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- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
Entertainment, HBS professor Anita Elberse documents the powerful, long-term success of high-investment, high-reward entertainment products, including movies. "She's absolutely right," says Lopez. "Those big successes spin View Details
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
Beacon, a proposal to spin off most of GE Capital to GE shareholders, and Project Hubble, a proposal to sell off GE Capital in parts. A third document sketched out the...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
wants to open a chain of retail shops selling a commodity product you can get anywhere for 25 cents, but he will charge 2 dollars. Of course, you listen politely and then fall off your chair laughing when he leaves. [Starbucks founder]...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
“Crush it!” I was test-driving a Tesla Model S 75D under the watchful eye of Kristin, the “owner-advisor” tasked with accompanying me while I took one of Elon Musk’s battery-powered luxury cars for a spin on the Far West Side of...
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
attack on eBay, starting in January 2014. The case examines how John Donahoe, CEO of eBay, should respond to Icahn's demand that eBay spin off PayPal and accept Icahn's two nominees to the board of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
wide range of issues—from corporate governance and executive pay, to strategic direction and excessive corporate overhead. Yet one of the most common concerned the scope of the corporation. In many cases, activists demanded the splitting up of the corporate entity, or...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
world of the HBS classroom, a dynamic environment where faculty display their talent not only for presenting new ideas and breathing fresh life into traditional academics, but also for drawing out the wisdom and experience of everyone present. Kicking View Details
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
In a year like no other, it makes sense that a handful of new words would pop up—and familiar terms would find a different spin and resonance. We asked HBS alumni and faculty to give their take on a few that will continue to make some...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
the United States, remittances have become an expected supplement to many family incomes, even as the U.S. economy worsens and many immigrants return. Toting sleeping bags and a change of clothes, we set out on foot to explore the village, stopping now and then to drop...
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- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
grew there were increasing pressures to integrate with the parent company. While Atan believed that this would destroy the unique culture and positioning of Enpara, senior management was wondering whether to spin it View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
to do with spinning up, like, furloughing and rehiring employees. We quickly decided to extend software for free, because we felt if our customers cannot have the planning flexibility they need, they might not be around tomorrow, right? I...
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- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
had to decide whether or not to spin off its brokerage business. Man was also evaluating several new business opportunities with varying strategic and financial rationales. After the financial crisis, Man...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
But then, halfway through, Spielberg starts spinning ideas. He wants to make a horror anthology, the scariest stuff he’s ever done—and he wants it available only in the dark of night. “I look around the room, and the technology people can...
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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
slowdown." Candace Bond Candace Bond (MBA '92) recalls one of her earliest childhood memories: watching a stack of 45s spin on her parents' record player and dancing to the music of artists such as Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Jackson...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
company had consciously diversified its portfolio of investment products. In 2007 Man had to decide whether or not to spin off its brokerage business. Man was also evaluating several new business...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
found the doors open. Wearing a hazmat suit and using a flashlight, he found his way to the storage room that held a number of instruments. He hired a man off the street to haul away his gear, which included a set of mid-20th-century...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
may have attended a couple of different terms. They acquired some general education courses during that time, but in reality these individuals were really no better off than having a high school diploma, quite frankly. And if you’ve seen...
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