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- 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008
managers, investors, and regulators. The basic analytical tool is the risk-adjusted balance sheet, which shows the sensitivity of the enterprise's assets and liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
CEO Corie Barry, who says that making money is the company’s business imperative, not its purpose. Barry explains how the company manages to balance pursuing its mission of enriching people’s lives through technology while also focusing... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2
countries. At the same time that the region was enjoying the spoils of admirably executed cluster initiatives, it was being threatened by the destabilizing violence of the Basque separatist extreme, a slowing global economy, and an always precarious View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2011
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First Look: May 31
environmental functions throughout the investment process. Some of the specific questions examined in the case are as follows: With a more diversified investor base, how could the firm balance the different expectations of investors and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
customers to target, which new customers to acquire, and how to balance resources between promotions and advertising, allocate promotional dollars, and determine the effectiveness of word-of-mouth communications. We asked the researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
Many companies can double or even triple their capacity to invest in strategic assets and competencies by properly managing their "risk balance sheet," argues Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton. In a provocative... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
circumstances, including human purposes, evolved. While the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism can balance supply and demand on a global basis, or in subunits thereof, the visible hand of political authority is essential to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
financing them jointly on a single balance sheet, especially when it is costly to set up project companies? The answer is that the creation of a new project company affects not only the decision to invest but also the subsequent value of... View Details
- 18 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
acknowledged its pedophilia scandals, it would have protected victims and its moral authority. Had President Bill Clinton admitted his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the scandal would have subsided, enabling him to focus on his pro-growth policies to View Details
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
with a balance that they never pay off. For low-wage workers, credit has been the lifesaving crutch. So as we attempt to jump-start the economy of 2009, we should recognize both the risks and the advantages inherent in a robust credit... View Details
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
Additionally, the need to balance creative thinking with accountability and responsibility was emphasized. This was a novel twist to the usually laudatory treatment that creativity gets, exposing the darker side of creative thinking.... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
disciplinary powers similar to those of the stock exchanges. And, like them, it would be overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SRO board should balance members of the accounting profession with a majority representing... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
share of ARMs were more responsive to lower interest rates and saw a relative decline in defaults and an increase in house prices, car purchases, and employment. Household balance sheets and mortgage contract rigidity are important for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
portfolio performance and generated strong returns for its investors—accomplishments attributed to its unique balance between operations and finance professionals. The firm made sure that, for every deal, it had both the finance and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007
from a manufacturing to an innovation-led enterprise. How would they balance short-term pragmatism versus long-term vision? Do they have the appropriate human resources to scale and innovate? Is their India-centric strategy appropriate,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007
importance of balancing the rewards given for different types of activities in contexts where agents face multiple competing tasks. Acquisitions and Firm Growth: Creating Unilever's Ice Cream and Tea Business Authors:Geoffrey Jones and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
elements differently, I observed that the organizations able to pursue both social and financial goals over time seem to share a commonality—they maintain a hybrid organizational culture that holds and balances tensions between creating... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
around the globe. As he considers 3i's performance through the first quarter of 2006 (3i's fiscal year 2006), he must balance his satisfaction at the firm's results and progress in the recent buoyant market with the question of whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth, and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
for set periods of experimentation (zones of time). By balancing transparency and privacy, organizations can encourage just the right amount of "deviance" to foster innovative behavior and boost productivity. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne