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  • 12 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

Taking a risk by breaking with standard operating procedure can make your company more innovative. Credit: maxsattana In addition to creating a new company that is disrupting the status quo, many founders are also challenging the old... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

    John W. Van Dyke

    Taking over the debt-ridden firm after it was forcefully spun-off from Standard Oil by the United States Supreme Court, Van Dyke had minimal assets with which to work: only 3 refineries, no marketing structure, and no sales organization.... View Details
    Keywords: Utilities & Energy

      James W. Johnson

      Johnson brought Band-Aid, an adhesive bandage, to the market. The product developed in 1920 soon became a standard in first-aid kits and one of the staples in the J&J family of products. James Johnson was also responsible for the... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare
      • 14 Oct 2014
      • News

      Banking on social impact by brokering public-private partnerships

      Maureen Harrington (MBA 2001), director of the International Development Group of Standard Bank, describes the role of a traditional bank in providing funding to social impact projects in developing countries, including supporting... View Details

        John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

        The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.... View Details
        Keywords: Utilities & Energy
        • 01 Dec 2020
        • News

        Hit Pause

        issue from a variety of perspectives instead of taking the standard linear, analytical approach,” says Badaracco. Draw on the insights of others, he suggests, whether from your living network or the long-dead writers of antiquity, to gain... View Details

          C. Kemmons Wilson

          though operated by a different owner, would be nearly an exact replica of the others, with such amenities as air conditioning, color television and a swimming pool. Because of Wilson’s strict standards and intensive licensee training... View Details
          Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
          • 2011
          • Other Unpublished Work

          Height Taken but Worth Unknown: Valuation as an Institutional Process

          By: R. Daniel Wadhwani and Mukti Khaire
          Drawing on research from organizational studies, sociology, history, and anthropology, we develop a framework for understanding valuation as an institutional process in markets. We posit that three institutional elements—categories, criteria, and standards—are integral... View Details
          Keywords: Interactive Communication; Markets; Standards; Situation or Environment; Perception; Valuation
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          • 25 May 2023
          • Blog Post

          6 Best Practices for Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Interview Process

          perspective of a candidate's professionalism or fit is critical and can help to address unconscious bias head-on by naming it. Another option – offer candidates the choice of a phone or online call with the video off in early interactions if that is most comfortable.... View Details
          Keywords: All Industries
          • 05 Jun 2012
          • First Look

          First Look: June 5

            PublicationsTowards an Understanding of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting Authors:Abigail M. Allen and Karthik Ramanna Publication:Journal of Accounting & Economics (forthcoming)... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • August 2010
          • Supplement

          Batson International, S.A. (B)

          By: David F. Hawkins
          A surprise internal audit of a division's accounting practices reveals a number of possible earnings management and accounting irregularities. View Details
          Keywords: Accounting Audits; Earnings Management; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Standards; United States
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          Admissions Resources - Doctoral

          letters, and suggestions on how to identify and approach your recommenders. Standardized Tests As you prepare for your PhD application, watch this video to learn more about what standardized tests are... View Details
          • 01 Jun 2015
          • News

          Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

          to a new working paper coauthored by Lecturer Abigail Allen, the opposite is often true. When the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) proposed stricter public pension accounting standards in 2012,... View Details
          Keywords: Erin Peterson
          • 20 Nov 2014
          • Blog Post

          An update from the Hospitality Club

          the Italy Trek during spring break. Let’s see how it goes. Describe one of your greatest events last year? The New York Trek was our favorite event last year. The lineup was amazing. Our Keynote Speaker was Amar Lalvani (HBS 2001), Managing Partner of View Details
          • 10 Jul 2000
          • Research & Ideas

          IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

          That includes, especially, an understanding of the open standards process through which the Internet was built, with engineers stacking one set of open protocols on top of another from the physical—how you plug the wires together—through... View Details
          Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
          • October 1987 (Revised February 1992)
          • Case

          Motorola and Japan (A)

          By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
          In 1981, Motorola was reevaluating its strategy towards Japan. The firm had been successful in penetrating the Japanese market, and it was confronting increased Japanese competition at home. How it should respond and with what kind of organization were the central... View Details
          Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Standards; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
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            Alexander M. Poniatoff

            Poniatoff, founder of Ampex, created many of the major innovations in commercial recording technology and produced the first US built magnetic audio tape recorder in 1948 revolutionizing the radio industry. After creating the standard for... View Details
            Keywords: Computers & Electronics

              Irwin M. Jacobs

              Jacobs is a pioneer in the wireless technology industry. The company that he founded, Qualcomm, developed a satellite-based communications protocol called CDMA, Code Division Multiple Access. Considered one of the fastest growing wireless technologies, CDMA became the... View Details
              Keywords: Communications
              • Fast Answer

              Sovereign debt ratings

              Where can I find sovereign (national) debt ratings? Bloomberg give current ratings by Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. Hit the yellow GOVT key, type TK, then hit GO. Select desired country from the menu, then hit GO.... View Details
              • 27 Mar 2005
              • Research & Ideas

              Should I Pay the Bribe?

              frustrated by the "explanations" offered for the country's economic and social problems. One of the more standard arguments was that corruption was the cause of all our problems. It seemed that we could become rich by becoming... View Details
              Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell