Multinational Firms and Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

to leave, all in about one hour." More than thirty years later, Professor David Upton makes Benihana the very first case he teaches in his Technology and Operations Management course (POM's successor).... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

conclusion that follows is that perhaps the dream that Webvan was feeding—living off—will actually be realized by someone like Wal-Mart, managing only the information side of the business and not getting... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

founders. Similarly, the odds that founders were previously employed at small firms increases by 29 percent. Examining venture performance in the first few years after creation, we find that startups founded by individuals most sensitive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

philanthropy and a search for 'give us better practices,' " said Nancy Roob, president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). Joining her on the panel were Matt Bannick (HBS MBA 1993),... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

age: dot-coms, dot-com enablers, and wanna-dots. That's kind of a joke, because many of the pure dot-coms are dead. The dot-com enablers, which are the technology and service View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

are moving their money together based on the same sentiments. “Today, we have truly global asset managers that make it easy and cheap for any investor to invest in every market. This facilitates the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

17 Jul 2000
What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

Microsoft caused by (2) a defense personally led by Bill Gates and (3) by the failure of the company's board to provide counsel. In the case of a high-tech company where significant ownership rests in the hands of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

this literature may not seem obviously related to the asset location literature, they turn out to be tightly linked. Fisher Black and Irwin Tepper established that a firm with access to tax-deferred... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

racial, sexual, or otherwise.” She noted that in Silicon Valley, which is dominated by wealthy, white males, major technology firms are creating positions like “chief diversity officer” and are commissioning... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

becoming a staff member. But I ended up retiring from Wall Street and being the president and CEO of ACCION International, which I then ran for seven years." In 2000 he handed the reins to "a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Jan 2003
What Do You Think?

China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?

and rewarding." Several respondents emphasized that the most essential ingredients for success in developing markets in China are trusted partners with management talent who understand View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

management systems used by direct marketers; software for creating and managing graphics, video, and sound; and... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

17 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

ahead of him—in a recent election, he almost beat a heavily entrenched incumbent. Tony is a veteran, with a Silver Star for bravery in Korea, and an entrepreneur. With his good friend Max, another attorney, he has started a law View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

sunk cost and some related business theories. What are the implications for decision making in other business contexts? A: The obvious implications are with regards to the many types of auctions in which businesses participate. For... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

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