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- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
leadership of Deng Xiaoping, there was an energy that you could feel—the possibility of stability and maybe a different face toward the outside world. But there was also the reality that it was a country that had only begun to emerge from a time of massive pain. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
make money on it," says Vietor. "The problem is that getting back and refurbishing the parts is expensive. So they're hoping for the best." Michael E. Porter, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, believes that it is... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
individualized) levels." Peter Lee added "The real issue is what you consider to be performance Performance is all about quality-quality of effort as well as results." Gerald Nanninga suggested that "let's solve the problem by using non-financial... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
week when we announced the project to the public, after two years of pouring in sweat, blood, and tears. The public's reaction to Breakwater Chicago was overwhelmingly positive, and I spent the entire week running (literally!) from... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
consumerism isn't necessarily a win for the planet either, right? Shopping can be helpful in getting the economy back up and running but more products filling our homes is not going to be helpful long-term... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
my own. I actually really enjoyed working for McKinsey because I didn't have to deal with the jammed printer or copy machine. But this was back in 1999. I was leading a pro-bono project for McKinsey working for the Nature Conservancy,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
orchestra’s longest-serving members, his tenure extending to the group’s previous iteration as the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. When that orchestra went bankrupt in 1991, felled by poor management, the musicians decided they probably couldn’t do any worse View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
keep the working, moving forward. All the other board members are senior executives from other companies and they run the committees. Obviously, the chairman of the board has to have oversight, but it has to be, in my view, a completely... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
entering the premises for their interview to say that they were going to turn back because this was not a suitable office space,” recalls Agarwala. “One candidate went to the extreme of saying that he could never get married if he worked... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
foolish if they're not participating in these perceived changes. Getting Down To Business Palepu: How can we begin to fix some of these problems? Hall: On the issue of executive compensation, "clawback"—forcing executives to pay View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That makes it even more... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
countries improve trade conditions and build sustainable practices. Back then, fair trade essentially referred to a system of price-fixing, using Resale Price Maintenance contracts to help smaller businesses and associations compete... View Details
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
platforms running under eBay or Google or Rakuten. In some countries like Japan and Korea, one can do exactly the same thing on the Internet and over the mobile phone. And in Japan, mobile phones now function as payment devices (one can... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
holders for your stock because they do not trade much. Getting back to Japan, the stock splits can be thought of a form of float manipulation. By limiting the number of shares on the market, and making it difficult to sell, prices can... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
2016 Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company By: Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff Abstract—Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took shape in 2006 after... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
Photo Courtesy MATTHEW R. SIMMONS In his new book, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67) sounds an alarm about a finite resource that he believes is View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Ivashina says, was not a lack of demand for corporate credit but rather a lack of supply. Once Lehman Brothers failed in September 2008, corporate borrowers drew down their revolving credit lines rather than withdraw savings—which is traditionally how we think about a... View Details
- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
percent with their newfound investor money, or sit back and tinker and refine further. That created a lively debate, particularly between guests in the tech sector and those representing more traditional industries.” This is the second... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
says. “It’s all about brainstorming how you can leverage resources and market forces to spin off quality outcomes like affordable housing, new job opportunities, and goods and services that may be missing in a community.” At BCC’s weekly loan department meeting, Oakes... View Details