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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
strategy revolution was a way of systematically putting together all the elements that determined their corporate fate, in particular, the three Cs central to any good strategy: the company’s costs, especially costs relative to other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
that I don’t have complete control of. The notion that there would be very intelligent people doing very complicated things six and a half days a week, and I would come in on a periodic basis and tell them how to do it better, I don’t... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
financial services industry, with the 1940 Investment Company Act imposing especially tight controls on the nascent mutual fund industry. In recent years, Light says, besides benefiting from the bull market's record-setting rampage, the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
much bigger, which is the amount of time we are “on”—meaning at work or monitoring work remotely. Workaholics are nothing new in the managerial ranks, but technology has made a 24/7 connection to work the norm for many more people than ever before. What kind of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
this world,” she says. “There should be no monopoly on the ability to set that direction. No one gender or one race should control the flow of capital.” Solution #1: Make the Business Case “Women entrepreneurs are an untapped market.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
to problem-solve together, we struck this delicate balance and reopened the campus in the fall. Since then, we have used the metaphor of a dimmer switch as our guide—allowing for more on-campus activities, including hybrid classes, when the virus is under View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
aim to make rigorous impact-measurement approaches, like randomized controlled trials, practical and accessible to practitioners. In India, we are helping the State of Bihar improve a $200 million nutrition program. In Zambia, we are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
crazy,” “the best family business has one member,” “weekends are for working, not playing golf or coaching,” “never pay your vendors on time,” “wear your control freak badge with pride,” and “quit denial: if your business is failing... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
definition of convenience—delivery, mobile ordering, curbside pickup. Whatever way its customers wanted to get their food, McDonald’s should offer it. “People want to control their own experience,” says Kempczinski. These new digital... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
— some contradictory, some pointless, some incoherent — and the manifestly small size of the occupation force became clear, the cost of resisting and escalating resistance became less and less. In addition to the insurgency, is there a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
course for the future, which she outlines in her Harvard Business Review article "Effective Oversight" and her book Financial Accounting and Managerial Control for Nonprofit Organizations (with Denise Nitterhouse). The following are her... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
would cost less and would be a faster, healthier way to get to the $1 million mark. —Karen Barth (MBA 1986) They should grow the old-fashioned way: hold back enough cash to grow in a controlled manner.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
European Computer Driving License, a basic requirement for any IT job in Europe, which otherwise can cost as much as $500 per course.) English language, computer skills, and business management curricula are especially popular. Explains... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
itself had become outdated. Two aspects of Baker that needed immediate attention were its lack of climate controls (uncomfortable for patrons, devastating for collections) and the inaccessibility of its stacks. Conversations took off from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
’59), and was moderated by PBS’s Charlie Rose. Whitman, former CEO of eBay, noted that most Americans are “deeply afraid” as they watch energy and food costs rise and their retirement accounts shrink. More must be done, she said, to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
Michael Jensen, a finance expert, how what is happening today compares to what transpired in the 1980s. A decade ago, Jensen explains, M&As; were often associated with downsizing and what he describes as "the freeing of equity trapped in old-line, inefficiently managed... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
sort of technology with which to do that, even if they wanted to. We’re already seeing the current implementation of the Ethereum network have trouble managing the number of transactions people are making, such that transaction fees can be much more than the View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
exceptionally favorable factors in France such as its wealth of assets, human capital, and the French brand. And the disadvantages of the system (the burdens of administration, law, and the cost of labor and taxes) are comparatively much... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
on billable hours, for your whole career, means that it will never become family-friendly. It is noteworthy, however, that I met my wife at the consulting firm. Small firm consulting. Upon leaving the large firm, my wife and I founded a small consulting firm. While we... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
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The Producers
vertically integrated,” he notes. “Studios used to be stand-alone companies that were run like fiefdoms. Now they’re run like major corporations answering to shareholders.” Skyrocketing fees for star actors coupled with the high marketing View Details