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- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
violence against your company if you are not willing to voice support for their cause there are rarely any solutions that would satisfy everyone. CEO’s facing this kind of circumstance have my respect and sympathy.” Peter Fanning offered...
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by James Heskett
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the patent and the extent of disclosure (prior art cited) in...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
effective strategy implementation is aligning price and value. Surprisingly few firms do this well; most set price based on their costs, not the value of their products and services to their target customers. There are reasons why View Details
- Portrait Project
Mae Abdelrahman
world, I realized that not everyone views skin the way that I do. Instead, I learned that some people value skin based on its color and believe it is worth less when it is black. Honing the intentionality of my mother, I started Nour – a...
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- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boomor Bust?
Uncertainty about the future Information gaps "Soft" assets Volatility of current market conditions All companies must grapple with these difficulties, but young, emerging enterprises are particularly vulnerable to them, as...
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by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
viewing everyone as a customer, you fundamentally change the nature of the value proposition that exists between you and the entities with whom you interact."2 This theme is echoed in another recent book, Everyone Is a Customer:...
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by Robert Simons
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
Q: You write a lot about corporate culture in companies such as Zappos. Why is culture so important? A: Morriss: A culture exists to influence how people think, so their discretionary behavior will be consistent with the View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Venturing into VC
investors, and my team to learn about new companies, discuss emerging trends, and to find ways that we can add value to our portfolio companies and the broader startup ecosystem. Some highlights from this...
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- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup
feel overwhelming. How will we integrate interns into the team? What project would drive the most value for our company and help the intern learn? Where do we start with this process? If these questions...
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- Fast Answer
Sustainable investing and ESG resources
by ERM, this report synthesizes survey responses from investors and companies to assess the value and quality of ESG ratings from leading ratings firms. ESG data (public View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
Although HBS is widely known as a training ground for leaders of established firms, a new survey reveals that many MBAs are entrepreneurs too, with nearly half (49 percent) launching their own companies at some point in their careers....
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
Sense & Respond Stephen P. Bradley and Richard L. Nolan, editors (Harvard Business School Press) In the Network Era - where access to and use of information technology is increasing at an ever-faster pace - the way companies interact with...
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- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
Aguirre, president of P&G's global feminine care division. Most companies believe that in times of crisis you have to drop your costs. That typically leads to erosion of consumer value because you...
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by Julie Jette
- 09 Oct 2019
- News
Building a Tradition of Giving
Starwood Hotels and Resorts, a company he founded in 1995 and led through 2005. He set out to build a company with a “good soul,” he says. “We were like the U.N.—we had one of everything—Hilton, Hyatt,...
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- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
care value framework. The company launches a pilot project to use time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) for measuring the cost of total knee replacements. The costing project complements an existing...
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Anna Secino
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
To create synergy, we require more than a concept and a strategy. The enterprise value proposition defines the strategy for value creation through alignment, but it doesn't describe how to achieve it. The...
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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even your own company. The Business...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Companies: Executive and board member prior experience
How do I locate companies with current executives or board members that have specific industry experience such as consulting? Use Capital IQ to do a search on PE/VC firms and add criteria that includes key executives and board members...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
EiR: A Baker’s Dozen
invaluable knowledge and insights to students who are eager to develop innovative products and services and create value for both the economy and society.” EiRs serve in a part-time capacity, advising MBA students interested in starting...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
managing director of FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, were awarded first place for their January–February 2011 article “Creating Shared Value.” The article lays out the concept of shared value, which focuses on the connections between societal and economic progress....
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