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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
illicit money that flows out of developing and transitional economies. These sums — corrupt, criminal, and commercially tax-evading in origin — are staggering, estimated at some $500 to $750 billion annually. The biggest part of this is... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Supplement 411-002 The Dow board made a bid for Rohm and Haas Company in order to transition its portfolio away from commodity chemicals towards specialty chemicals. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
commercialization and adoption. Emerging opportunities must be nurtured, and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
student at the right time, and transitioning from one point to the next—that are critical to success in case-method teaching. The cases Christensen developed over the years elicited candid discussion of some of the thorniest classroom... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
308-038 Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
be interesting to see how much their balance sheets have swelled when they start reporting their financial results. Let’s talk about the medical workforce, where we’ve seen medical students being called up early and doctors coming out of View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
underwent to successfully make the transition from an ODM, founded in 1997, to a leading branded manufacturer (7% market share of smartphones in 2010), with the adoption of the tagline: "Quietly Brilliant." Significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Cash By Christopher Kawaja (MBA 2004) and Shannon Matthiesen Independently published Most of us know how to balance the immediate needs of a checking account or to invest long term for our retirement plans. But financial advice falls... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The company had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
prepare managers for the transition to a postwar economy. In 1945, Kidder, Peabody & Company titan Albert H. Gordon (MBA '25) contributed a prescient essay on the economic impact of peace. Gordon predicted "a major reorientation of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
firms will have a new CEO within the next four years; your company could very well be next. Senior executives know that a CEO transition means they're in for a round of firings, organizational reshuffles, and other unwelcome career... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
Chenavari decided within days of the election to acquire Aegean Baltic Bank and expand its footprint in Greece. Arhodidis is overseeing the transition through the regulatory approvals, and then will become the bank’s CEO. “It’s one of the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
transition back to practice in 2005, the new Prime Minister of France calls to offer her a ministerial position in the new Cabinet. She has to decide whether she wants to take on a role in the public sector. For coverage of her career... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
class, gauging student reactions, calling on the right student at the right time, and transitioning from one point to the next — that are critical to success in case-method teaching. The cases Christensen developed over the years elicited... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia, his hometown. The case presents the process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
local Normandy cows, a region known for its dairy products. Not all of the original Jeannette workers were enthusiastic about making the transition to a new way of doing things. They are no longer with the company. “Some of them weren’t... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
third-party sellers largely carried inventory costs, the Board had made a drastic decision: Jumia would shift from an online retail model to a marketplace model. They also made it very clear that a failure to properly implement this View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
by Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Takashi Yasui Sato-san’s hospital bed is wedged diagonally across his living room, relics of regular life pushed to the perimeter. For four years the retired accountant traveled back and forth to a... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
transition from the 19th century to the 20th century. The second thing to say is that the 20th century should be understood in the context of big wars, as really singular moments in the evolution of the tax structure. That's World War I,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
have today's senior executives, trained in the days when the pyramidal organization and domestic markets held sway, made the transition to a global, technology-driven economy? For three 1971 classmates and corporate leaders, Donald J.... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry