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- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
becoming a staff member. But I ended up retiring from Wall Street and being the president and CEO of ACCION International, which I then ran for seven years." In 2000 he handed the reins to "a superb number two" and with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
EU Commission President Juncker sees “the wind [ ] back in Europe's sails.” Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55046 Harvard Business School Case 518-034 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
public was further damaged recently by revelations in the Panama Papers about his stockbroker father’s offshore activities, has presided over two of them. The Scottish independence referendum in 2014 nearly resulted in Scotland’s leaving... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
rally support around maintenance." Summit participants had reason to feel optimistic that a long-term infrastructure plan might be hammered out. On the same day that the summit began, February 26, President Obama called on lawmakers... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
Professor of Business Administration: Don't just mourn Nelson Mandela. Learn to be Nelson Mandela. He was the consummate turnaround leader. As the first democratically-elected president of post-apartheid South Africa, he took on and... View Details
- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
integrate management across the company. First and perhaps most important, he had the leaders of all the breakthrough projects report to a single executive, Adrian Hunter, the vice president of R&D, who had a deep knowledge of the... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Business School Case 709-025 In 1987, President Ronald Reagan established the President's Commission on Privatization to identify federal government functions that could be shifted to the private sector. One agency that the Commission... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
see the short video Doing Good by Doing Business. Correction: The original version of this story referred to Inder Kumar Gujral as a president of India. He was a prime minister. View Details
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
technology high school model to Chicago, where the Mayor championed five similar reinvented high schools, with five employer-partners including IBM, and with IBM's overall support, and back to New York City and State, as well as to Washington D.C. because of interest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
decision by the Bush White House to provide more than $20 billion to GM, Chrysler, and their financial subsidiaries, the auto task force put together by President Obama managed a restructuring of both companies at a breathtaking pace.... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
find significant welfare gains from continuous rebalancing for all long-horizon investors. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-012.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsLivedoor Harvard Business School Case 206-138 The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
Despite widespread rhetoric about the need for organizational agility, an astonishing number of businesses stay stuck in neutral when they need to implement a new strategy. Consider the situation that Lynne Camp faced in July 2000. Camp, the vice View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
founder and former CEO of Software Publishing, suggested that the ActivePhoto team members violate the rule when they needed to explore more than one market — but he cautioned them to experiment in no more than two. Specific Directives Ken Coleman, an executive vice... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
program for training pediatricians was also ranked number one in the country. Madeline Bell, who had been President and Chief Operating Officer, was named Chief Executive Officer in 2015. A pediatric nurse who became a hospital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while maintaining high social, environmental, and ethical standards. For Frans Muller, Delhaize's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
as Egyptian and Syrian disengagement accords with Israel following their 1973 war. Along with diverse political leaders, diplomats, and business executives, every U.S. President since John F. Kennedy—including President-elect Donald Trump... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
companies devised political strategies that maneuvered a reluctant President Roosevelt into supporting their interests, and the Mexican government more than fully compensated them as a result. Neither wages for oil workers nor Mexican... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
1910, faster than the contemporary United States. "A dog with a bone in its mouth neither barks nor bites," Diaz is reported to have said. When Franciso Madero became Mexico's new president in 1911, he attempted to govern as a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
when one has reached a certain age or level of expertise. Concert pianists and Wimbledon champions draw on the expertise of master teachers to guide their practice sessions. One forty-six-year-old senior vice president at Adobe Systems... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
general manager was granted autonomy, capital, and freedom to recruit star engineers from other divisions. D'Arbeloff presided as chairman of Aurora's board of directors, believing that, "with things customers aren't asking for, in... View Details