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- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
discrete regime shifts in 1977 and 2000. The increase in bond risks after 1977 is attributed primarily to a shift in monetary policy towards a more anti-inflationary stance, while the more recent decrease in bond risks after 2000 is attributed to a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Rupert Murdoch’s fledgling Fox Network unexpectedly displaced longtime incumbent CBS as the host of the National Football League’s flagship programming. Fox’s negotiating success seemed most unlikely given that CBS had regularly renewed... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
renewed support, Wilson pondered on what else he might do to ward off the challenges from GEICO and Progressive. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715426-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-702 BOLT: Seed... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
Benefits Fund (PBF) enacted by the state legislature. With renewed effort by activists in 2006 to expand AE's role, there was a possibility of the PBF swelling to $50 to $80 million. Naturally, this put AE at conflict with electric... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
people-oriented industry, attrition has special import. DeLong and Gabarro, of Harvard Business School, along with former Morgan Stanley and Ernst & Young executive Lees, argue that a PSF can gain a much-needed competitive edge by View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
broad view of business as business.” As a result, Donham in the early 1930s renewed and elaborated his previous calls for business schools to aid in transforming management into a profession — not a mere technical specialization or guild,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
management, still a novel concept in that era, a move that initially met resistance. But because TQM forced company-wide excellence in everything, not only in product quality, “It was one of the best things I ever did in a leadership role, and I’m proud of it,”... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
persistent, and sometimes unexpected, impact on organizations' strategies. Cases & Course MaterialsAcciona and the Battle for Control of Endesa Belen Villalonga and Rachelle SilverbergHarvard Business School Case 210-029 Acciona, S.A. is a global infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the CFO
focusing on mission-critical projects. These projects included initiating the design and renovation of Cash House and the renewal of McArthur Hall, and the build-out of hybrid classrooms. Funds allocated to the hybrid classrooms were part... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
economy. The fraud renewed the focus on corporate governance policies worldwide, but especially in Japan, where the lack of board independence and a deep-rooted corporate culture entrenched in personal loyalties fostered an environment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
Kato is tasked with evaluating how the company can most successfully market and sell the green components of its service offering. Using only renewable energy in its data center facility, Verne can drastically reduce customers' carbon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
207-075 In May 2006, a resident of Key West, Florida had to decide whether to renew his policy to insure against hurricane damage. The policy would cost $13,000 for one year, $5,000 more than what he paid in 2005. At the same time, a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
discuss—master bedroom suites, home schooling, the passion for genealogy, extreme sports, organic foods, alternative health, and the profound popularity of the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Capitalism will find its renewal in these social... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
when harnessed to development work. In 1992, having come under pressure from the Green Party in Germany, DaimlerBenz (as it was then known) started looking for ways to use more renewable natural fibers in its automobiles. At the same... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
will continue to see growth in e-commerce. What’s more, the pandemic will continue to accelerate the trend toward online shopping. As a consequence, the “new normal” after the pandemic passes will exhibit a renewed baseline that will... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
suited to analyze these developments and initiate a discussion. As Michael Sandel recently remarked, the decision when to use markets is "a political question" that requires debate (Sandel 2009). He added, "The hope for moral and civic View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
of opportunity, America could instead be closing it down—unless we create a positive agenda to renew the American spirit," she writes in the book's introduction. Kanter believes America at the start of the 21st century has lost its... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
assisted by the creation of individual divisions that provided specialized services to its clients-Freight, Express, Supply Chain Solutions, Seaways, and Global. In 2012, the company renewed it efforts to foster cross-selling across the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
With renewed confidence, the president decided emancipation would remain an essential condition of any negotiations with the Confederacy. For a few days during the long, hot summer of 1864, Lincoln had considered backing away from his... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
competitive workforces and attract other industry; that clean water and renewable energy can reduce their costs and improve their products; and that well-housed citizens make better customers. Lagace: How can managers put the advice in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace