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25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

association lobbied to get it approved. Local backing also helped Dlodlo secure $300,000 in pre-development financing for Madikizela from the state of Maryland. Her professional network helped too, with industry ties to the Reinvestment... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

company's policy had been "to finance research, development and expansion of business out of profits, and certainly the security provided by its patents has contributed greatly to the success of that policy." 20 Land concurred: "It is... View Details

14 Jul 2020
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Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

commercial bank with 4,500 branches across India. Pre-COVID, the bank had no organizational or technological measures in place to enable work from remote locations. Only 30 to 40 users (mostly senior managers) had access to the bank’s virtual private network (VPN),... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

19 Sep 2005
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Rethinking Company Loyalty

isn't inadequate pay or benefits," says business writer John Putzier. "It's the day-to-day relationship with their immediate superior." Leaders seeking to secure employees' loyalty must work to create a positive bond. How?... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

19 Sep 2016
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Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

practitioner-focused publication in the late 1990s, but the editors weren’t interested. However, they became very interested in the research the following millennium, after auditor Arthur Andersen was convicted of illegally destroying documents related to the US View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

01 Dec 2001
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Speaking for the Airlines

that the attacks had caused financial damage that went well beyond losses in passenger revenues, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 20, 2001) reported. "Many insurance companies have notified airlines of astronomic premium increases," Mullin said. "Heightened View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

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“The ‘Carbon Club’: Oil Companies, Climate Change & the Shaping of Public Policy”. Conspiracy theories abound, but the roles of the major oil companies in influencing public policy on climate change remain largely obscure. This... View Details

04 Feb 2013
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Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

“There are important implications for the quality of accounting information in corporations and in capital markets” "We could imagine that as the audit industry becomes more concentrated, the big auditors would become increasingly View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

June 2018 (Revised June 2018)
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Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

The case, “Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust,” starts with the crisis Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing in March 2018 over Cambridge Analytica’s accessing data from 87 million Facebook accounts in order to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential... View Details

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January 2016
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Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

video clips can be downloaded directly from this website. The full-length videos of interviews are held behind a firewall for security purposes. Please contact cem@hbs.edu if you require access to the full videos for teaching or research.... View Details

19 Aug 2021
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Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

and leaders. First step, TAKE control Even though military units face many of the same struggles as corporate teams, the approaches officers use to connect with their chains of command offer lessons for companies now. The military’s ethos of rules and process not only... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next

(self-reliance)—proof that Indians could make their own products, without the British. Today, Godrej has a more than $4 billion global market for its products, which range from security appliances to furniture, soaps, and real estate. A... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

potential credit rating downgrade, reflecting concerns over “funding, liquidity, and profitability” which factored in substantial unrealized losses on SVB’s debt securities. To strengthen its balance sheet, SVB sold $21 billion in View Details

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

annually for the most significant paper published in ASQ five years earlier. Robin J. Ely : Winner of the 2007 Making Connections Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management. Summer R. Jackson : Recipient of the National View Details

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

by July 24 $1,850 Certificate Negotiation Mastery Professor Michael Wheeler Master negotiation techniques to secure maximum value for yourself and your organization. 8 weeks, 4-5 hrs/week Pay by July 17 $1,850 Certificate Leadership... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

Mosul. We supported the infantry soldiers who were securing the smaller towns on the roads leading to Baghdad from Kuwait. I didn’t get to fly, but I was given a leadership role. There was a lot of gratification in knowing that I was able... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

01 Feb 2002
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Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

they're doing in that regard, that's good. They ought to try to put their decisions in that broader framework. At Marsh Crisis Consulting, what are you telling clients? September 11 was a wake-up call for the United States, in terms of the View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

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Information Dissemination in Capital Markets

Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details

03 May 2010
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What Is the Future of MBA Education?

changed, and with it the security that used to come almost automatically with an MBA degree. [ ] High-paying jobs are no longer guaranteed to graduates, and the opportunity costs of two years of training—especially for those who still... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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