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- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
ecosystem to demystify what capital markets are doing. The key to understanding these varied players is to first understand that financial markets are trying to solve the deep underlying problem of modern capitalism. When owners are no... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
Voluntary agreement is best, but early agreement is necessary. Don't try to eradicate differences associated with country, religion, ethnicity, or gender. Scenario 2: The Geographic Roll-up M&a Geographic roll-ups, which appear at View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 18 Dec 2019
- Book
6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation
again, 99 percent of the time there was something wrong with it.” 3. Create informal and formal shared context—called ba in Japan—constantly in order to construct new meaning through human interactions. Takeuchi likens the Japanese... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
it will make investors more wary of engaging in the capital markets.” Two Supreme Court decisions, although not the only reasons, appear to have made a difference, according to the researchers. The rulings in Tellabs v. Makor (2007) and Janus v. View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
unsuspecting students. In the September 2004 Bulletin, Bill Dunaway (MBA ’64) recalled his first experience with Levitt: “We were all anxious to talk and make a good first impression. I held my hand up until... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion
new co-exist. Walking distance from our hotel was the Dongdaemun Design Plaza featuring neo-futurism architecture juxtaposed right next to the city’s ancient walls, dating back to the 14th century. I was constantly seeing a glimpse of the... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Information Frictions, Pay, and Pay Equity" with Ricardo Perez-Truglia. Ranjay Gulati : Winner of the 2023 Axiom Business Book Award Bronze Medal in the Business Ethics category for Deep Purpose (Harper Business, 2022). 2022 Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2022 View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
and faculty chair of the joint MS/MBA program in the life sciences]. We can accommodate about 10 to 12 tenant teams, which receive below-market-rent space for up to two years. On the first floor, there is general coworking space and on... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
human rights commission of the war-torn African country where he was raised. He systematically used the course material to criticize hypocrisy at the commission-as well as criticize himself for not having... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
was teaching roughly 8-12 classes a week, and I loved it! I know I surprised a few co-workers the first time they saw me teaching a class: “Did you quit the firm? No? You’re nuts. Great class!” I fully admit that doing both at the same... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
intention of commissioning. I just wanted to do something challenging and different from the normal path. After my first year, I realized that every single cadet I admired and respected at the school had intentions to serve. I took a hard... View Details
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
When CEOs speak with Rob Kaplan looking for answers, he usually focuses them instead on figuring out and discussing the right questions. "Show me a company, nonprofit, or a government leader that is struggling, and almost invariably... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
industry?I took Strategy and Value Creation with Professor Benjamin Esty. The course is seen as a capstone that utilizes multiple Required Curriculum (RC), or first year, courses to help understand how to create value for companies. When... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
is looking out the window, wondering what to do? I had 10,000 of those moments.”) She led one of the first private equity deals in Ethiopia. And as CEO of BGFI Investment banking, she oversaw the financing and the development of two ports... View Details
- 26 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food
first transparent packaging film, was invented in 1908 by the Swiss engineer Jacques Brandenberger. He dubbed it “cellophane” as a combination of the words “cellulose” (of which it was made) and “diaphane” (an archaic form of the word... View Details
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
then to go into business means a great deal," Du Bois wrote. "It is, indeed, a step in social progress worth measuring." 3 Harvard Business School (HBS), the country's first graduate program in business administration, opened its doors in... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
for a year, first with commercial formulators, and ultimately finalized the recipes in Woods’s Cambridge kitchen. Each of their launch products—the Eden, Lacewing, and Tandem—satisfies one of three major flavor profiles (fruity, herbal,... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
knowledge inflows into the multinational subsidiary, the literature is rooted in how subsidiaries inherit knowledge from the headquarters (HQ). In this paper we take the first step to liberate the construct of “subsidiary knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
legacy remains, and he would doubtless be the first to say he had a great run. As for the right words to sum up his career, not surprisingly, MacDonald himself probably says it best. Once asked how he’d like... View Details