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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
can't do it all, you can probably do enough to satisfy customers and stay in business. Do you foresee crises as dramatic as some of those described in the press? You mean airplanes falling from the sky? It's not likely with the airlines... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
knowledge of how to get the product out there. Distributing refrigerated products is not an easy business. People could probably come pretty close to copying our re-cipes, but to actually do the marketing and distribution, manage shelf... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
occurred, causing 1 to 2 million deaths. The H5N1 virus is treacherous — we know that it can jump the species barrier to infect humans and that it is prone to mutation. Indeed, every case of human infection increases the probability that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
of business. The first had to do with relocation. In the early 20th century, if you were Catholic, Jewish, or from the South, which didn’t have much of an industrial base, you would probably look for opportunities out west, where social... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
certification strategy, in which they apply to a demanding but non-transparent certifier and lower their ambitions when rejected. We derive the comparative statics with respect to the sellers' initial reputation, the probability of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
endorsers. Formula 1 racing, golf, tennis, and soccer account for the lion's share of endorsers with global appeal. In the United States, football, basketball, baseball, and NASCAR racing probably account for the largest share of... View Details
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
Does that mean that Toyota will become a Microsoft OEM anytime soon? Probably not, but they will certainly be an awful lot closer to each other! The winners will be of course the providers of the most versatile and flexible software... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
case quotes Harvard University psychology professor Joshua Greene saying, “Were a friend to call you from a set of trolley tracks seeking moral advice, you would probably not say, ‘Well, that depends. Would you have to push the guy, or... View Details
- Profile
Mike Maples Jr.
When he sold Motive, after its IPO, for a handsome profit, he knew he would not consider taking an investor’s money to start something else. He needed a change and he zeroed in on becoming an investor himself. “I thought the variety would be fun but I also... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
years. Research by our own George Baker (and George David Smith) shows that until the mid-1990s KKR, for example, had an average holding period of over six years, with very few under four years. And while this average has probably... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
weeknights on www.shovio.com, with podcasts at www.radiochick.com. Tell us about life before RadioChick. I grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where my dad ran a construction-related business, which is probably how I got business in my... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
It’s looking for a particular pattern, probably a credit card pattern in this case, and didn’t find it. So it keeps on, every time it finds a new pathway—it just goes down it and marches down to the next computer, to the next computer,... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
markets." What is an example of an emerging giant? Palepu: The Tata Group in India is probably well on its way to becoming a giant. When markets in India opened, the Tata Group had been in existence for more than a hundred years. Yet as a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
model, to pick the right market to innovate in, will determine to great extent my success. The Bolden story is all about community. He probably couldn't have been successful in Boston or New York. New Orleans was an open community. It had... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
many issue areas, Indian gaming has probably generated the greatest amount of activity in recent years. In particular, the negotiations that led to the immense success of the Pequot gaming operation in Connecticut have become almost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
read several of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books and they always inspire me and continue to haunt me long after I’ve put them down. The Remains of the Day is about purpose and the legacy that you wish to leave, and it is probably still my favorite... View Details
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
United States. In recent years, however, this centralized approach to the collection and analysis of adverse events through doctor-initiated case reports has been superseded by innovative, though episodic, pharmacoepidemiological studies of large databases that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
under Risk Authors:Eyal Ert and Ido Erev Abstract Five studies are presented that explore the assertion that losses loom larger than gains. The first two studies reveal equal sensitivity to gains and losses. For example, half of the participants preferred the gamble... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
unlikely to appear in this western-located city. Probably many more tokens were issued in association with the Congo's important mines and plantations. This "Part I" article should serve as a start for the development of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
for being overly generous and letting people take advantage of him. He always smiled and responded that although his clients were richer as a result, they were probably slept less well because they had cheated him. Even at home, we’d see... View Details