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  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

diagnose the problem and treat it. The rescue bill calls for the government to auction banks’ distressed mortgage assets to “try to restore the price discovery process so we can figure out what these things are actually worth.” Light... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance
  • 20 Dec 2022
  • News

Singing to the Corn

got is one of the best that's available in the white man's world. You're my own blood. But be wary of that outside world because they worship money. And Wakonda, the creator, doesn't want us to do that.' "Then he said, ‘When you've walked the four hills of life and... View Details
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

its sales channel (because it creates jobs and entrepreneurs), Barnett wished to take the business model to sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Purchase the case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

provide that type of information and connection. Social tools do. But we have found that companies that try to “go social,” as many of them call it, often fall into four traps. In this article, we look at those traps and share... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

and become the clear technology leader or move ahead with its current offering and focus on getting new customers to penetrate the market as quickly as possible before competition intensified. Some in the company called for devoting the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

unwilling, to invest directly in Turkey because of political risk and government restrictions. The case ends in 1988 when the founder received a report from the management consultancy Bain calling for the firm to reduce the range of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

1986) (Brick Tower Press) This book offers tested solutions to a variety of problems from a multitude of expert sources. The problems discussed are ones most frequently asked about by readers of the Small Business Digest (SBD) during the past 15-plus years. Topics... View Details
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

and CEO Thompson terms "satellite infrastructure" (technology that enables people to conduct business activity anywhere on the planet). Before reaching its fifteenth birthday this spring, Virginia-based Orbital will have surpassed $450 million in View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons
  • 07 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

that internal agglomerations have a positive impact on location. The effects of internal agglomerations vary by activity, and they arise both within an activity (e.g., among plants) and across activities (e.g., between sales and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-071.pdf Short-Termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk Authors:Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract Using conference call transcripts, we measure the time horizon that senior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207092 Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game? Harvard Business School Case 707-501 In September 1999, the Microsoft Xbox team was wondering which strategic choices would give it the best chance against the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

SIPs in 2021

teams. Building what she calls a “relational dowry” that can be drawn upon during those difficult moments, requires intention, commitment, and time. It’s essential to enter into business relationships carefully, she says, and to ask... View Details
  • 03 Jun 2016
  • News

Again in a Great City

Add the renewed growth of the US auto industry, which set all-time sales records in 2015 and helped Detroit’s unemployment rate drop to its lowest in 15 years; add the phenomenon that is Dan Gilbert, the billionaire businessman who made... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

New Ventures New Gains

reaching a high of $243 amidst much media fanfare. But like many early dot-com success stories, Perry, who has been called a founding father of the business-to-business online marketplace, has experienced the effects of gravity lately.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Growing Together

there isn't the kind of feedback the stock market provides to owners of public organizations," she explains. To address this gap, Herzlinger has developed a four-part process called DADS - which stands for disclosure, analysis,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning (revised) Authors: Rogelio Oliva and Noel H. Watson Abstract In most organizations, supply chain planning is a cross-functional effort. Functional areas such as sales,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

by calling attention to Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli's compensation package and the company's poor performance. The AFL-CIO Office of Investments advocates for improved corporate governance at public companies, focusing on the problems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace