains, the restriction on View Details
Keywords: Education
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
company failing to “mind the gap,” we could ignore it. But somewhat similar charges were lodged in the case of cheating on vehicle emissions technology at Volkswagen just months earlier. A proud engineering group was “encouraged” to apply... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
hundred families showed up," she recalls, "to apply for forty apartments." But the private sector, Gould notes, is playing an important role in affordable housing as an investor and is reaping handsome returns for its participation. "The primary... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
small commercial vehicle, the Tata Ace. Positioned as a replacement for the three-wheelers that predominated as small commercial vehicles in India, the Ace create a new product category and enabled Tata Motors to access a new market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
vehicle incentives, and accelerate drilling for oil. If the pro-climate action side wins the election, that doesn’t settle the matter. Business leaders won’t be able to return to business as usual. Instead, they should seek a seat at the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
more vehicles than they can sell and—unable to make money from new cars—turn to service and trade-ins to eke out margins. And at the bottom of the chain are customers trapped in high-pressure negotiations for a car that isn't the exact... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
solution to a problem. It involved the development, under someone who later became CEO of Volkswagen, at Audi in 2006 of a way to eliminate the clanking sound made by diesel vehicles when started. The solution increased pollution levels... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
classes, beauty products, and eSports offerings. Chairman Lee and VC Lee believe that KCON is a good vehicle for accelerating the Hallyu wave of Korean culture that was still sweeping the globe and riding this wave in promoting CJ Group... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
manufacturer like Ford Motor Company. Ford cooperates with its suppliers to design new vehicles even as it negotiates vigorously with them over the terms on which parts will be supplied. By cooperating to develop new cars, Ford and its... View Details
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
distribution of sales and profits across products. By enabling an analysis of the book acquisition, development, and marketing process from the perspective of the publisher, author, and agent, serves as a vehicle for contrasting different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
changing competitive landscape, consumers who may not have considered buying a GM vehicle over the past decade may now be inclined to do so again. What the company has done in rationalizing the number of brands in its portfolio has been a... View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
Competing in the Age of Digital Convergence, Competing on Internet Time, and Judo Strategy. "The theory was to explore interesting topics with interesting companies, and use the field research as a vehicle for more in-depth empirical... View Details
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
The case follows MBA graduate Emily Figel as she researches LendingClub as a potential investment vehicle for the small wealth management firm she will join in the fall. Using LendingClub’s historical data, she learns the fundamentals of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
investment vehicle that joined together private investors and nonprofits to tackle social issues. Although numerous SIB projects and proposals had cropped up across the U.S. following the launch of the first SIB in the UK in 2010, none... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
policy and other measures. Of course this is not necessarily a policy prescription: other Asian countries with low levels of inward foreign direct investment, like Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia, and North Korea, did not flourish. Q: The beauty industry is a terrific... View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
on the loan used to finance the Momentive buyout and allow issuance of senior secured notes. The case is set up from the perspective of a hedge fund that holds a fraction of Momentive's syndicated loan. The case serves as a vehicle for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
manage operations in order to minimize risk. This case is an effective vehicle for discussing the complex issues involved in operating in the difficult, uncertain political environment of a developing country. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
should consider creating additional pooled early-stage investment vehicles to take advantage of the specialized expertise of some of its members who have been professional investors, and to create some diversification for its members. IC... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls