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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
projects with social impact—from cleaning up a river to saving animals—and allowed other users to vote on which projects Pepsi should fund. Or consider DonorsChoose.org, which allows donors to contribute funds directly to low income... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
integration. The reason is that at low prices, increases in revenue resulting from enhanced productivity are too small to justify the cost, whereas at high prices, the revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
way. It was Primary Day. As was his habit on this occasion of civic duty, Joseph J. Lhota (MBA '80) had risen early at his Brooklyn Heights home in order to vote at his local polling place before departing for Lower Manhattan and his City... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
perhaps as expected in a time of worldwide politicization and polarization. For one thing, Republicans are the only ones doing the talking—Democrats have not yet been invited to come to the table and likely won’t if Republican leaders can muster 50 View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609050 NEC Electronics Harvard Business School Case 209-001 Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
many high-growth businesses in China, Gome has only moderate financing needs. Its charismatic and ambitious chairman Wong Kwongyu has built an expansive retail network in China and successfully used trade credits by suppliers and banks to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
ventures. We introduce a formal model of voting where agents face costly tacit information to improve their decision quality. Equilibrium outcomes suggest a theoretical tension for group decision-making between the benefits of information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
York City-based insurance program shortly after the World Trade Center bombing and arrived in China. Initially he planned to teach English, but soon the entrepreneurial spirit of the country caused him to begin exploring opportunities. He... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
force in the Gulf. Had Bush first approached a deeply skeptical Congress, agreement on the use of force would have been unlikely. A negative vote would have stymied any subsequent American efforts to build an international coalition.... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
affiliation, as the country’s first female president. In the context of Greece’s traditional society, the choice was loaded with symbolism and political savvy, BCG’s Antoniades says. The January vote passed with a supermajority of 261 out... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
surprised us, both by revealing the extent of entrepreneurial involvement among HBS alumni and by giving clear evidence of the path to entrepreneurship," observes Stevenson. "It debunked the common wisdom that some people are born to be entrepreneurs and others are... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
package worth some $47 million. The move infuriated some shareholders who launched a campaign (ultimately unsuccessful) to vote out the chair of the board and the chair of the compensation committee. When the board later learned that... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
of African Americans enslaved by the Cherokee, as well as those born into unions of the two groups. The Freedmen had struggled for decades to establish their rights as Cherokee citizens, and briefly gained those rights in 2006; in 2007, however, the Cherokee Nation... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
noteworthy distinction is that the presidential marketer needs to win the vote on one day every four years, whereas the commercial marketer needs the cash register to ring every day. Nevertheless, public opinion is important to any... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
is set at the close of the annual meeting in May 2008, when shareholders have voted against all incumbent board members. Steel Partners must act quickly. The case serves as an overview of corporate governance issues in Japan, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
agencies in facilitating the drug trade in Black communities and disproportionately criminalizes Black men relative to type of crime and criminal history. It is a response to the long-standing health inequities that have been highlighted... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
framework for future research to explore and develop these arguments. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2231526 Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—This study tests... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Ascarza Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Meg Rithmire Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Managing Service Operations Technology & Operations Management Ryan Buell , Robert... View Details