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- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
in only limited quantities. So it is certainly conceivable that if too many new cases arrive at the same time, companies could be much less well-served by the bankruptcy reorganization process, and emerge in much less sound financial... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
other multinationals immediately detected new operational and commercial approaches across their international branches and standardized and distributed them to subsidiaries. This proactive behavior toward information was not limited to... View Details
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Harvard Business School
from 1982 to 1984, and an associate professor at HBS from 1972 to 1981. Malone has served on a number of boards including Hannaford Brothers, Anadarko Holdings, Houghton Mifflin, and the Limited Stores, and she has served as chair of... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
before, the heady boom was followed by a sharp correction—at least for entrepreneurs in all arenas except for artificial intelligence. What happens next, however, is unclear. This talk seeks to understand the implications of these recent events for the future of... View Details
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Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage - Course Catalog
different sources of competitive advantage and their properties; the creation and evolution of competitive advantage; and the determinants that make competitive advantage sustainable or not. In the process, the course also pays attention... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
investors. Second, venture capitalists and limited partners might explore the possibility of longer-lived funds: today, the typical venture fund is expected to liquidate its holdings at the end of ten to twelve years. If a fund was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
gamble. So there are different ways to get into the game.” In addition to offering close personal attention and care, Clay limits the size of a stallion’s “book,” selecting a View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
diverse as limited liability, deposit insurance, Social Security, and federal disaster relief, paying particular attention to the original thinking behind them. He concludes that the nation's lawmakers,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
profit-shifting activities that are not value-creating and e) the consequent, negative impact of all of these distortions on the US labor force. While it is tempting to limit attention to the more... View Details
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
ourselves). Happy Money provides valuable information not only for pleasure-seeking consumers, but also for companies looking to increase the happiness of both employees and customers. The following excerpt describes how the power of View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
computer-design process study by Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark that underlines the importance of design rules and processes intended to produce compatible components in a finished product. Modularity in the manufacturing and logistics world refers to the design of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
extent that taxes do not limit where companies keep their cash holdings and that companies have better uses for their cash here in the US than abroad, this can also have a positive effect on stock valuations. A third effect comes from the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
advertisers. Nor are they the World Cup—the quadrennial single-sport, multi-week championship of professional soccer that commands vast attention in much of the world, but limited interest in the United... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Adopting a technology without understanding its power and limitations usually ends in disaster. To leverage a technology optimally, pay careful attention to how the technology integrates with the company's... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
will have little room and limited effectiveness in the classroom. Have the students read Dilbert instead." According to Vuks Gwele, "Ethics and values are and always will be an integral part of our lives both in business and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
more risk in projects by limiting their use of “cost-plus” agreements, which make it easier to overcharge government agencies, according to researchers. This renegotiation of contractual terms allows the agency to hedge its bet with a... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention on another locus of learning that has received less attention from academics despite popular interest:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
widespread skepticism for the possibility of fair regulation. The power of big business is limited by the need to work with a range of powerful but diffuse societal groups. In his new book, Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
didn’t ground demand,” she notes. “The demand was still there, especially for products like ours that limited your exposure.” When passenger air travel neared pre-pandemic levels in 2022, Aero discovered another advantage. With commercial... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation