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- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
Germany tend to be the best-managed in the world, while firms in Brazil, China, and India scored poorly. “You have a lot of companies where the transmission of leadership is based on criteria completely unrelated to your ability to lead.” Of the 20 countries in the...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Cheese Whiz
Indian paneer, Palestinian Ackawi, and a range of Hispanic cheeses, such as asadero and Cotija. “Business is pretty simple,” Scharfman told the Wisconsin State Journal. “Identify a market need, figure out how to do it, get access to...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Myth of Laissez-Faire
Even as government intervention and regulation are looming large in the United States, one is still pulled up short on encountering Jeff Madrick’s new book, The Case for Big Government (Princeton University Press). And when he says big,...
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- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
for jobs if government doesn’t invest in the forthcoming change, change will be painfully slow if at all.” Should we be addressing the next jobs crisis now? What do you think? Original Column It’s clear that the focus of the new United...
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- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
take their organizations beyond that point in terms of size? Phil Clark posed the question, "Is there a 'right size' for a company?" If so, how do we know? How many companies that you can think of are right-sized? What do you think? Original Article...
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- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
those who claim them, while cuts to mortgage interest and state and local tax deductions can be seen as efforts to get the government out of the business of distorting prices. “Discussing values gives the country the opportunity to choose...
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by Matthew Weinzierl
- Profile
Fola Folowosele
school, I can state categorically that HBS has infected me with an audacity to dare to dream big dreams and take on challenges that I would have second guessed prior to my time at HBS. By consistently being exposed to others who have...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
wrote his business plan, found a partner, and left Microsoft in 1997 in order to start VacationSpot, an online reservations network for consumers seeking to rent vacation properties. “We worked hard on it for three years,” states Murch....
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- 25 Jun 2014
- News
An International Perspective
engineering science from the California Institute of Technology, Waite spent several years with the Royal Dutch Shell Group in a variety of technical and project management roles in Norway, the Netherlands, the United States, and Egypt. A...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
affected by the attack (see sidebar). "I wanted to fight back in the best way I could." And Mayor Giuliani's successor, Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA '66), voiced the sentiments of many city residents when he said in his January State of the...
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- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
consideration to how they deliver important information during earnings calls. Between The Lines The research team studied 11,436 conference call transcripts by 4,540 firms based in 41 different countries outside the United View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
selling advertising space on the back of the envelopes. It's one example of how Chinese companies are looking at their own environment and finding interesting opportunities that someone in the United States...
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by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
phenomenon in the United States. In the years leading up to the Great Depression and World War II, there was a very high percentage of recent immigrants in the United States, and home ownership was beyond...
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- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
state and defend my ‘opinion,’ but I hadn’t decided what my opinion was. Rather than say that, I just chose the first argument that came to mind and went with it. I think maybe one-third of the class agreed with me in the end, which, in...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
John Whitehead Played a Key Role in Developing the HBS Initiative AUSTIN, WHITEHEAD, AND RANGAN: Social enterprise pioneers. In the early 1990s, legendary Wall Street executive and former deputy secretary of state John Whitehead (MBA...
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- 28 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Real Estate
United States, the real estate market faces reduced cash flows and significant re-pricing. The housing market must bottom out before a recovery in the real estate sector can begin. Expiring loans will have to be dealt with. The real...
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- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
apply across the region. Let me just highlight a handful of those: Demand for management and management education is growing rapidly. Management (and business) is seen as a major force for change, growth, and prosperity. All of these areas look to the View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
HBS Reunions offer Alumni a chance to come together and learn from faculty and fellow alumni and find inspiration in the ways HBS and fellow alumni make a difference in the world. Below is information on the session "Climate Pioneers" organized by the HBS Class of...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
spearheading digital innovation at her company in the 3-Minute Briefing: Bonnie Kintzer (MBA 1987). The Prince wanted Genta to position Monaco as the world’s most digital state—a tall order given that, at the time, a United Nations...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
continent with about one billion people and over 50 countries with radically different natural resources, cultures, and histories. Some countries will likely remain poor but a number are poised to grow dynamically. The growth ‘revolutions’ in Western Europe and the...
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