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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
groups make it clear that there are always approaches and angles to a problem that you can't think of by yourself. They make you appreciate other people's points of view. That carries over into business, where it's advantageous to... View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
inventory turns and can be uniformly utilized by all stakeholders to assess whether a retailer is carrying too much or too little inventory. We explain applications of the metric with examples and lay out prescriptions for retailers.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries value global brands. First, we conducted a qualitative study... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
discussions don’t lead to right answers. Rather, the discussions aim to evoke the right questions. “I felt it was reassuring that there were no right answers,” recalls Ross. She carried that spirit of questioning back to the corporate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
traded off careers with my husband, who is a neurosurgeon. After I was at P&G for two years, he got a post in San Francisco, so I took a job at Bain. When Disney offered me a job, the kids and I moved to LA, and he commuted. Then he got... View Details
- Profile
Brian T. Bedol
an entrepreneur and we were all involved in his business and very proud of it,” Bedol recalled. Before he turned ten years old, Bedol would accompany his father to big trade shows in Chicago and reveled in being out on the convention... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
with a sharp pencil. I would urge all of us involved in international trade and tax accounting to do what we can to make the old shell game a game not worth the candle, just as GlaxoSmithKline learned in 2006 to the tune of a $3.4 billion... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
the Baker Foundation Professor and George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Emeritus, carried on Goldberg’s work: “At each seminar we assemble case studies from across the industry and across the globe that help... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
and Goldman Sachs emerged relatively unscathed, its public image took a large blow as people questioned the inner workings of the bank. To address the situation, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein called for the creation of the Business Standards Committee (BSC) to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
extensions are discussed, including retail settings where firms carry multiple product categories, shipping and handling costs, and the role of store assistance in impacting consumer perceived benefits. The Short Life of Online Sales... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
19th century, took the idea a step further, rewarding customers with stamps that could be traded in for a variety of items. American Airlines introduced the next evolution of the customer loyalty program in 1981: the frequent-flier mile... View Details
- Web
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
Dates: Arrive, Tuesday, January 6; Depart Friday, January 16, 2026 Course Fee: $3,500 (see note on financial aid) Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the... View Details
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
that is publicly traded in Spain and controlled by the Entrecanales family. In 2006, the company joined the highly politicized cross-border takeover battle for Spain's largest electric utility, Endesa, by acquiring a 10% stake that it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
any such occurrence." Seated at his desk, Lhota suddenly heard "a screeching noise" and then an explosion. He ran to the front steps of City Hall, where a police officer told him that a plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
relationships when it instead primarily encourages newcomers to express their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that initial socialization focused on personal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
document evidence that firms systematically increase specialized, locally targeted advertising following the firm being taken to trial in that given location—precisely following initiation of the suit. In particular, we use legal actions brought against publicly View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
PublicationsThe Profits of Power: Commerce and Realpolitik in Eurasia Authors:Rawi Abdelal Publication:Review of International Political Economy (forthcoming) Abstract Although the energy trade is the single most important element of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries Author:Regina M. Abrami Publication:Journal of East Asian Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Why have China's petrochemical and steel industries behaved so... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
carried interest payments (less than 10%) while the U.S. PPEs had a significantly higher percentage (on average 50%). Should PG do more direct investments and have more of its revenues come from carried... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne