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- 18 Aug 2009
- News
Disclose the fair value of complex securities
- 01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade
markets differed, but the belief in local autonomy and decentralized decision-making became a core value within the company .Meanwhile, the largest American consumer products company remained cautious about international markets. During... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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Of Value and Values
students to consider: Is it possible to generate competitive returns through sustainable investing? “Generation Investment’s approach challenges the conventional reasoning of how to achieve financial perfor-mance if you’re an asset manager,” Sucher notes. “There was a... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
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Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View
amounts of greed and nothing good happens—which isn’t fair and isn’t true,” Klarman told the magazine. “I’m not on Wall Street, I’m in Boston, but you’re tarred with that brush.” The article notes Klarman’s displeasure in watching... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
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Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
History and Ourselves 2008 Selected lead editor of Graham and Dodd's classic Security Analysis, 6th edition Seth Klarman wrote the book on value investing. Literally. His 1991 Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories
ever did,” he says. “As a leader, trying to understand and appreciate the cultures of the countries where you do business is key to building bridges of trust.” Now closing in on his 30th anniversary as CEO, Hess describes how his father started the company and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says.... View Details
- 16 May 2024
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On the Job
of the hardest jobs to test their stamina. While he didn’t get to do much fishing, Crisp did earn the respect of fellow mill workers and learned the value of hard labor. Peter Crisp: It turns out the mill where we were placed was in the... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 18 Jan 2018
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The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
exactly what we thought it would. It came with high incrementality, which means a lot of folks who hadn't been visiting us in the past, or at least the recent past, came in. It came with a high average check and it drove trade up from some of our View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
millions of users and we get to make money earlier with a higher value subscription model. As we look forward, we are interested in also aligning our business model with people actually reducing emissions, not just offsetting them. So... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
and wealth creation. Though prohibited by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, redlining had lasting implications—as did related real estate practices such as blockbusting, which encouraged white flight by playing on fears of racial integration,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News
challenges of professional practice. In the halcyon days of print newspapers, journalists and editors had a fair amount of gate-keeping power. There was a very real deference to editorial expertise. But as newsrooms have collapsed and... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
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Support System
selling them. The problem these shea-nut pickers faced, says Naa-Sakle Akuete (MBA 2014), CEO and founder of Eu’Genia Shea and its Target-based sister brand, Mother’s Shea, is that they are largely women in villages without electricity and therefore lack access to... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
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The Lines That Divide America
fair process they had come to expect, is increasingly aiding and abetting these line-cutters.” Nohria argues that feelings are equally strong among people with means, who see their own hard work, creativity, and sacrifices as... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 01 Dec 2004
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Ideas: Books
the best location to start a business, assemble the necessary resources, adapt to local environments, and execute for success. Creating Value through International Strategy edited by Africa Arino, Pankaj Ghemawat, and Joan E. Ricart... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
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Case Study: Golden Ticket
collateral business. For long-term strategy, the company is weighing two options. One, invest in expanding their client base and extending it beyond the sports market, targeting all kinds of community events like fairs and festivals. The... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
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Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
value to their products. At the time, Keshavjee was the head of the Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, a major development agency, and believed that the best way to sustain health and education initiatives was through income generation... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)
things was unfair and would not hold up to outside scrutiny. Most people agree that companies should be fair and that everybody should have a chance to succeed. The hard part is figuring out how to make that happen and actually doing the... View Details
Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette
- 01 Oct 1999
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Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business
one of the first firms in Thailand to develop its own written code of ethics. The company's philosophy is rooted in the Buddhist concept of fairness and also stresses product quality, the value of the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 29 Jul 2013
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Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
notable recent addition is the House of Mandela portfolio of wines, produced by the family of Nelson Mandela. The Mandelas and Cuffes both recognized South Africa's burgeoning fair trade wine movement, which promotes equitable trade and... View Details