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16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

Harvard Business School Case 113-015 Goldman Sachs: Stay with Fair Value Accounting? (A) No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/113015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-152 Cost of Capital Problems No... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

world-class business. Following modern management practices, keeping sharp attention to cost control and capital operations, making aggressive entries into international markets, and maintaining a special corporate culture, Chairman Chen... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Nov 2020
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WE RISE

that taught kids how to be entrepreneurs. A would-be bakery owner, for instance, could work through the necessary steps of calculating costs and doing market research on the way to selling chocolate-covered pretzels for a profit.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

July 2024
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Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
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Community Solutions

By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn

Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details

Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas

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14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

individuals bring well-articulated preexisting preferences to such decisions. Understanding beliefs and attitudes motivating these preferences can assist physicians in helping parents make informed decisions consistent with their values. Consumer-Driven Health Care:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2002
News

Redefining Success: Women & Work.

thought of titles and money as being barometers of success, but today she is more aware of "the personal cost of professional success." Now that Allen has two children in elementary school, she reflects, "my definition of success,... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

secular trend for India's manufacturing urbanization has slowed down, the localized importance of education and infrastructure have not. Our results suggest that districts with better education and infrastructure have experienced a faster pace of urbanization, although... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

central role by shaping her beliefs off the equilibrium path (and thus, enables separation between the types). This result also illustrates the uniqueness of the signaling model presented here. Unlike other signaling models, the suggested model does not require that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2019
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The Fight Beyond

the Soviets had entered Bucharest, Romania, which had allied itself with Germany in 1940. But each day of the offensive cost countless lives. It wasn’t enough to win the war; the Allies needed to win it now. That was the real mission—code... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

information junkie, but I did generally know every answer to every nit-picking question that the higher-ups threw at me (e.g., the cost of capital at Playboy was 10 percent). I even developed a working knowledge of things as abstruse as... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Growth-stage ventures face make-or-break decisions where the right moves create billions in value and the wrong ones cost careers, capital, and reputation. Data suggests that 19 of 20 companies in venture portfolios either fail to create... View Details

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

costs and benefits of work-life choices, and protect you from much grief. Don’t confuse urgency with importance. A ringing phone seems urgent, but the call may be totally unimportant. How do I choose what to do when facing scores of time... View Details

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indemnify Harvard Business School Online, Harvard Business School and Harvard University, and its and their officers, governing board members, faculty, employees, agents and representatives, from and against any present or future claims, losses, liabilities, View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

pour Entrepreneurs by Fabrice Cavarretta (MBA 1996) Plon Yes, France is a paradise for entrepreneurs, Cavarretta writes. The country has one of the best opportunity ecosystems in the world and the drawbacks—for instance, the cost of labor... View Details

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