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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
in the bud if the United States had handed over administration of the country to the Iraqi opposition. The Americans could have come in, overthrown the regime, spent maybe a few weeks looking for weapons of mass destruction, and then...
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- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
two store workers by an angry former employee at a Mississippi Walmart and a mass shooting around a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, the Company announced it would: No longer sell ammunition that could be used in military-style assault View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
from fads, time their moves carefully to meet the needs of their respective organizations, and enlist top management support. One might infer from this work that the real secret weapons that many U.S. firms possess in their competitive...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
Firestone extended its existing technology, made more tires on the existing equipment, and kept the existing factories—some of them superfluous—at full throttle. In Firestone's view, it was calling on sure-fire weapons that had given the...
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by Martha Lagace
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2.3.2 Hazing - MBA
Hazing 2.3.3 Non-Discrimination & Anti-Bullying 2.3.4 Sexual & Gender Based Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct 2.3.5 Research Misconduct 2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats 2.3.7 Physical Violence 2.3.8 Honesty 2.3.9 Misrepresentation of...
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- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
"Clicks and Mortar." [Image: iStock] Related Reading How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores? Research Paper Where Should We Build a Mall? The Formation of...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
joined this train of thought as he commented, “A new economy has not arrived, if we define it as one that will sustain humanity on the planet for eternity ” The reasons it has not arrived are many, he continued. “(Unsustainable) global population terror View Details
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by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
in harmonism and convergence, we get the war in Iraq. There was nothing wrong with getting rid of Saddam Hussein and making sure Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. Where we went astray was in deciding we could rebuild Iraq in...
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- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
content, Kate’s finding suggests that the interviewer might infer that you’re shallow that you do not like intellectual programming, for example.” Finally, the research findings provide a weapon against self-doubt. John recalls a recent...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
then relatively obscure field of microfinance. As the head of ACCION International, a global microfinance organization, Chu helped develop microfinance into a global weapon against poverty while establishing it as a legitimate component...
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
wouldn’t participate in the protest, and some hurled rocks and other projectiles at those in Go-Jek uniforms caught in the fray. Police wielding semiautomatic weapons were called in to help restore order. What was different in Jakarta...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
even as he arranges to receive a shipment of weapons from Iran. (“Arafat has to sign off on everything, down to airline tickets,” Ross said. “There is no way he did not know about the Karine A,” the ship that was seized in January...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
once-classified national security documents, and other sources to show how far we have traveled from the time of our founders, who tried to constrain presidential power, to the present day, when a single leader has the potential to launch nuclear View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
media that seemed to come out of nowhere. As Carroll put it in his opening presentation, Facebook had “put military grade PSYOP [psychological operations] weapons in the hands of anyone.” Abuses of digital technology are tearing at...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
bands of Arab paramilitaries and bandits. Even after destroying hundreds of villages, these janjaweed (armed horseman) continue to prey on those survivors who have fled to refugee camps. For women and girls who venture outside the camps in search of firewood, the...
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- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
divisiveness and elevate their stature, which will soften the opposition block. Biden and Harris have a secret weapon in the quest for unity: the idealism of young people. Let the young lead. National service programs can be used to bring...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
destroying individuals and families. In recent years, as the opioid crisis swept the country, the organization shifted to a broader focus, re-branded as the Georgia Prevention Project. Now Langford wants to stem the spread of opioids with those same View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
suggests that exploiting the bigotry of others might be a source of competitive advantage. We seek to turn the first literature somewhat on its head by building on insights from the second literature. Specifically, multinationals hold a particularly significant...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/617039-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-060 Napalm: From Soldiers Field to Trang Bang Napalm is one of the most destructive weapons ever to be invented. Yet, at its...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
automated way, for instance by screening out weapons manufacturers stocks or overweighting LGBTQ friendly companies, while still closely tracking the overall stock market performance. In 2017, bolstered by $3.25 million in seed funding...
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Sean Silverthorne