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Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog

questions: What is unique about family businesses compared to other kinds of companies? Are they more vulnerable to failure? What are the main types of family businesses and how does leadership vary across them? What kind of governance... View Details

09 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Nov 2023
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction

project has gathered compelling interviews with business leaders in some of the world’s most climate vulnerable countries such as Nigeria, which contends with the desertification of forests, life-threatening flooding, and coastal erosion.... View Details

29 Sep 2022
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

industry. The plan’s design was guided by several key outcomes: saving jobs; protecting businesses with liquidity and fiscal incentives; building tech infrastructure to support work-from-home initiatives; providing basic food and information to the most View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution | MBA

attribution in online channels or platforms, students may be reluctant to approach any question, particularly controversial ones, with the openness and vulnerability they need to grow and to learn from one another. Moreover, it may be... View Details

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

common cause does not mean that the production line is secure. In fact, the nesting dolls model may be the best way to go wrong while seemingly doing the right thing. Rosabeth M. Kanter The frail, forlorn face of Rupert Murdoch in the news exposes the View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

industry he sees as vulnerable is television and cable, with joint risk of decoupling and unbundling. While they may have won the battle against Aereo, their business model, which forces customers to buy programming by the bundle rather... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts

the Courts Credit and Information Technology Credit in a Consumer Society Research Links Credits As pioneers of the nascent information industry, the nineteenth-century credit ratings firms survived near-fatal attacks on several fronts. The Mercantile Agency was View Details

25 Oct 2012
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Developing the Global Leader

engaging in the culture and learning to be vulnerable." Accepting one's vulnerabilities is a primary objective of ALD, which requires participants to work together in six-person groups. "It's more than a knowledge transfer from... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

true. But this has really made me think more about the role that institutions and public policy play and about how vulnerable the system is unless we really do have checks and balances. In addition to formal controls, that also includes... View Details

01 Mar 2022
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Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

provides, it forces senior executives to become more familiar with how younger, even entry-level, people think, how they work, and how and what they are consuming. To make it work, senior executives have to make themselves vulnerable to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

pay to make sure my employees are covered.’” “You at least know that you aren't the only one who is putting premiums above rent,” Dafny says. But “that's sustainable for only so long. It really shows you how vulnerable this situation is.”... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

01 Jun 2022
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Vision: Into the Breach

for vulnerabilities in much the same way an attacker would. If those tests reveal chinks in an enterprise’s digital armor—obsolete servers, outdated software, lax protocols—then At-Bay’s security experts help to address the problems.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

accommodations to protect the health and welfare of their employees. "Employers should maintain an open dialogue with all employees to accurately assess which workers are vulnerable and what accommodations would best suit their specific... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Apr 2024
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

economy through specialized, hands-on trade training programs. Searchlight - Ben Kallas (MBA 2024) - Searchlight will enable western countries to address vulnerabilities in their critical mineral supply chains by providing on-the-ground... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

include a mechanical engineering degree from MIT and patented novel technologies for self-driving vehicles. “But I don’t want to just make an app that delivers Instacart items five seconds sooner. My career vision is to tackle difficult challenges to benefit people in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2011
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Faculty Books

human connection); the destructive behaviors they adopt to relieve their anxiety (busyness, comparing themselves to others, and blaming others for their frustrations); and the behaviors they must adopt to gain strength from vulnerability... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market

sharks” operated illegally, making their customers vulnerable to exploitation. 26 The illegality of the industry also poses a challenge for historians. Because most early salary lenders strove to keep their business under the table,... View Details

06 Oct 2003
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Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?

two books, they present evidence that successful, dominant firms are particularly vulnerable to competitors introducing disruptive technologies, those that offer customers less product capability for much less money. Among the reasons... View Details