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13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

blood testing market. The company and its founder were riding high, adorning the covers of magazines and making headlines. But the momentum slowed in October after a negative write-up in The Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

Repairing the damage done by the crash created opportunities to rebuild the business and make it stronger. Morgan Stanley's Slaughter cites three fundamental, lasting changes that, for the first time, made commercial real estate an investment attractive to View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

18 Nov 2016
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job

opportunity. How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? They place greater emphasis than men on external business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

liberalization. Moody's and Standard & Poor's write very often these days about the risks of liberalization, and the credit-rating agencies have praised China and India for liberalizing slowly. I can assure you that there was no conspiracy of View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

the November 29 issue of The Wall Street Journal. In it, they argue that judgment is much more important than experience. "Wisely-processed" experience can contribute to judgment. But past... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

to Chu, himself a Wall Street refugee with grounding in consulting and buy-outs, microfinance has "a double bottom-line." It brings above-average returns for first-movers who tap into what finance... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Digital Technology’s Profound Game Change for Marketers

field his generation should focus on, the field that would shape the future. Today's advice for aspiring graduates is also a single word: "software." In a sweeping Wall Street Journal article last... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang; Advertising; Technology

08 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

You Won't Make It If You Fake It

quickly, until Theranos was challenged by a Wall Street Journal investigation. On the surface, Holmes’ story seemed to be the perfect narrative. The would-be Silicon Valley entrepreneur dropped out of... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

experience to the American mass market. Wall Street bought into the vision of Starbucks as the "third place" after home and work. New store openings and new product launches fueled the stock price.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

have all the information required—the environment is familiar, and that fosters self-confidence. In a start-up, however, managers don't have those comfort layers. If they can't trust their gut, they'll freeze. In one case I studied, a senior investment banker had left... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

20 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

moms are high achievers at work. Now it turns out they are happy, too. Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods seemed a Wall Street dream come true. But then... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

It’s Wall Street doctrine that small firms struggle to raise capital at reasonable rates and are often rejected for credit lines and loans because banks think their risk profile is too high. “If you really... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

oversees more than $16 billion. Compare these figures with data from 2003, when the entire asset class consisted of only a handful of funds managing about $12 billion. Activist investors, once considered Wall View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

through," he said, noting that the drive for investment banking revenues on Wall Street led to conflicts of interest between those sectors. "Self-governing, particularly in the auditing process,... View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

constant reminder of the enormity of the leak that it hastened actions that would otherwise have taken longer and been much less effective in stopping the leak and dealing with the cleanup. Now comes a little-publicized provision of the Dodd-Frank legislation designed... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

33 percent in the fourth quarter of last year compared with that of the previous year. Only six venture-backed companies were able to go public last year in the United States. According to a report in the Wall View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

their areas of expertise, have attempted to influence the debate through opinion pieces in major newspapers. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, HBS professor Jay Lorsch and coauthors Martin Lipton and... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

change,'' she said. J. Paul Brownridge, candidate for L.A. City Controller In addition, successful business leaders can act as powerful role models for those aspiring to success. Habiby cited the example of Willie Woods (HBS MBA '93), who worked on View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Dec 2015
What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

was the gist of several comments. Observing that the desire to make fortunes is a powerful motivator, Paul wrote that "perhaps when Wall Street has more examples of innovative women, then there will be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Feb 2006
What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

penny is an old one. But in recent years the practice has become so enshrined in the culture of Wall Street that the men and women running public companies often think of little else. They become preoccupied... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

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