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- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 5/5
socioeconomic background. I have seen communities plagued with poor education systems and I have seen, how mental health-induced drug abuse is treated as a crime. I have witnessed Black adults frantically afraid when pulled over by the police and Black children viewed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
decades of mismanaged immigration, lack of growth, and the threat of the euro bringing down the EU. The book offers a multidimensional, irreverent portrait of a decaying Europe and the causes and consequences of its decline. Breakthrough... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
capacity she helped lead the MBA Silicon Valley Immersion Experience Program. As a newspaper industry analyst at DLJ early in your career, did you anticipate the industry’s decline? I put a “sell” on newspapers in 1988 when I saw threats... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
shatter every firm that might conceivably pose a systemic threat in a crisis. Large financial institutions create a danger, to be sure, but many also deliver valuable services. And even if we wished to take all of them apart, it’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
trajectory, The threat is to any company in the industry: If someone else is improving at a faster rate than me, even if I’m better than them today, I won’t be better than them tomorrow.” The company acquired gaming studio Activision... View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
Reviewing a spectacular business failure, we often wonder why the CEO didn't see trouble coming. It was so obvious. Why didn't Digital Equipment Corp. CEO Kenneth Olsen see the PC as a threat to minicomputers? Did Coca-Cola's Roberto... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
school for two years are increasing. Yet, the demand for business education as a whole is expanding because people now have more ways to access it. Does this pose a serious threat to two-year programs? I don’t think so because many more... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Production Cost Advantage By: Drake, David F. Abstract—Emissions regulation is a policy mechanism intended to address the threat of climate change. However, the stringency of emissions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
several threats as larger chains such as Wal-Mart and Tesco had begun to open small-format stores that mimicked the Trader Joe's approach. In addition some analysts had begun to question whether Trader Joe's was losing its authenticity... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
covers the history of newspapers, industry economics, current news consumption trends, the response of the newspapers to the threat of the Internet, and vignettes highlighting newspaper business models throughout the world. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
participants understand how to orient their businesses in increasingly dynamic markets and provides strategies to help them recognize and respond to threats in the marketplace. Simons and Professor Michael Tushman share the topic of... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
care. Indeed, the threat of malpractice creates incentives for physicians and hospitals to hide their mistakes rather than own up to and eliminate them. Standards for malpractice litigation need to change. Lawsuits are appropriate only in... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
Companies need to have smart technicians who stay abreast of emerging digital threats and defenses, of course, but the technicians shouldn't be calling the shots. General managers need to take the lead in building processes that will... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Fall of Europe. Since 2012 Europe has been confronting new, game-changing challenges such as the refugee crisis, the surprise of Brexit, and the explosion of “alternative” politics. Europeans have realized that the open societies they have been comfortably living in... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of head injuries on NFL players indicated a serious threat to the long-term viability of the game. Particularly concerning was the indication that some deceased... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
was a profitable venture from the start. Several years later, when the Patriots were once again on the market, Kraft had greatly increased his leverage to buy the team by knocking out most of the competition. The old ownership tried to force Kraft to put a price on the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
PublicationsHeterogeneity and Graceful Technology Retreats: A New Perspective on Responding to Dominant Technological Threats Authors:Ron Adner and Daniel Snow Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
mistrust of global corporations and the threat they pose to sovereignty, having such a UN imprimatur would be crucial. Once the charter was adopted, a select group of global corporations, called WDC Partners, would establish the WDC... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
the China business as part of a global portfolio, under a range of geopolitical scenarios. The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times By Robert McLean and Charles Conn (MBA 1990) Wiley The world is changing faster and faster, with increasing... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
employees about your commitments and goals—and, above all, the hard problems and threats facing your organization. Second, leaders need to champion "meaningful projects"—not small contributions to some grand long-term vision, but rather... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding