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Working PapersA Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa Authors:Linda A. Hill and Maria T. Farkas Author's Abstract Through her efforts to recruit, hire, and develop minority executives at MTN, a South... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2018
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Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

Nobody likes being last. We avoid picking the cheapest wine on the menu or the final donut in the box. “And we hate being picked last in gym class,” says Harvard Business School professor Ryan Buell. “Humans are very social creatures, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

the sector’s success, but to what extent have the loans meaningfully improved livelihoods? That question has been more difficult to track, say Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth. Both development economists and assistant professors at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

01 Jun 2023
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3-Minute Briefing: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966)

Edited by Julia Hanna; photo by Webb Chappell When I was 16, I took my savings to the bank and bought some shares of a neighbor’s scaffolding company. Before coming to HBS, I sold them to my mother, who had also acquired some, and we felt pleased about saving the... View Details

Keywords: climate change; finance; sustainability; prediction; Finance

December 1998 (Revised May 2003)
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Vivendi (A): Revitalizing a French Conglomerate

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and John M. Turner

Examines corporate strategy for a diversified firm in the French business context. Issues include corporate governance, vision, and the management of unrelated diversification. After the company's first loss ever, the Vivendi board elected a new chairman who completed... View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Telecommunications Industry; France

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2018 Redwood City, Stanford Business Books The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—The global race for talent is on, with countries and View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Sep 2016
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forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Bounded Awareness: Implications for Ethical Decision Making By: Bazerman, Max, and Ovul Sezer Abstract—In many of the business scandals of the new millennium, the... View Details

18 Jun 2024
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Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

model, is a more responsive and adaptive framework than a “time-dependent” model, and can track changing prices better in times of crisis, says Harvard Business School Professor Alberto Cavallo, one of the study’s authors. “Central banks... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

November 2007 (Revised February 2011)
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The Ice King

By: Tom Nicholas and Sandra Nicholas

Provides an opportunity to examine the risk-reward tradeoff and the travails of entrepreneurial venturing in the nascent U.S. economy. Traces the origins and development of Frederic Tudor's Ice Company, a business which developed during the 19th century to hack chunks... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Business History; Operations; Risk and Uncertainty; United States

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Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

expectation that a company will have a position on social and political issues." A Harvard Business School case study and its revision, Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A) and (B), illustrates the complex ramifications that companies should... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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