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  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

short-term results with adherence to a long-term strategy and direction. At Cummins, we are driven by the concept of maximizing shareholder value -- but the question is, value over the next quarter or two,... View Details
  • Summer 2013
  • Other Article

The Roots of Our Tax Debates

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl
Our fiscal debates are endlessly frustrating. The outlines of a compromise seem clear, yet both sides remain incapable of agreement. But is the proper balance between spending less and taxing more really so obvious? A look at what underlies the political wars over... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Debates; Taxation; Budgets and Budgeting; United States
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  • May 2010 (Revised June 2010)
  • Supplement

Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (B)

By: Robert L. Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg
This case continues the story begun in "Pfizer: A Letter from the Chairman" (HBS No. 110-003), revealing the letter Chairman and CEO Jeff Kindler wrote for the 2008 Annual Report. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Annual Reports; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • 29 Oct 2007
  • HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

interest to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, be they a movie legend or a third baseman. She wrote the Sharapova case with Margarita Golod (HBS MBA '07) to study and frame classroom discussions on a favorite field of research: the View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

who find better ways to address these needs will add value through new companies and services. James Dimon (MBA ’82) Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Dimon Read complete profile. Before joining JPMC in 2004, Jamie Dimon had been a... View Details
Keywords: awards; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Space Research and Technology; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 26 Jun 2000
  • Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

Industries." One key aspect of the Internet revolution to keep in mind, began Applegate, is that new business models continue to draw on essential information and values that have always driven business. "This is an evolutionary process,"... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

power plants. Accounting standards required utilities to record the present value of projected D&D costs as a liability. However, there were many uncertainties associated with these estimates given the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • April 2006 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Best Buy Co., Inc.: Customer-Centricity

By: Rajiv Lal, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Irina Tarsis
With FY2005 sales of $27.3 billion, Richfield, Minn.-based Best Buy Co., Inc. was the leading retailer of consumer electronics, home-office products, and related services in North America. Its operations included the distinct store formats Best Buy, Future Shop in... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Service Operations; Business Earnings; Financial Crisis; Failure; Business Model; Leadership; Segmentation; Value Creation; Electronics Industry; United States; Canada; Mongolia
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  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

-0.27. We also present evidence that consumers increased usage ahead of these announced price changes. Finally, we project that the price elasticity converges to a value between -0.30 and -0.35 after ten years. Our findings highlight the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2002 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Computer Associates International, Inc.

In late 2000, Computer Associates (CA) changed its business model and the way it recognized revenue, ostensibly to better serve its stakeholders. The new subscription-based license model offered customers greater flexibility. Clients could subscribe to any CA software... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Valuation; Corporate Disclosure; Revenue Recognition; Corporate Governance; Technology Industry
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  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

emerged that explicitly links leadership and identity. Research and theorizing on leadership development have yet to specify the processes that account for identity transformations in role transitions. This paper proposes a new,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

development banks, and UN agencies. Overall, the researchers say, the World Bank is quite well run—the issue is one of misgovernance, not malfeasance. "Ashwin and I highlight a setting in which fair institutions can generate unfair... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jan 2023
  • Blog Post

11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year

feel valued, and that means ensuring their voices are heard and providing fair compensation to support their lives outside of the office. Create transparency in the salary review process and share ranges for job functions and levels to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • Fast Answer

Management Consulting: Build a List

href="http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/capitaliq.html" title="Capital IQ">Capital IQ (Individual account required) Once in Capital IQ, Mouse over Screening Tab and click on Companies. To screen by geographic location, scroll... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 27

enterprises. The consortium has asked Trebbi's firm to seek an exception for state-owned enterprises on a proposed accounting rule. But Trebbi thinks such an exception is unsound accounting policy. He must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

opportunity to see both sides of the issue. When Hrad enters into a contract to create a new accounts payable system for Welsh toy distributor Tegan, the outsourcing firm from the Czech Republic views the project as another step in its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

dollars in value, Kominers and his co-authors reported in Market Design to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Supply in the March 12 issue of Science. “The value of being able to produce vaccines at scale the minute they clear trials is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • Web

SMS Terms - HBS Online

Privacy Notice SMS Terms Terms of Use FERPA Community Values & Honor Code Trademark Notice Cookies The following terms apply if you have opted in to receive information from HBS Online using automated dialing technology to call or text... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Pricing Paradise

Clinton as assistant secretary and CFO of the Department of Commerce, Bilmes’s attention shifted to government spending. “The government is good at making promises, but poor at valuing what those promises are going to cost,” says Bilmes,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 23 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

matters. "Status effects are estimated much smaller once you account for two factors. First, the market places disproportional value on the pinnacle of quality—the Bugattis of this world, for example.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman