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  • 05 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

professor Bharat Anand give students an introduction to the book publishing business and the emerging landscape of e-readers before presenting them with the conundrums that face Random House CEO Markus Dohle (Dohle succeeded Olson in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 03 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 3

"magic"-the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement-that drove and animated their organization when it was a start-up? As more and more executives have discovered in recent years, the answer to this View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

figure out what, precisely, it means to lead. When was the last time you heard a politician make any demand of a voter? Or even go before an audience and say something that someone might actually disagree with? A recent book by Hillary Clinton’s political guru Mark... View Details
Keywords: Government
  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

Doriot could not take the job, as he was still employed by the Army. So in the interim, the directors named him chairman of the board of directors.[ ] The group of men who founded ARD believed it could crack the conundrum of the risk-less... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
  • Web

Policy - Business & Environment

economy. Business networks confronting climate change Spotlights Rebecca Henderson MBA 1985 Professor, Harvard Business School “Every private sector leader should be advocating for effective climate policy, and yet many do not. I decided to teach Reimagining Capitalism... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208029 Chile: The Conundrum of Inequality Harvard Business School Case 907-411 Following the violent overthrow of the Allende regime, Chile embarked on economic reforms that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

and you say, holy cow. That's the conundrum that Walmart is in. Think about this. There are more than 30,000 dollar stores in the US, you can find one everywhere: in rural regions you find Dollar General and in the urban settings you have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

Investment Conundrum Harvard Business School Case 808-125 Tad O'Malley has just started as an associate with Empire Investment Group. He must evaluate three investment opportunities facing the big leveraged buyout firm. All are global,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206075   PublicationsAre Hedge Fund Fees a Bargain? And Other Conundrums of Balancing Active and Passive Management Authors:Randolph B. Cohen and Kerry J. Stirton... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

http://www.people.hbs.edu/asunderam/mmmf_2013-12-24_with_names.pdf August 2013 Accountancy Futures The Investor Conundrum By: Eccles, Robert G. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

Investment Conundrum Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon, and Lisa StropeHarvard Business School Case 811-073 Hardina Smythe, a recent MBA graduate, has just joined a top-tier venture capital firm in the difficult environment of late 2010.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Sep 2024
  • News

Basket Chase

age-old, you build it, they will come. Or do you need to build it first and they’ll come, or do you build it as they’re coming? This whole fixed cost conundrum is difficult for any business owner. RR: I kind of like it when they come... View Details
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

Conundrum Transport Corporation of India (TCI) was a logistics company that provided multi-modal transport solutions to its customers. Set up in 1958, TCI had grown from a "one man, one truck, one office" setup to a company with... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

Business School Case 715-006 Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution The 2014 Ukraine crisis once again exposed the mutually limiting knot-a web of commercial relationships and oil and gas pipelines-that historically tied the European Union and Russia closely. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 2, 2016

he retained them in the form of repeat purchases. This was an entirely new conundrum in the company. Up to that point, customer repeat purchase rates had been incredibly consistent. Cavens and his executive team had just discovered this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions to green-building conundrums through consulting,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

is being abandoned by the two remaining large capital exporters—the U.K. and Japan—that had maintained similar regimes. The conundrum facing policymakers is how to reconcile mounting pressures for increased tax burdens on foreign activity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace