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  • 25 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

pursued flexible business strategies beyond its "core" business, even distributing condoms. It maintained a high standard of corporate ethics. It was effective at building contacts with local... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Internship In Action

introducing a new operational strategy for a group of sellers. After a few weeks of investigation my manager and I pushed to initiate the launch View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

They Call Him Mr. China

management gap he both anticipated and greatly underestimated. Against all odds, and the advice of many, Perkowski ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to chase his entrepreneurial dreams. A... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

income. Finally, a unique aspect of the research setting allows tests of who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome View Details
  • December 2015
  • Supplement

An Intern's Dilemma (B)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his student internship by his employer in order to obtain data from a competitor. This case describes how the student handled the situation and what he learned about himself from it. View Details
Keywords: Conflict; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence
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  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

industry and services. Although each Mubadala investment is supposed to earn large returns, the strategy balances financial against "strategic" returns. ADIA and Mubadala are the institutional architecture to manage the wealth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors provide NAS, especially those related to information services. This is consistent with better audit quality from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

customized web sites for overseas markets? How would she maintain the detail and attention she had put into so many aspects of the company as Nasty Gal grew? As Amoruso's time was limited and management... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Making Money Making Movies

the momentum generated in the U.S. Buzz, it appears, quickly wears out. There is an important caveat. Our study suggests that foreign exhibitors—not foreign audiences—mostly drive this effect. Shortening release times can thus be a useful View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 18 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 18, 2016

device operating system worldwide. In light of this commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

deep knowledge of local conditions and legitimacy as local representatives—to dramatically lower their costs of market and gain valuable on-the-ground feedback. Some NGOs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

from the majority of corporate executives in two important ways. First, they necessarily have highly developed knowledge in their profession, be it investment banking, consulting, or another area. And... View Details
Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

SEK: Reimagining Spanish Higher Education at Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)

By: John J-H Kim, Mary C. Sauer and Emilie Billaud
In 2023, Nieves Segovia, President of the SEK Education Group in Spain, contemplates the future of her family's for-profit education company, which includes K-12 schools and the newly established UCJC university. Renowned for its innovation in education, SEK faces... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Curriculum and Courses; Higher Education; Teaching; Digital Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure; Education Industry; Europe; Spain
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  • 08 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS

knowledge I had was some basic HTML/CSS knowledge from keeping a Xanga blog in high school (how's that for a throwback?). One of my stated goals for business school was to... View Details
  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

network, the contacts, the knowledge of tropical medicines and the knowledge of many countries where this disease was." Terrorism And Crime... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • September 2011 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

GoodGuide

By: George Serafeim, Robert G. Eccles and Tiffany A. Clay
GoodGuide, a high-technology start-up company, founded by University of California Professor at Berkley Dara O'Rourke is at a critical junction. The venture capital funded company has yet to find the business model to monetize a very promising product that provides... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Venture Capital; Goods and Commodities; Business Model; Information Technology; Knowledge; Education Industry; California
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  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

and the design and construction of leading-edge buildings. I have identified the leadership practices that make successful cross-industry teams work: fostering an adaptable vision, promoting psychological safety, enabling View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Amanda Pratt

year. "All of the classes had a team and project focus, and a strong humanities component; many of them had a business and entrepreneurial aspect, too," says Amanda. "We valued not just the... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech