Basics Of Corporate Taxation - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

Madam C.J. Walker helped invent what have become staples of our modern country and economy: national sales forces, corporate social responsibility, and, yes, even basic... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

04 Aug 2003
What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

in the same industry. But there may be one more: There is an increasing scarcity of talent with the attitudes that organizations are seeking. If one accepts these "hypotheses"—and clearly not everyone does—this leads to a number... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

A year ago, most experts thought the US economy was thundering headlong toward recession, as the Federal Reserve moved at a historic pace to slow inflation by bridling interest rates. Yet, despite recent tremors in the stock market, no recession has materialized. Part... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

recognize that sophisticated dealmakers play the game at a different level—like a chess game instead of trying to scream and yell louder than others in the room. Rather than a frontal assault, sophisticated dealmakers engage in a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

substantially more global. The typical US-based multinational corporation has a much higher percentage of its total activity outside the US today. Early in our work, we'd talk to business executives and they... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

makes sense. So disclosure is a very important part of a better system, but it has to be more timely and apparent than in the current form of a prospectus. It was a poor performance by the banks; one that... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

P. Donham, a graduate of Harvard Law School who later practiced law and had taught corporate finance at the business school. His background led him to see strong parallels between the two professions. In a... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

absent in the “2020-2021 Class of Lift Outs.” The lack of cultural integration may even be a short-term plus, freeing new recruits to devote their energies entirely to the tasks at hand, without the... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

Q: You write a lot about corporate culture in companies such as Zappos. Why is culture so important? A: Morriss: A culture exists to influence how people think, so their discretionary behavior will be consistent with the values View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

of the basic tenets of the approach we've used to teach entrepreneurship? Howard Stevenson: First, entrepreneurship has been taught as a process, not as a person. There has... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

Q: What is the compensatory consumption thesis and why did you want to challenge it? A: The academic goal of the study was to confront what we call the compensatory consumption thesis, which is widely accepted both by academics and the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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