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- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
from the United Kingdom and Hong Kong partnered with public universities to form joint-ventured "independent colleges." Buoyed by the success of XAIU, Huang was confident that despite these setbacks, his franchise model would... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
firm was confident that it and the current management could work together to revamp the fortunes of China's leading electronic retailer. However, it did not anticipate the power Huang had behind bars. As the majority shareholder, Huang... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
patients' compliance, and 32 percent agreeing that it made patients less confident in their doctors' judgment. Q: Marketing pharmaceutical products directly to consumers is often referred to as patient or consumer "education."... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
such a context is a very difficult balance to strike for any company. During our interviews for the case, Jerome Schmitt, Total's head of IR, told us: "We want to be confident with analysts and the financial community and say, 'Look... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
had increased 18 times and operating profits 13 times. In June 2000, Alan McCollough succeeded him as CEO. A 12-year veteran of Circuit City, McCollough expressed confidence in the future, citing trends such as the digitization of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
burdening the taxpayer? That's the question." Investment Banking Faces A Crisis Of Confidence Senior lecturer Clayton Rose shared insights on the turmoil gained in part from his experience at JP Morgan & Company for 20 years,... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
financial planners they studied said they ended a relationship with a client after the client ignored their advice. Experts often gain status, power, and confidence from having a certain level of expertise, so when their advice is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
lowering his revenues. He has to decide how to manage his banking relationships, the caliber of staff he needs, and react to the declining revenue while maintaining the confidence of his board. About to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
regulation as a general theory of politics. George Stigler himself claimed that "temporary accidents aside," exceptions "simply will not arise: our extensive experience with the general theory in economics gives us the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
barriers to commercialization? What made Du Pont so confident that it could succeed at this uncertain time? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810084-PDF-ENG New York Life and Immediate Annuities Julio J. Rotemberg... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
explain what they were doing under the 1991 statute. To hold senior government officials accountable for all bailouts, Congress should extend the 1991 statute to any type of financial institution. Q: How has Congress tried to restore View Details
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
early low-pressure meetings for one consulting team, all members asked the customer-expert—a relatively junior member of the team—for input; in turn, he behaved confidently and often successfully challenged the team leader's ideas. As the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
findings are consistent with capital markets interpreting the choice of purchase accounting as a signal of management's confidence in the likelihood of a successful merger. This signal is particularly relevant when corporate governance is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
primary market for collectors is to discover a diamond in the rough," Khaire said. "But as a collector, you have to be much more confident about your ability to judge art if you want to do it as an investment, even in the case... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
e-commerce is really about," said Job, "is reducing the gap between thought and action, between when you know something and when you do something about it." Third, he said, is a relevant brand that gives people confidence... View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
School Exercise 509-022 This exercise is meant to assess students' level of confidence around everyday business and general knowledge questions, for the purpose of identifying where they are overconfident and underconfident. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
ObenchainHarvard Business School Case 310-055 Facing the worldwide financial crisis, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein considered his options including whether his company could avoid a forced marriage and what steps Goldman Sachs should take to try to restore View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
successful that the business has real problems. In sustaining-success situations, new leaders have to win the confidence of the organization so that they are trusted to make tough choices about where the business should go. In both cases,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
true cluster in Costa Rica will take decades to complete, but I'm confident that it will be sustainable because the country offers some unique qualities that are a source of competitive advantage — among them, the highest computer usage... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
of confidence and/or creates a link between the protégé’s and sponsor’s payoffs. We find that both features of sponsorship significantly increase willingness to compete among men on average, while neither of these channels significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne