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- 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. Borrowing money to double in size... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
through sheer size and number of transactions. Unfortunately, there are quite a few good reasons that the marketplace model doesn't work for reCommerce of used electronics (see my article in the March 2013 Harvard Business Review, 'Do You... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
Interactive was contracted in the Spring to provide a series of useful administrative tools including data updates, membership renewal, event management and web templates. Thanks to the work of this committee, clubs and associations of all View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Hongyi Li, and Julie Wulf Abstract—Top management structures in large U.S. firms have changed significantly since the mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team-the group of managers reporting directly to the CEO-doubled during this... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 14 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump
marketer ranks on size of the lie is a matter of opinion, but someone who hoped to learn ethical practice from his marketing manual would be well advised not to follow him in the matter of frequency. The Washington Post scored 64 percent... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Deighton
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
and bactericides to tires and textiles—or for storing intermittent renewable energy until it is ready to be used. OCO’s current electrolyzer design is about the size of a mini-fridge, but the team is working to create a larger version... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
turnover—the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new workers—on operational performance in the context of teaching hospitals. Specifically, we examine the impact of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate." During his tenure, Andersen had divided what had previously been operated as almost a single entity into separate lines of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
then develop the case for pursuing this opportunity. Be pragmatic, not just idealistic. Transformational solutions are appealing, but they can leave people overwhelmed by the size of the problem. Incremental work, on the other hand,... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
thresholds for quantity discounts, extend credit to long-standing customers, and price smaller pack sizes more aggressively. In tough times, price cuts attract more consumer support than promotions such as sweepstakes and mail-in offers.... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
consolidation strategies are wrong. In an era that is witnessing technological discontinuities, managers must not focus so much on size as a goal but rather on the development of new business models that help them compete. View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
firms and reports on a survey of the structure and staffing of more than 600 headquarters in Europe, USA, Japan, and Chile. It explores the extent to which corporate headquarters are contingent on size of the company, corporate strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
size of its welfare state and perception of new immigrant behavior. First, the welfare state today in Europe is larger, and native-born individuals may perceive immigrants as being net consumers of public goods. While it is true that,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
A: We found that it was the relative percentage of their money that people spend on others—rather than the absolute amount—that predicted their happiness. In the bonus study described above, for example, the size of the bonus that people... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
the role third parties play was inadequate in describing the processes at work in the highly specialized CEO market. The size of the candidate pool, for instance, is often underestimated. If you believe most search firms, in fact, it's a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
in 1979, had a budget of only $2 million, and many of Barry's peers questioned her decision to leave one of the world's most prestigious institutions to join a much smaller player in the global economy. "On day one I had to order my own pencils," she recalls with a... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
quarter's stock was associated with a 33 percent increase in the size of the investor's position. During those quarters when an investor met with a firm executive, the trades that followed those meetings performed significantly better,... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
global product divisions, which, because of the size of the market and Philips's stake in it, are thought to be capable of achieving the requisite geographic focus. In Europe, where Philips is better established, the company has rethought... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
partner levels. Firms therefore began aggressively hiring over the last four to five years, which in turn has significantly increased firm size and highlighted the limitations of existing partnership governance structures. Many firms... View Details