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  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Lords of Strategy

ineluctable advance . In a speech from late in the 1990s, George Stalk Jr. MBA ’78, arguably BCG’s leading thinker on strategy over the prior fifteen years — and certainly the firm’s most prolific — neatly summed up the main themes of the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

elaborate geysers with Diet Coke as their main ingredient, were among the most viewed online videos at the time but were not initially sanctioned by the company. Donnelly knew that opening up the brand to creative consumers was necessary,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

These contractual devices provide insurance to the shareholders of the target and may protect the buyer as well. The purpose of this note is to define the main categories of price protection and explain their impact on the payoffs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 May 2022
  • News

Bidding Up

a scholar who prefers to work alongside colleagues who complement his skills, often citing their contributions above his own. JH: Can you talk a little bit about what collaboration looks like for you just on a sort of day-to-day, practical level? BW: My View Details
  • 07 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

management track were often placed directly into sales positions at Abbott, and then advanced primarily through this particular function. Integration of the different functions of the firm occurred at the top of their divisions (there were four View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

evidence. NPEs on average behave as "patent trolls." Indeed, NPEs hold and frequently litigate patents that are likely to be at least partially invalidated; moreover, NPEs target cash irrespective of its relation to alleged infringement. Cash-targeting is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

interviews. Q: What are the main findings from the research reported in the book, and what do they tell us about economic development and globalization in developing countries in general? A: I think the book demonstrates both the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

sent P&G's main competitor in oral care, Colgate Palmolive Co., scrambling because several patents protected the strips, making it difficult for Colgate to copy the invention. But in September 2002, the tables turned. Colgate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice, along with suggestions for further reading. The main goal of any international strategy should be to manage... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

In a perfect world, scientists share problems and work together on solutions for the good of society. In the real world, however, that's usually not the case. The main obstacles: competition for publication and intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

The One That Got Away

the main reasons for our enthusiasm about backing the business at this early stage. They have absolutely the right DNA to tackle some of the most difficult and intractable computer science problems around automatically understanding the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Read All About It!

(another form of entertainment) and in games and sports. Edison’s electric lamp, brighter and better than gas, oil, or candles, which was supposed to lead men and women to the library, merely lures human moths to Main Street. From Chapter... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

lagged that of the GPs’ corresponding main funds. The best LP performance was among endowments, private pensions, and insurers. Finally, LPs with better past performance invested in alternative vehicles with better performance, even after... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

deliver, and evaluate Sullivan's sales calls on two important retail buyers, Sam Cartwright of Mothercare and Anthony Pierce of John Lewis. The main case provides relevant background information about Faraway's market opportunity,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

or cult of the CEO was "Made in America." But the main point is that we tend to forget that American firms pioneered a vast, bureaucratic, middle management apparatus. As a trick, I've posted General Motor's organizational chart... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2016
  • First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

their profitability is shrinking; their prices are becoming uncompetitive; and their main customer, a large regional research and teaching hospital, is threatening to seek alternative, more cost-effective, suppliers. The case addresses a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 4

European banking sector, what decision should Crédit Agricole take regarding Emporiki? Through the example of this European cross-border acquisition the case looks at the Greek banking system before and during the unprecedented Greek sovereign debt crisis; the efforts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

classes and visits to New York (where FashionStake is based). "The contest worked as a forcing mechanism for us," Gulati says. "Without the discipline of deadlines and deliverables we might have flamed out at the first hurdle." "For us, the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

disproportionately affected by international financial integration. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-012.pdf Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

implications of such two-sided competition on the actions and source of profits of media firms. One main conclusion we reach is that media firms may charge higher content prices in a duopoly than in a monopoly. This happens because... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace