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- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
officer in the Marine Corps. I have to understand who the local power brokers are, what the major issues and challenges are, and how I can use my resources to make a difference while at the same time trying to accomplish my mission. It...
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- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
by the Maoists. But the latest one at least seems to be holding up for now. Many peace agreements are brokered by a third country. Is that necessary? Under what conditions is that kind of agreement going to work? The other branch of...
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by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
and also broadening the circumstances in which they arise. We discuss applications to travel reservation systems, payment card systems, marketplaces, rebate services, search engine advertising, and various types of brokers and agencies....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
In 2013 Ning Tang, who in 2006 founded CreditEase as a broker of P2P loans to unbanked individuals and small businesses in China, confronts the challenges of rapid growth and expansion in a changing regulatory environment. CreditEase...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Social Networks Authors:Adam M. Kleinbaum and Michael L. Tushman Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008) Abstract Idea brokers are good at sparking cross-divisional innovation through...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
brokers to talk to Internet customers in real time, cautioned that advances in quality and service should be introduced over time. "It's important to stay on the leading edge with customers without falling off," he concluded. "Technology...
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- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
however, even though Trian lost the battle, it eventually won the war. The close vote shook up DuPont’s complacent managers and shareholders, and the company, with the help of investors, eventually brokered a deal to merge with rival Dow...
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- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
Image credit: iStock / -Antonio- Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. During this spring’s reunions, the Skydeck crew set up shop on Spangler lawn and asked returning alumni to reflect on their time at...
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- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
incentives at each stage of the process. We need to ensure that mortgages are appropriate for the resources of borrowers, and that mortgage brokers have skin in the game when they sell loans. We need to control the conflicts of interest...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
January 2013. The result of the June 14 presidential runoff election, plagued by accusations of voter fraud, was determined only after US Secretary of State John Kerry brokered an agreement for a painstaking recount of every ballot cast....
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
leadership on this issue.” As for the current situation in Afghanistan, Lemmon believes women must be truly represented in any power-sharing arrangement under consideration. “A true peace cannot be achieved,” she says, “if it is brokered...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
timely information and to perform transactions quickly and economically have spurred organizational and strategic transformation. Customers' expectations and demands are escalating, as well. As Schwab's Goldman says, "What people expect and what View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes In 2002, Wally Eamer (MBA 1979) took a job that no one really wanted: Trying to broker peace between logging companies, environmentalists, First Nations and the government...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
transactions quickly and economically have spurred organizational and strategic transformation. Customers' expectations and demands are escalating, as well. As Schwab's Goldman says, "What people expect and what brokers are willing...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
3 million fans a year, as it has done for nine of its eleven seasons at AT&T Park. However, in an industry where filling the airwaves has become as important as filling the stands, Baer’s brokering of a partnership in a regional sports...
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- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
financial communication. A so-called Broker Book compiles the top 10 analysts' views on BP's performance and targets, as well as the industry overall, on a quarterly basis. MacLeod now wanted to make sure this information was not only...
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- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Selling Our Souls? The Commodification of Children Author:Debora Spar Publication:Conscience 27, no. 3 (autumn 2006): 14-16 Abstract When people choose their sperm online, when they contract with an egg broker or adoption agency, when...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
carefully, and helped broker a mutually satisfactory solution. That moment meant more to me than the resolution of a dispute: It was symbolic of a conclusion I reached, probably shared by most Black students at the time, that although...
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Dean
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
travel reservation systems, payment card systems, marketplaces, rebate services, search engine advertising, and various types of brokers and agencies. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2373671 Search Based Peer Firms:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
supportive analysis of the impact of the 2011 Japanese tsunami on CDS markets; and (v) a discussion of why the role of dealers as prime brokers does not impact the stylized facts and results presented throughout the paper. Economic...
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Sean Silverthorne