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- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
that a concession was, in fact, made. For example, the manufacturer could have explained the effect of a 3 percent wage increase on his firm's bottom line or discussed how difficult it would be for him to... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
If they didn't understand it already, executives and corporate managers have learned one huge lesson over the past couple of years: macroeconomics matters. Interest rates. Exchange rates. Trade deficits. The Gross Domestic Product. Inflation. All of these can affect a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
running throughout—you have to page back to an earlier chapter of Dixon’s life, in 2017. That’s when the bottom dropped out. That fall, she was raising money for a tech/beauty startup called EverythingDid, designed to help women and girls... View Details
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
often, because people sense the danger and work very hard to avoid it. But crises sometimes do cripple or destroy organizations. Here is the strongest demonstration yet that crises, though they can be highly useful, are not necessarily your friend when urgency is... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
a follow-on offering, the price falls, in part because you're putting more supply on the market for a given level of demand," Baker says. "In the context of a merger, the acquiring company is often issuing shares to someone like me, who passively accepts... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
12,000 jobs to workers who applied for employment via Wonolo’s on-demand job marketplace, the study reports. “The bottom line is that there’s a much bigger pool of talent out there waiting to be tapped,”... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- Web
HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
number of students elected to take advantage of the School’s deferral and leave policies because of COVID, reducing enrollment by 14 percent from fiscal 2020. By contrast, enrollment in fiscal 2022 was 1,870 students, in line with the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
University Institute—set out to get to the bottom of CEO time management by following nearly 100 top managers in Italy, as reported in a recent paper with the deceptively simple title, What Do CEOs Do? "We had no way of knowing what... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
practical lessons for business managers? Jones: The bottom line for practitioners in developing countries is that they need to really see corporate reputation as a huge asset. It enables their firms to more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
suspect some companies that appear to be really out of sight today will look like they were fairly priced. Obviously others will turn out to be flashes in the pan. As in any other industry, there will be winners and losers, but the bottom... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
determination, strength, and grace that has made her one of the most influential and noteworthy leaders in corporate America today. For the past 21 years, Fudge has demonstrated a remarkable ability to lead teams, reposition products, and increase the View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Firm Foundation
long term, in the right way,” Britt Cool says. So they decided to launch Kanbrick—a portmanteau that recognizes their shared Kansas roots and a long-term, brick-by-brick mentality. “We think in decades, not quarters,” Britt Cool stresses. It’s a View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
but it's not going to create the kind of value that ultimately gets translated into financial success. Kost: In the first line of your book, you say that strategy is simple. Why is that such a provocative statement? Oberholzer-Gee:... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
M-PESA is popular among customers. But they wonder how such an application can also be good for the carriers' bottom line. After all, the company is not allowed to pay interest on savings or to invest the float, per government orders;... View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High 1900 s 19 Model T Plastic Safety razor Widespread use of steam engine, electricity, and openhearth furnace allows businesses to expand nationwide Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19 First widespread use of auto assembly... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
refreshing their product lines and extending their brand to more affordable items. Pressure to innovate is intense, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
short-term, bottom line thinking drive decisions contrary to the best interests of that business (and society) over the long term. Frankly, the threat that is posed by climate change to our planet must now... View Details
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
and agony of doing the hard work themselves." (Phil Clark); "It's about selling the dream that the star will add to the bottom line fast with new clients, etc." (Jacoline Loewen); "Rather... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
within the next seven years. He sees growth potential in international sales, a new line for women, and licensing categories such as fragrance and footwear. Other ventures that fall under his purview include Justin’s restaurants, with... View Details
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
that environment ." Ann Brown asks, "How long would it take for the results of consistent leadership actions and 'action messages' to show in the bottom line?" Steve Mosley suggested that the value of 10 percent shouldn't... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett