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- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
concentrate on operational excellence based on an assumption of continuity rather than on an assumption of discontinuity: creative destruction. Instead of holding up long-term survivors of corporate warfare as the ideal, they point to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
the captains then got a bunch of crew. Morrell: Take the example of the Essex, the whaling boat whose story became the inspiration for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The principal owners of the Essex invested in some repairs in the aging... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
the 21st century. “Africapitalism calls on the private sector to make long-term investment in industries that can create economic prosperity and social wealth.” The idea was inspired by Professor Michael... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
cash holdings by moving them into institutions that invest directly in money markets. But cash is not king if there are no people to rule. Cash still needs to be lent if it is going to yield anything, and most borrowers require resources... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
George Serafeim from more than 400 senior investment professionals provides insights into why and how investors use environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information as well as the challenges in using this information. Reinventing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
orderly introduction of new talent into an organization, perhaps by periodically identifying and letting the lowest performers go, was applauded. One of the comments reflects this view: "What is really important is that companies continue to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
Washington, D.C., Retsinas believes all parties in the housing mess were coconspirators — from lenders that hawked subprime finance deals with microprint caveats, to brokers that turned a blind eye to borrowers’ long-term solvency, to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
called upon Wall Street and corporate executives “to create a new environment of integrity and accountability.” He seemed uniquely suited to lead that effort. Donaldson was cofounder, with two HBS colleagues, chairman and CEO of the View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
whether the e-commerce initiative is achieving its stated objectives (outputs) and thus contributing to the long-term success of the corporation (outcomes). Companies often waste resources on e-commerce initiatives or do not View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
systems are designed to track profitability only at the market and segment levels. Consequently, many managers are often forced to make important customer decisions based on hunches and imprecise information. Systems that enable firms to compare their View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
they must be specific to the strategy of the business. Company scores on these metrics may be benchmarked against direct competitors and/or outstanding companies in other industries. Second, CEOs must ensure an adequate pipeline of new product and market opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Web
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
and Netflix, are also among the most shorted stocks as investors struggle to see their long-term potential. To understand why and how this might occur, the overarching framework applied throughout this course covers “The Complete Strategy... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nejo.12003/abstract Working PapersInvestment Incentives in Open-Source and Proprietary Two-Sided Platforms Authors:Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gaston Llanes Abstract We study incentives to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
making specialized hospital beds and power tools for orthopedic surgeons. It provides a case study of Elfers's dictum that the venture firm's forte should always be "strong support of portfolio companies and long-term goals of building... View Details
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
and $12 billion, which equates to between 1.3% and 8.7% of the stock of prepackaged software in private fixed investment in the United States and a very high rate of return to the original federal investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
a relationship between long-term thinking, social purpose, and success,” he says. Since taking over as CEO, Waldron has invested in the foundations of this relationship. He has focused on service to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
solvent and that a credible monetary policy will emerge, he said. The country also needs international support, but such aid may be hard to come by now. Asked if converting the Argentine money supply into long-term bonds that people don't... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
1977) is chairman and CEO of Buenos Aires-based Velox Group, a privately held organization with a line of supermarkets, banks, and finance companies spanning five South American countries. He notes, "You need to be prescient, nimble, and adaptable while maintaining... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
long-term growth with disruptive potential, Summa invested in four thematic areas that were mapped to megatrends outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals—trends Summa believed presented... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne