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- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
Silverthorne: You write that Indonesia's 1980 nationalization of ITT's thirteen-year-old Indostat telecom business "marked the end of an era." What changed? Louis Wells: In the 1980s, a new attitude toward foreign investment swept the... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
another influential factor in the development of the wind turbine business following the oil shocks of the 1970s. Suddenly faced with the end of the cheap oil era, the United States, Denmark, and Germany made significant investments in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Does Your Startup Set Employees Up to Fail? | Working Knowledge
plan, or firing someone, ask yourself if you are either partially or completely complicit in creating the problem (this works in our personal lives too!). A 30-60-90-day plan can help mitigate this type of situation for a new hire, but... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
School Note 208-037 Provides the background and high-level situation of private equity in emerging markets as of the end of 2006. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208037 PlaNet Finance:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
and the fluidity of most work structures mean that it's not really about creating effective teams anymore, but instead about leading effective teaming. Teaming shows that organizations learn when the flexible, fluid collaborations they encompass are able to learn. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States By Alliah L. Agostini (MBA 2009); Illustrated by Sawyer Cloud becker&mayer! Kids On June 19, 1865—more than two years after... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
sell when it costs so little to be happy ." Warren speculated that "we are going to come up with a self-sustaining economy meaning that we will revert back to small towns that depend less on trade and more about the common... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
quite new. He returned to India and ended up having a very successful career in business — first as the general manager and then as CEO of a small company, and later as the head of progressively larger companies. So my entire relationship... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
I was just a person with a baby walking in. Search is a great thing to do while you’re having kids because your schedule is your own. RY: Well, maybe this is a good moment to talk a little bit about the business that you ended up buying,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
and you know, financial obligations and concerns of your own. And I just wonder, can you give us a window into maybe a struggle you've gone through or are going through now in terms of giving? Because it seems to me the thing about giving is where's the View Details
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
enjoyed their stints at the School and their interactions with students. The other half were like the well-known CEO who came to my office to tell me, “I’ve decided to leave at the end of the term. This is the toughest job I’ve ever had.”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
might increase costs by 3–4 percent of world GDP, but the costs of inaction are far greater. She noted that, according to the 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment, climate change could cost the US 10 percent of its GDP by the end of... View Details
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
meaningful career, but to do so in a way that leads to a happy and meaningful life. Today I’d like to offer some ideas for creating a meaningful life in the context of our School’s mission, which is to become leaders who will make a... View Details
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
the upper hand in this area. The following table compares the strengths and weaknesses of each model: P2p Strengths Weaknesses It's free Under constant attack by industry players Variety of content Downloading time varies No restrictions on content (no DRM) Congestion... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
Emerging markets such as the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—entice and intimidate. When managers are asked what is special about emerging markets, they typically point to rapid economic growth, potential competitors, and vexing View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Cummings saw the potential of the city dwindling. The change was partially economic—the city’s credit rating, which had improved by the end of the 1990s, slipped again in the 2000s—and partially personal: Cumming’s children had graduated... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
publicly known. Losing streaks are characterized by denial and cover-ups, withholding of information, and finger-pointing rather than accountability. Finding the data and putting facts on the table for all to confront ends closed cronyism... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
think that could end up blowing a hole in revenues in ways we don't fully understand. The third big risk is probably that these pieces of legislation are very hard to pass. This could be a once in a 30-year opportunity. As a result,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
the ambient atmosphere. The density of those molecules is much lower, so it’s a much more difficult energy-mass problem. And energy-mass challenges turn into cost problems in the end. So it’s really about asking, Can we capture these... View Details