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- 05 Sep 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Global Currency Hedging
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
many things that helped produce this happy outcome. But had Chapter 11 not been available, and the company been forced to liquidate, only $4 billion would have been realized from that process, according to one estimate. Gerdeman: Are... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
about the importance of accident in their processes. Some artists see accident as a good way to produce something that they would not have been able to think of in advance and that is, therefore, quite new—something they wouldn't have... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- Blog
What Black Executives Really Want
what organizations are actually doing. Many people have good intentions and many companies have DEI programs but those are not translating into real impact. Other studies bear this out. Most consulting firms and other research organizations have View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
percent of his work was crime and suspense; the rest was about manners and mores. And so it was with these relatively peaceful 1950s books about the professional classes, even as he was also producing plenty of murder and mayhem in... View Details
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
companies are willing to rethink how they define loyalty and how they manage their people. Reevaluating Loyalty Loyalty should not be viewed as an either/or proposition. It's true, the experts say, that to produce their best work,... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
books, I'm not with a customer. So bookkeeping is the last thing I want to do." For Cook, that produced an insight that led to the development of QuickBooks, which greatly simplifies small-business accounting. Networking is a skill... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
Working closely together, we've got some great talent. I think that's what gives us confidence. But there are always moments you go, God, I hope this works. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
Apple's 1984 ad, which aired, not surprisingly, on the 1984 Super Bowl when they announced the launch of the Macintosh personal computer. That is still in the advertising Hall of Fame. It was directed by Ridley Scott, who is a well-known film View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
the Growing Diverse Housing Developer program, a highly selective national initiative led by a consortium of CDFIs that aims to increase the capacity of developers who identify as Black, indigenous, or people of color. The program aims to help developers View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
call,” says Ammerman, “that's perceived very differently than when your male colleague’s child runs in during his Zoom call. I think it just produces an enormous amount of stress.” Steps toward gender equality In Glass Half-Broken,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 19 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution
Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew Weinzierl
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
track5 How Does a Board Introduce to the Organization a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior? The question of conditions under which a board might hire a CEO fired elsewhere for inappropriate behavior, the subject of this month’s column, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Groysberg. "HBS is a school full of Michael Jordans. It makes you want to produce because you have been given resources, time, and more than enough attention." He found that, like Bigfoot, this person probably does not exist. In fact, the... View Details
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
customers more control and set their brands apart. The online apparel retailer Everlane provides detailed descriptions about the factories that produce its clothing. And Lemonade has upended traditional insurance by taking a set portion... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
father-in-law said it would be in the new CEO's interest to make sure that my career was successful also. I took the job.” Investment outlook over the next five years: “I'm bullish. We're in a world of low inflation. Market economies and fairly open political and... View Details
John C. Mulliken
Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.
John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
Like many industrial giants, the Umesh Modi Group reaches far, producing pharmaceuticals, selling cosmetics, and building steel. Modi added liquor and now runs Modi Illva, the company's four-year-old joint venture with Italian spirits... View Details
- Research Summary
Competing on a Common Platform
Why have over 100 firms joined the Eclipse Foundation to collectively produce an open source platform and tools for software application development? What are they trying to accomplish? This research analyzes IBMs divestment of the Eclipse Java Integrated Development... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
stores doesn’t worry Grantham, who sees ways in which Amazon’s dynamic pricing model could come to benefit the entire bookselling sector—one of the few retail sectors where the producers recommended price is stamped right on the product.... View Details
Keywords: April White