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12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

especially small- and medium-sized domestic companies. They provide the jobs, the income, and the motivation for individuals to become educated View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

16 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 16, 2007

NPIL's new acquisitions in Canada and the United Kingdom to market NPIL globally. His three direct reports are each involved in different aspects of NPIL—the Canadian operations, the British operations, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

including how, and how aggressively, to improve safety and quality (A-2) and whether to expand into other asset classes, such as commercial real estate. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Free Software

Iansiti says. "Traditional alliances are formed between a business development executive and an individual company like IBM or Cisco. In the open source scenario, you could say that there's an alliance... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

expansion of venture-capital firms. How and when do venture-capital firms open up new offices? How do the strategic choices related to opening up those offices affect the success of investments? Finally, we are also beginning to explore... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

02 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?

evaluating and building online social platforms in the future. "If you're asking whether these sites help the people who need the most help to communicate, the answer is that it really depends on the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

08 Sep 2015
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September 8, 2015

team owner, is now the time to sell while franchise value and fan support are at their peaks, or will the business of the NFL be viable for years to come? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

October 1999
Teaching Note

Braun AG: The KF 40 Coffee Machine (Abridged) TN

By: Kim B. Clark and Steven C. Wheelwright

Teaching Note for a reprint. View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Design; Markets; Decision Choices and Conditions; Reputation; Groups and Teams; Manufacturing Industry; Germany

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15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

blockages that currently exist in the system: Direct-to-patient The Kraft team realized an acute need to reach more patients and encourage them to share their data. “Without access to their tissue View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4

games with complete information. Silenced by Fear: The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Fear at Work Authors:Jennifer Kish Gephart, James R. Detert, Linda K. Trevino, and Amy C. Edmondson... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

capital markets, it’s perhaps simply a good time to celebrate the success story that it is the US economy and US capital markets and to reflect on what it took to get to this point in our history. For... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

Third Quarter 2015
Article

Should Boards Mentor Their CEOs?: It Is a Complex Question. Here Are the Significant Considerations.

By: Jay W. Lorsch

It's a complex question with significant considerations, including how open the CEO is likely to be to such advice, the company's situation, and the characteristics of the board. View Details

Keywords: Directors; CEO Mentoring; Governing and Advisory Boards; Rank and Position; Management Teams

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17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

Exchange Commission Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) website, we show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent searches by the same individual are fundamentally similar on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5

questionable behaviors during the financial crisis and individual acts of unethical behavior in many spheres of society. When considered together, these actions have had large-scale impact on the economic... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

trick—and this book is dedicated to it—is figuring out which leaders matter, and when and why, and what lessons we can take from those who do. In puzzling out the answers to... View Details

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Case

Northern Telecom (A): AdVantage & DisadVantage

By: Robert J. Dolan and Sylvie Ryckebusch

Mike Ennis, general manager of Northern Telecom's Business Products Division, recommends a new solution for replacing Vantage, an unsuccessful product for Northern Telecom. The case documents in detail the voice of the customer. Students are required to discuss the... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Product Launch; Management Teams; Product Development; Telecommunications Industry; Canada

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September 2017
Case

Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit

By: Paul A. Gompers, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal

In 2009, Blackstone, the New York-based alternative asset and financial services firm, committed to invest up to $750 million into Summit Materials, a new company in the aggregates sector (i.e., construction materials, such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement,... View Details

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08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

economic motives behind individual concerns for privacy. Recent theories of privacy demands in commercial contexts have assumed an economically aware and sophisticated consumer, capable of evaluating the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace