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February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
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Mobile Energy Services Company

When Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap became CEO of the Scott Paper Co., the company owned a large, vertically integrated production facility in Mobile, Alabama. Dunlap sold part of the production facility, a cogeneration power plant (later known as Mobile Energy Services Co.), to... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Investment; Projects; Vertical Integration; Energy Sources; Bonds; Ownership; Restructuring; Energy Industry; Alabama

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19 Oct 2021
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Cynthia Rudin, Duke University

25 Jan 2023

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Jun 2016
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Video: Fixing America’s Talent Supply Chain

a record number of positions. Professor Joseph Fuller suggests that resolving this paradox will require education institutions and employers to adopt a new approach to skills training. View Details

18 Jun 2013
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Data is Worthless if You Don't Communicate It

10 Feb 2022
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A Dirty Secret: Here’s Why Your ESG ETF Likely Owns Stock in Fossil-Fuel Companies

06 May 2021
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Analysts in Economics, Public Policy Give Biden Infrastructure Plan High Marks

24 Oct 2017
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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

05 Apr 2016
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Why Buying a Company Can Be Better than Starting One

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Leadership Development

Professor George has completed his research study on leadership development, based on in-person, in-depth interviews with 125 business and non-profit leaders, over half of whom are chief executive officers. They range in age from 23 to 93, with thirty per cent... View Details

19 Jul 2016
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Trump Says He’s a Great Negotiator, but the Evidence Says Otherwise

The Business Roundtable’s Stakeholder Pledge, Five Years Later

Five years ago, the Business Roundtable issued a statement pledging to “lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.” In the past five years, stakeholderism has gained wider acceptance and helped many corporate leaders see the value of taking the... View Details

10 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

Virginia’s Darden School of Business and Esade Business School in Barcelona. Close versus weak ties Past studies, says Norton, have shown two seemingly conflicting findings about relationships. On the one... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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intellectual community. Tenure-Track Positions Harvard Business School seeks candidates in all fields for full-time, tenure-track positions. The successful candidate should have a strong interest in the concerns of practicing managers and... View Details

October 2014 (Revised September 2017)
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The National Football League and Brain Injuries

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

The National Football League (NFL) was both the most popular spectator sport in the U.S. and a major economic entity, taking in roughly $10 billion a year in revenue. However through the early twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of... View Details

Keywords: Employee Safety; Safety; Employees; Sports; Health; Ethics; Sports Industry; United States

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25 Sep 2000
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Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier

becomes evident that digital communications will fundamentally reshape the way businesses market, and often deliver, goods and services. The current communications revolution is hardly the first to be encountered by marketers. Prior... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

24 Oct 2017
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The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017

28 Jan 2019
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Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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