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  • 06 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

concoction emerging again in a slightly different disguise. Again, salespeople for the banks and brokerages are telling investors that they have a safe haven for investments at high returns and are placing investors' money in extremely View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

chain, in which case that manager will likely be happy to consider language that you might propose regarding your contributions. Avoid a statement that you are leaving to pursue other interests or spend more time with family; these are red flags that could stoke... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • Research Summary

Competing on a Common Platform

Why have over 100 firms joined the Eclipse Foundation to collectively produce an open source platform and tools for software application development? What are they trying to accomplish? This research analyzes IBMs divestment of the Eclipse Java Integrated Development... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

"We will pay you to use v6 instead." That's a transition incentive quite different from anything we've seen to date. That's a transition incentive that just might work. Q: Wouldn't speculators take advantage to drive up prices?... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications
  • 27 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

Drivers on Interstate 25 in Colorado have been speculating about the fate of hundreds of Volkswagen cars sitting in a lot near Pikes Peak International Raceway. It’s one of 37 sites in the United States where the automaker is storing... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 19 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

Shop. Global firms are, in this sense, now orchestrating diversity, not homogeneity. Q: Both men and women played huge entrepreneurial roles in the development of the industry. Was one gender better than the other, generally, in creating success? A: It is tempting to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 09 Nov 2022
  • In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
  • 03 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

between his ownership of his well-established trucking fleet or a speculative shipping venture. Though he had no experience in the shipping industry, McLean gave up everything he had worked for to bet on intermodal transportation. He sold... View Details
Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace
  • 04 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

an easier time abroad, they said. According to Hayes, the following principles of comportment are expected among businesspeople: Contracts should be fair to all parties. Partnership is preferred over hierarchical claims. Speculation is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

A: Jim Heskett: One can only speculate on the sources of low job satisfaction. It could be a product of unmet expectations, possibly due to inadequate attention by firms to hiring, training, and subsequent management. Those entering the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2010
  • HBS Case

Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

Fresh & Easy to become profitable. Correct decision? A: Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco's highly successful CEO for more than a decade, recently announced that he would step down in favor of Philip Clarke, a long-standing Tesco insider. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 09 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

participate. In a second paper on self-policing, we are now looking at what happens after firms self-disclose. We speculate that two things may happen: Self-disclosing firms' compliance records may actually improve because of the internal... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2019
  • Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

Many speculated about the possibility of a new depression, a collapsing stock market, and extreme unemployment. Some observers even began to question the foundations of capitalism, arguing it needed to change in order to endure. Nooyi,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

potentially lowering wage inequality in the labor markets.” The findings come at a time that communities expect more from companies and HR departments wrestle with the vexing combination of economic concerns and labor shortages. While the authors don’t View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 05 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

However, Cavallo speculates a fear of customer backlash kept them from recouping costs by increasing their retail prices. “These companies were worried about antagonizing their customers if they quickly passed on the additional tariff... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

History Matters

action. It takes collective action to stop a stampede of depositors. There was knavery and foolishness in this story as well: an audacious “bear-squeeze” speculation that failed dramatically, the abandonment of business partners at the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 02 Nov 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize

underreporting, the researchers speculated that countries with more stringent mitigation policies, such as those requiring masks and social distancing, would see higher rates of underreporting. “More stringent policies might put public... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 09 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

neutral interactions. Surprisingly, Chua also found a slight drop in creativity among those who viewed the same-culture harmonious videos. He speculates that perhaps observing ingroup harmony inadvertently sends the signal that people are... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 04 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

world is a myth." The survey included both hypothetical and reactive questions, asking respondents how they believed the detection of bribery would affect the firm and—in cases where it had actually happened—how bribery really did affect the firm. View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

expectations into a standard setting of price formation in which investors learn about the fundamental value of an asset and trade it. They study the interaction of diagnostic expectations with learning from prices and speculation (buying... View Details
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