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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
share to around $1 a share in two years. With the company’s survival in question, Houghton was called back as CEO in 2002. This time, leadership required lifting spirits, not dropping the hammer. He exhorted his employees (“We will...
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- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
increases in firm birth rates but survival rates are also higher. The increase in firm ownership comes mostly from families whose children were already insured, suggesting public health insurance increases business ownership by reducing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
well as the Continental Airlines Arena that houses the NHL New Jersey Devils and the NBA New Jersey Nets. "Many teams argue that their survival depends on whether or not they get a new venue," says Robinson, "not so much to have greater...
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Garry Emmons
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
crunch. Could the eurozone survive the storm? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/713034-PDF-ENG Digital Microscopy at Carl Zeiss: Managing Disruption Shih, WillyHarvard Business School Case 613-039 Ulrich Simon, the head of the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
products survive in equilibrium, even with competition. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-055.pdf Got Local Food? Authors:Baris Ata, Deishin Lee, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak Abstract We study the operational tradeoffs of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
807-151 The founders of Lynx Solutions have survived major challenges within their board of directors, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO and departure of its successor CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations that it had been spying...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
company SUN Brewing in the early 1990s, decided to partner with Belgian beer giant Interbrew to survive the Russian financial and economic crises. Since then, the family has used Interbrew's capital and beer industry know-how to...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
survive under the Taliban. Only a teenager herself, Kamila is left in charge of her younger sisters and brother when her father and older brother are forced to leave the city for their own safety after Kabul falls to the Taliban. Suddenly...
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- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
control this risk, the authors write, but you can and should plan for it. They offer three steps to help you survive a corporate scandal. 1. Be forthright. Transparency and full disclosure are key to overcoming the stigma. Executive...
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
investors have a positive impact on the growth, performance, and survival of firms as well as their follow-on fundraising. The positive impact of angel financing is independent of the level of venture activity and entrepreneur...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, this result masks the differences in entry size among startups that failed within three years of entry and those that survived for four years or...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
Professor Tedlow, that RCA is now "merely a brand name and not a terribly important one." IBM, however, has survived numerous challenges and is still, according to Professor Chandler, "the most important computer company in...
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by Jim Aisner
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
survive HBS. Spangler was a place for my surrogate family during my first year.” Anne Himpens Newton (MBA ’09): “I met my husband Michael Newton in Spangler early on the first morning of admit weekend. It was pouring outside, and a...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
writing a screenplay, something I never would have had time for if I was traveling like I did before the pandemic. You have to be able to reinvent yourself. Darwin said it’s not the strongest who survive but those who are most able to...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
business. Fifty years from now, how do you hope future deans look back on your tenure? Darwin famously said that it is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change. I hope people who look...
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- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
deals on their smartphones. This case examines how brick-and-mortar stores battle showrooming through changes in product assortment, the development of apps, loyalty programs, and changes in pricing policy. The case asks whether Best Buy can View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
competition from multinationals leads to factor reallocation and the survival of only the most productive domestic firms. We develop a model that incorporates both aspects and quantify their relative importance in the gains from...
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Anna Secino
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
friend Nando Parrado, one of the Uruguayan rugby players who survived a plane crash in the Andes. We had a great conversation about how people react when facing challenging or difficult situations.” —Bernardo Quinn (MBA 1998), Defying...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
leaving their survival uncertain. Minorities are falling prey to an Islamist ideology that conveys values and customs diametrically opposed to European ones. Terrorist acts have become the “new normal,” part of daily life. The North-South...
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- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
Transworld Auto Parts had to implement its new strategy flawlessly to survive the auto industry upheaval. The new CEO asked her leadership team to craft strategy maps and balanced scorecards to help each division implement its strategies....
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Sean Silverthorne