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A Leadership Lesson from My Mother-in-Law
Recessions Digital Article“They gave us a whole can of soda” was how my octogenarian mother-in-law explained a recent experience when her plane was kept on the ground an extra hour for de-icing. Monica was not complaining; she was framing the delay as a positive. This veteran traveler knows that delays are inevitable. My mother-in-law’s attitude might serve […] -
Setting Your B2B Sales Strategy in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleShifting mindsets create new risks - and new opportunities. -
Why Jerks Are Bad Decision-Makers
Recessions Digital ArticleThere are many reasons for not working with jerks, as Bob Sutton has pointed out in his memorably-titled book The No Asshole Rule. But I think I’ve discovered another reason for not having them in your organization’s employ: they often make bad decisions. While all jerks don’t always make bad decisions, and non-jerks occasionally decide […] -
Truth About GDP Growth
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleOil shocks, war, tax cuts, deficits, market bubbles--nothing has really affected the long-run rate of GDP growth in the last 30 years. -
Research: U.S. Unemployment Rising Faster for Women and People of Color
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStrategies to help your company buck the troubling trend. -
3 Lessons from Hyperinflationary Periods
Costing Digital ArticleWhat today’s businesses can learn about pricing strategies and consumer trust. -
Signs of the Times-How Do You Read Them?
Global Business Digital ArticleWe all know we're navigating uncharted economic waters. But here are a few pieces of data that bring this unprecedented environment into sharp relief-both... -
The U.S. Economic Recovery Is Slowing Down. Don’t Be Alarmed.
Economic cycles and trends Digital ArticleFive reasons why consumers are ready to pick up where the stimulus left off. -
How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWe'll need three different efforts, all working in conjunction. -
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 […] -
Too Much Testosterone on Wall Street?
Recessions Digital ArticleFinance has always been dominated by men and driven by a testosterone-enhanced culture. If women had been running our banks, might we have avoided the sub-prime mess and the resulting economic meltdown? Halla Tomasdottir, a prominent Icelandic financier, answers yes. In a recent BBC interview she shared her outrage at the wild risks male bankers […] -
The Hardest Roles to Hire For
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe skills gap is real, at least in some industries. -
Why Bank Bailouts Haven’t Led to Jobs
Recessions Digital ArticleGiven the recent economic news, I will go out on a limb and state that we are officially headed back into recession, or what can now officially be called a double-dip recession. Business optimism is at a record low, commodities prices have jumped to inflationary levels, home sales recently dropped to prices not seen since […] -
We Can't Afford to Leave Inequality to the Economists
Global Business Digital ArticleIn dealing with exploding high-end incomes, political and moral considerations should probably weigh heavier than economic ones. -
Can Democracy Stifle Economic Growth?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleI'm in India now, and have been in China a couple of times recently. One can't help compare the two societies in terms of their likelihood of dominating... -
How to Fly Over Recessionary Obstacles
Recessions Digital ArticleWin, my mountain biking partner, and I looked down the ten-foot drop. “Should be fun,” he said as we backed away from the edge and climbed up the hill to get some runway. I wasn’t so sure. He climbed on his bike, pedaled to get a little speed, and took the plunge, effortlessly gliding over […] -
Numbers Show Apple Shareholders Have Already Gotten Plenty
Global Business Digital ArticleA deeper look at the stock buyback puzzle. -
The Descent of Finance
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleWhen today’s great crisis ends, the U.S. financial system will be a shadow of its former self, but America will be stronger than ever. History shows that money and power don’t always go hand in hand. -
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, […]
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SureCut Shears, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A bank loan officer must determine whether to waive convenants and extend terms on a line of credit granted to SureCut Shears. At issue is whether the... -
Britannia Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Britannia Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance because of the accumulation of the firm's common shares by... -
Pinewood Mobile Homes, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case presents a realistic situation in which a firm in financial distress attempts an out-of-court financial restructuring by means of a debt exchange.... -
Winning in Turbulence
Strategy & Execution Book18.00View Details The current downturn may prove more brutal than most previous recessions. It's already hammering companies in markets around the globe. It will test businesses... -
Adam Baxter Co./Local 190: 1983 Negotiation, Baxter Management Confidential Information
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Includes a series of three negotiation exercises portraying management/labor relations at ABC over a period of seven years. ABC, initially a family-owned... -
Airbnb: What´s Next?
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The general manager for Airbnb in Spain and Portugal, Jeroen Merchiers is pondering about several issue as he prepares to delegate responsibilities in... -
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to... -
Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In December 2014, the City of Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home-sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for... -
Financial Crises and Firm Performance
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Financial crises could happen anywhere, although emerging markets were more seriously afflicted in recent times. Debilitating and massive shocks to bank... -
Starbucks China: Managing Growth through Innovation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Starbucks has noted rapid growth in China, targeting 70% growth in three years. Although popular among a Chinese clientele, it is facing a number of internal... -
Finland and Nokia: Creating the World's Most Competitive Economy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Finland, with a special language and culture, has developed as a country in between the west (the Nordic region and Europe) and the east (especially its... -
Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment... -
Destin Brass Products Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A specialized manufacturer of brass valves, pumps, and flow controllers is troubled by competitive pricing in pumps and higher than expected margins for... -
Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Designed to be handed out after discussion of Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification and its Supplement. -
Japan: Deficits, Demography, and Deflation
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details By 2005, Japan's debt had risen to 163% of GDP. For more than a decade, the government had run huge deficits, trying unsuccessfully to stimulate economic... -
Reclaiming the American Dream: Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In July 2013 Tom Perez became the United States' 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez took the helm of the Department of Labor at a critical juncture. In recent... -
Japan, Supplement
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Japan: "Free, Fair, and Global?" -
Negative Interest Rates: The Bank of Japan Experience
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new economic strategy, known as "Abenomics," being enacted in 2012, Japan's deflationary spiral continued. In an... -
Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A) (Abridged)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Sun Hydraulics, 32-year-old global hydraulics engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida; confronts tough choices due to... -
Keynesian Cure for the Depression
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Keynes, in excerpts from a 1933 pamphlet, outlines his recommendations for recovery from the Depression. He emphasizes the need for public works expenditures...
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A Leadership Lesson from My Mother-in-Law
Recessions Digital Article“They gave us a whole can of soda” was how my octogenarian mother-in-law explained a recent experience when her plane was kept on the ground an extra hour for de-icing. Monica was not complaining; she was framing the delay as a positive. This veteran traveler knows that delays are inevitable. My mother-in-law’s attitude might serve […] -
SureCut Shears, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A bank loan officer must determine whether to waive convenants and extend terms on a line of credit granted to SureCut Shears. At issue is whether the... -
Setting Your B2B Sales Strategy in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleShifting mindsets create new risks - and new opportunities. -
Why Jerks Are Bad Decision-Makers
Recessions Digital ArticleThere are many reasons for not working with jerks, as Bob Sutton has pointed out in his memorably-titled book The No Asshole Rule. But I think I’ve discovered another reason for not having them in your organization’s employ: they often make bad decisions. While all jerks don’t always make bad decisions, and non-jerks occasionally decide […] -
Truth About GDP Growth
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleOil shocks, war, tax cuts, deficits, market bubbles--nothing has really affected the long-run rate of GDP growth in the last 30 years. -
Research: U.S. Unemployment Rising Faster for Women and People of Color
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStrategies to help your company buck the troubling trend. -
3 Lessons from Hyperinflationary Periods
Costing Digital ArticleWhat today’s businesses can learn about pricing strategies and consumer trust. -
Signs of the Times-How Do You Read Them?
Global Business Digital ArticleWe all know we're navigating uncharted economic waters. But here are a few pieces of data that bring this unprecedented environment into sharp relief-both... -
The U.S. Economic Recovery Is Slowing Down. Don’t Be Alarmed.
Economic cycles and trends Digital ArticleFive reasons why consumers are ready to pick up where the stimulus left off. -
How Exactly Will We Move Away from Fossil Fuels?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWe'll need three different efforts, all working in conjunction.