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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 […] -
Workers Don’t Have the Skills They Need – and They Know It
Economics Digital ArticleBut more schooling isn’t the answer. -
Breaking Down the Freelance Economy
Global Business Digital ArticleWho counts, and who doesn't. -
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. -
What Small Businesses Need to Survive the Coronavirus Crisis
Global Business Digital ArticleCash, capital, and support from legislators. -
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, […] -
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. -
How Indian Companies Are Using Technology to Reach New Consumers
Global Business Digital Article86% of global consumers live in developing countries. -
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. -
Managing Demographic Risk
Economics Magazine ArticleAn aging workforce will compel businesses to change how they operate and could even threaten some companies’ viability. How vulnerable is your business? -
The Role of Private Equity in Driving Up Health Care Prices
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleIt prioritizes short-term profits over patients’ health. -
Coronavirus Is Widening the Corporate Digital Divide
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDigital transformation has become a necessity-and it's separating the organizational haves from the have-nots. -
Innovating in the Great Disruption
Innovation Digital ArticleWhile the global economy began slowing down in late 2007, forces transforming the face of business trace back more than a decade. Over that time period, technological improvements have made it ever easier to start and scale a business. Convergence went from being a cliché to a reality. Companies from countries like China, India, and […] -
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Needs a Real Website
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleReally? This is the online face of the of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission? The commission that's tasked with restoring the public's trust in our...
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SIGFOX: Primed for Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details SIGFOX is a provider of infrastructure services to the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) industry. The company has a homegrown solution to the problem... -
From Crowdfunding to Digital Banking: The Evolution of Funding Societies
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Kelvin Teo, Group CEO of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Funding Societies Pte Ltd, has submitted an application for a Singapore digital wholesale... -
ING Direct: Redefining Direct Banking
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details ING Direct's strategy of focusing on simple products, low cost operations, aggressive pricing and advertising, has enabled it to be highly successful... -
Globalization Past, 1850-1914 (B)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details On the evening of 3 August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Grey contemplated whether to advice King and Parliament to declare war on Germany... -
French Pension System: On the Verge of Retirement? (Abridged)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers.... -
General Electric Medical Systems--2002
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Discusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity... -
The Competitive Advantage of Russia
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The Russian Federation (Russia) was the largest of the 15 geopolitical entities that emerged in 1991 from the Soviet Union. Despite a series of reforms... -
Lie, Cheat, and Steel: Governance and Scandal at ThyssenKrupp
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details On March 7, 2013, ThyssenKrupp Group CEO Heinrich Hiesinger was shocked to receive a resignation letter from Gerhard Cromme, chairman of the company's... -
The U.S. Current Account Deficit
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Investors and policymakers throughout the world were confronted with the risk of painful economic consequences arising from the large U.S. current account... -
Cheniere's LNG Liquefaction Strategy: Pushing the Boundaries of the Project Finance Debt Market
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details After the collapse of world oil prices during the late 1990s, Cheniere began shifting its business focus away from upstream exploration and toward LNG... -
Tax Cut of 1964, Data Supplement
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Tax Cut of 1964. -
Enpara.com: Digital Bank at a Crossroad
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In March 2017, Elsa Pekmez Atan (MBA 2004), was wondering about the future of Enpara.com, a digital-only banking platform of QNB Finansbank. Since its... -
IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A Swedish newspaper reveals that IKEA has erased all images of women from its catalog for Saudi Arabia. The article sparks criticism of IKEA from the... -
Bank Audi: Leading through Sustainability
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Bank Audi, a leading financial institution, was founded in Lebanon in 1830 and, over the years, had been engaged in various forms of philanthropic, charitable... -
Codensa: Decisions Made
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for case SKE147. -
Nextel Peru: Emerging Market Cost of Capital
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details NII Holdings, Inc. is a U.S. firm with headquarters in Reston, Virginia, and wireless telephony operations under the Nextel brand in Argentina, Brazil,... -
Women@Work: Fang (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This series of six short two-part cases ("caselets") is written to highlight workplace dynamics faced by women professionals. Women represent about half... -
The Risks of Global Economic Stagnation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In early 2016, stock markets around the world plummeted, raising the threat of another major depression enveloping the world. In their struggle to recover... -
Coffee Wars in India: Café Coffee Day 2015
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case is an update of "Coffee Wars in India: Café Coffee Day 2013." It explores Café Coffee Day's progress after Starbuck's entry into India and the...
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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 […] -
Workers Don’t Have the Skills They Need – and They Know It
Economics Digital ArticleBut more schooling isn’t the answer. -
SIGFOX: Primed for Growth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details SIGFOX is a provider of infrastructure services to the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) industry. The company has a homegrown solution to the problem... -
Breaking Down the Freelance Economy
Global Business Digital ArticleWho counts, and who doesn't. -
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 […]