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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
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Yes, Short-Termism Really Is a Problem
Business and society Digital ArticleWe don’t need to prove it because we can all see it. -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
How Would Copernicus See Capitalism?
Economics Digital ArticleWe’ve been sharing thoughts in this blog about how the rapid growth of the emerging economies, along with other modern realities, will reshape the practice — and thus rewrite the rules — of capitalism. Many readers are aware that these are ideas in development for our forthcoming book on the topic. This week we decided […] -
Workers Don’t Have the Skills They Need – and They Know It
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Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
In 2009, Match the Urge to Purge with a Zest to Invest
Recessions Digital ArticleIt’s become the mantra of the moment: “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” Leaders everywhere are struggling to make sense of the worldwide economic crisis, to learn lessons that will guide them and their companies going forward. My worry is that too many leaders are learning the wrong lessons — they are becoming […] -
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Restoring American Competitiveness
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleFor decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain... -
How to Navigate the Ambiguity of a Digital Transformation
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleLessons from Bugatti, Starbucks, and Moderna. -
The Knowledge Workers' Strike (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAn employee union is threatening Detonation Media with a strike. What should the company do? Three experts comment on this fictional case study in R0907B... -
2009 Will Be an Economic Engine for Change
Recessions Digital ArticleThe 2008 recession is an economic firestorm unlike anything the country has seen since the Great Depression. But 2009 is shaping up to be a trigger for an unprecedented surge of innovation that may be one of the most important turning points in the last 100 years. While things are undoubtedly more difficult these days, […] -
What an Effective Client-Referral Strategy Looks Like
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Fail Bigger Cheaper: A Three Word Manifesto
Strategy Digital ArticleTry this thought experiment: Maybe America’s Great Stagnation isn’t happening because we’re failing — maybe it’s happening because we’re not. To illustrate, consider the most straightforward example: Wall Street megabanks were propped up and lavishly resurrected, and your grandkids will likely still be paying the price — because they were too big to fail. But […] -
How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
Social enterprise Digital ArticleThe story of how one organization envisioned a future transformed. -
A Few Unicorns Are No Substitute for a Competitive, Innovative Economy
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEntrepreneurship is declining and conglomeration is increasing. -
The Lure of Global Branding
Globalization Magazine ArticleBrand builders everywhere think they want global brands. But global brand leadership, not global brands, should be the priority. Successful companies follow four principles to meet that goal. -
Case Study: When Tragedy Strikes Your Supply Chain
Supply chain management Magazine ArticleIn the wake of a factory collapse, a clothing retailer must decide whether to relocate production. -
The Role of Private Equity in Driving Up Health Care Prices
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleIt prioritizes short-term profits over patients’ health. -
For a Booming Economy, Bet on High Growth Firms, Not Small Businesses
Global Business Digital ArticleJust adding SMEs is a problem, not a solution
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Huawei: How Can We Lead the Way?
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details On September 12, 2017, just as Apple's Tim Cook was unveiling the iPhone X, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group (CBG), and Glory Cheung,... -
EY China (A): Strengthening Presence in a Critical Market
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Soon after being named regional managing partner for Ernst & Young (EY) China in September 2009, Albert Ng reflects on the enormity of challenges facing... -
Goedehoop: When Social Issues Become Strategic
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case chronicles a change process to counteract the epidemic of HIV/AIDS on a coal mine in South Africa that impacts the sustainability of the organization.... -
Ellerines: The Tale of a Retail-Credit Business Model in an Emerging Market
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ellerines was a leading South African furniture retailer, with more than 1,270 stores; it was a household name in the country for 45 years and the main... -
New York City: Bloomberg's Strategy for Economic Development
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Traces the economic development of New York City from its founding in the 17th century through 2012. Focuses on the decisions made by New York City officials,... -
Blair Wealth Project: Antecedents and Prospects
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Discusses the macroeconomic and political situation in the United Kingdom from the end of World War II through 2001. Focuses on the interactions among... -
Tong Yang's Cement (B): Demand Forecasting and Globalization
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Addresses demand forecasting and globalization at Tong Yang's Cement Corp. -
Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing... -
Scotts Miracle-Gro: The Spreader Sourcing Decision
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The Scotts Miracle-Gro company is the world's largest marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products, with a full range of products for professional... -
Finance Reading: Corporate Governance
Finance & Accounting Tool40.00View Details Core Curriculum Readings in Finance cover the fundamental concepts, theories, and frameworks in finance. This reading presents an overview of corporate... -
Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Strategic Capital Management, LLC, is a hedge fund that is planning to make financial investments in Creative Computers and Ubid. Creative Computers recently... -
Olam International
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 20 years, Sunny Verghese had built Singapore-based Olam International from a small Nigerian export company into a $5 billion global leader in agricultural... -
Humanistic Capitalism at Brunello Cucinelli
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case explores one company's attempt to experiment with a different underlying model for a capitalist enterprise. Brunello Cucinelli, S.p.A. is a... -
DISNEYLAND RESORT PARIS: MICKEY GOES TO EUROPE
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details It draws upon unique insights from some of historic key players as well as the current ones and sets up situations that can be interpreted from different... -
Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India Sequel
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Explo Leisure Products
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Tim Trowac and Dave Rahall, two former investment bankers, skillfully execute the leveraged buyout of a golf ball recycling company after working intensely... -
AT&T's Transmission Systems Business Unit (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The newly appointed director of the project dedicated to reducing product development time for AT&T's Transmission Systems Business Unit (TSBU) is trying... -
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social: The Entrepreneur's Network as a Source of Resources
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Describes the situation brought about by the severe economic and political crisis that swept Argentina at the end of 2001. The local situation had been... -
Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer... -
A Brief Note on Global Antitrust
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This brief note explores the critical issues in modern anti-trust policy.
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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
Yes, Short-Termism Really Is a Problem
Business and society Digital ArticleWe don’t need to prove it because we can all see it. -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
How Would Copernicus See Capitalism?
Economics Digital ArticleWe’ve been sharing thoughts in this blog about how the rapid growth of the emerging economies, along with other modern realities, will reshape the practice — and thus rewrite the rules — of capitalism. Many readers are aware that these are ideas in development for our forthcoming book on the topic. This week we decided […] -
Huawei: How Can We Lead the Way?
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details On September 12, 2017, just as Apple's Tim Cook was unveiling the iPhone X, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group (CBG), and Glory Cheung,... -
Workers Don’t Have the Skills They Need – and They Know It
Economics Digital ArticleBut more schooling isn’t the answer. -
EY China (A): Strengthening Presence in a Critical Market
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Soon after being named regional managing partner for Ernst & Young (EY) China in September 2009, Albert Ng reflects on the enormity of challenges facing... -
Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
The Race for Space, and the Invasion of the Electric Scooters
Competitive strategy AudioDoes Space represent a real economic opportunity or are expensive endeavors like SpaceX a form of billionaire hubris? Youngme, Felix and Mihir discuss the Race for Space, before debating the viability of the electric scooter market in cities around the world. -
In 2009, Match the Urge to Purge with a Zest to Invest
Recessions Digital ArticleIt’s become the mantra of the moment: “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” Leaders everywhere are struggling to make sense of the worldwide economic crisis, to learn lessons that will guide them and their companies going forward. My worry is that too many leaders are learning the wrong lessons — they are becoming […]