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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
event” and “radical change” for the company, Marvel has secured $525 million of nonrecourse debt (its film characters serve as collateral) to produce ten motion pictures. With Paramount as its distributor, Marvel will oversee all other aspects of the films and enjoy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
and governance dimensions. Critics of the One Report concept maintain that it destroys shareholder value by diverting attention from short-term profit maximization. But Eccles and two colleagues found just the opposite. In a recent paper... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
for Wall Street. “It may, in fact, be a very profitable investment,” provided the government ultimately sells the distressed mortgage assets for more than the purchase price, he noted. (On November 12, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson MBA... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
McKinsey & Company. Faith currently serves as the site’s content manager. Last year, sectionmate Melissa Hayes, with MillerCoors, joined as a partner. Darren’s dream is to profitably grow AbilityTrip into a major online community serving... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
absence of investment opportunities or from indecision among corporate executives. Once such indecision becomes widespread, it can quickly become self-reinforcing. Recent record corporate profits will only exacerbate this situation. If... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
them had experience launching a new venture. None of them knew how to adjust a strategy when the first one didn’t work. None had had to figure out how to make a brand-new product profitable before growing it big. The Pandesic team had... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
will allow that?” There is a natural backlash to profiting from the poor and low-income populations, Rangan adds. It should be good enough to make a decent return, but not more—the investor has to factor in the social return. Rodríguez... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
to, because it has to be addressed,' " says Williams. Reserved and soft-spoken, Williams grows animated when he talks about DART, his arms flying out in front of him, accentuating his points. The way he sees it, Big Pharma is against a wall. The classic blockbuster... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
Nestlé's sales of nearly $46 billion represented growth of 3.6 percent in real terms, with profits up 12 percent over 1998. Corti -- who has a doctorate in economics from the University of Lausanne -- speaks five languages, reads widely,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
engagement were more than three times as profitable as firms with average engagement. Fostering a diverse culture is the right thing for a firm to do; it can also lead to a stronger bottom line, especially in today's world where virtually... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In Character: A Case Discussion Drama
UK-based multinational, is interested in acquiring the company. Petja is hopeful that his children will instead continue to operate the family business independently. But there are barriers to that happy scenario. Katrina, the visionary behind the company’s highly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
Georgia Levenson Keohane Photo courtesy of Georgia Levenson Keohane What is social entrepreneurship? Is it simply an approach to business in which profit comes hand in hand with some positive social change? Or is it the application of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
operators exist in the countries where Roshan is staking its claim. But it will focus in part on the rural areas that have the lowest service penetration and the fewest social services, a strategy that fits well with the company’s dual mission of View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
profitable and sustainable airline if we don't have a very slim and efficient cost structure," she says. "And it's a challenge for the region because there are a lot of regulations that make our cost bar much higher than our competitors... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
Carroll has increased operating profits and decreased debt. “Once we started partnering with the local communities, unions, and governments, we saw a positive change in performance,” she observes. A mother of four whose husband gave up... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
muckraker Lincoln Steffens as a personal hero and who confesses that his heart still quickens when he hears the songs of the International Brigade. At OPM, Navasky wrote later, “My Nation self still tended to regard the profit motive as... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
There will be a tax to long-term shareholder value, but the trade-off is that it might elevate our societies. In India, for instance, the Companies Act requires Indian companies to spend 2 percent of their profits on corporate social... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
ambitious, creative, and having a great idea that looks promising in terms of making a profit is not enough in China. There are 87 million members of the Communist Party in China. If you have more than 50 employees in your company, you... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Jun 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)
age. Combining this market opportunity with the huge waste of returned goods from e-commerce, we saw the business case—and from there it was all execution.” What short- and long-term goals do you have for the company? Momchil:“The short-term goal is to create a View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
Luiza Helena initiated a reorganization that replaced family members with professional management and launched a campaign to reinforce the company’s mission to serve customers and employees. Despite the volatile nature of the Brazilian economy, Magazine Luiza posted a... View Details