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OWN: The Power of Company Ownership - Course Catalog

public to private) can be a tool for changing a company’s trajectory. We will also consider the “Founder’s Final Act,” which is the choice that a founder makes about where to locate ownership when they leave the business. That choice will... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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John Read

“club in the closet” as often as possible — something we know as leadership. The difference, of course, is that at Outward Bound we are delivering a bottom line consisting of human potential, not dollars, and the national president has yet to View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Outward Bound; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

13 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

and closed the previous day, in order to show that government was actively responding to requests. In the second condition, they included pins on a map showing the location of these issues; when users clicked on a pin, a window opened... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

Learning Effects of Monitoring by Dennis Campbell and Francisco de Asís Martinez-Jerez of HBS and Marc Epstein of Rice University, are the result of an extensive study of the culture and management style at six hotels in the MGM-Mirage group, a large gaming concern... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

assets, something that has gone on for centuries? Is it better to have the available money, regardless of origin, invested in assets located in free market democracies than somewhere else? Will this help insure the world's long-run... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

to all but guess inventory levels and locations across the supply chain at any point in time. This is because there is no agreement on something as simple as how a part number is defined or how inventory queries can be made through a... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

Japanese managers in foreign locations engaged in nemawashi and ringi by intensive telephone contact and frequent exchanges of visits between headquarters in Japan and the overseas units. View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

Decarbonization and Sustainable Production, our group visited Van den Ende Rozen, a family business located in Monster, near The Hague and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The company leverages greenhouse technology and digitalization to... View Details

19 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways

some storage, is not viable at the scale of energy storage India requires. Nuclear power, on the other hand, is already growing in India and plants can be located on more compact parcels. At present, there are several new reactors under... View Details

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Burden Park | About

original building. For students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors, Burden Park is a place for exchange and socialization, recreation, and respite. It is a true gateway to the campus, serving as a heavily traveled connection between the primary student-oriented... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

medicine, and without insurance, these procedures are often cost-prohibitive. Are there some unusual AKC competitions for dogs? Dogs that are bred to scent raccoons compete in an event called a “Coon Hunt.” The raccoons are not actually hunted, but the sport is for the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 2020
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How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

building skills and business savvy, Linzmeyer created a business plan for Reveler Beverage and found the ideal location for their first store in Needham. Then he and Kate took great care to hire and train an outstanding team including... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution

its mayor is committed to making it a model of environmental urban action on many fronts. Cities, broadly defined, are thought to have originally formed as protective, secure locations that could enable trade and the distinctive human... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

motivations by plotting them on the two axes. The resulting location is a qualitative self-assessment and judgment of what is the driving behavior rather than a precise calculation. Figure 2: Cross-Sector Collaboration Motivational... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

One, the university was the only procurer of whole body donations in the state, which negated the risk that the researchers might miss registrants in the selected geography and time frame. Two, Hawaii's remote location helped deter the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

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Director’s Foreword | Baker Library

locating early Lehman family photographs. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Felice Axelrod, who has been assisting us in reaching out to former Lehman Brothers’ employees to fill in gaps and expand the Lehman Brothers Collection. We... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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The State of Play

New Mexico. They initially assembled sculptures from found objects and unveiled them at warehouse parties. By 2016, the artist collective had organized its first ticketed installation and had soon earned the designation of the most Instagrammed View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

22 Nov 2022
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Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US. “Many of them were 20 years or more past graduation, from the Class of 1967 to the present, and mostly MBAs and some Executive Education alumni,” says Oliveau. The View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Sep 2021
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Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies

emphasize that the program is open to qualified Black-owned companies anywhere in the country. Indeed, the growing OPN team of volunteer consultants are located across the country, including: Janie Goddard (MBA 1998), from New Jersey; Ivy... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

February 2013 (Revised December 2015)
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Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira R. Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice

Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and industrial... View Details