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- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is cofounder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners, which... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
Do gender-diverse companies make more money than businesses run primarily by men? If research says they perform better, that could bolster the argument that women should have more access to top positions in organizations. But previous... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
them, and the notion of writing a check at the corner store to get money in a pinch suggests a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. It is only a matter of time, online banking enthusiasts say, before the process of writing a check,... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
communication on financial choices of married individuals in the Philippines. Making choices public moves men from putting money into their own account to consumption; communication with their spouse drives men to put income in their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
Today's headlines confirm that difficulty, as GM and Ford close plants, cut jobs and production, and try to deflect talk of bankruptcy, all the while losing money and U.S. market share. This most recent bout... View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
Ross to write the paper "Performance Pricing in Tough Times." Shapiro, an authority on marketing strategy and sales management, is the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Ross is a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
and where the host does not punish symbiont misbehavior. Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations Authors:Frank V. Cespedes Publication:In Business to Business Marketing Handbook. Edward Elgar... View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
cater to these preferences and beliefs by engineering securities perceived to be safe but exposed to neglected risks. Because the risks are neglected, security issuance is excessive. As investors eventually recognize these risks, they fly back to the safety of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
markets. Behind such corporations was a market for capital in which entrepreneurs had to attract investors to buy either debt or equity. This paper examines the investor protections included in corporate bylaws that enabled corporations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior views, Indian business groups are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
enterprise, the future is not something that just happens. It is something they create. —Richard S. Tedlow A born empire builder, Carnegie could see in the early 1870s that steel was destined to transform the material basis of civilization. View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
capitalists. He cofounded BlackRock in 1988 and has grown it into the world’s largest money manager with more than $6 trillion in assets under management. Yet many other fund managers, private equity executives, and activist investors... View Details
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
paid service arrangements." For City Year and Timberland, the transition occurred when a cofounder of City Year met with two top company executives to thank them for their donation. "The meeting was important," recalls Timberland View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
succeeded in producing and distributing My Name is Khan in the country. The first thing Fox did right? "They set up shop in India." The company's previous release of the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar to the Indian market created... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the considerable investments of time and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
production levels and the potential sale of the ethanol plant in an increasingly competitive, complex environment. "For the first time in history, the food and energy markets are converging," says Reinhardt. "It's hard to... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
firms identified by Google and Yahoo Finance, as well as product market competitors gleaned from 10-K disclosures, turned in consistently worse performances. We contextualize these results in a simple model that predicts when information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
the past few years, or the fantasy that the market for derivatives could somehow regulate itself—the consequences of all we are dealing with this very day. Denial is not merely being wrong. Everybody makes mistakes. Denial is falling into... View Details