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Companies that Practice “Conscious Capitalism” Perform 10x Better
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleWhy should that be a surprise? -
Guided Free Enterprise in Japan
International business Magazine ArticleThe widely held notion of “Japan, Inc.” is exaggerated; there is no monolithic business-government link. Even so, the cooperation (without incorporation) between the large corporate combines and the government bureaucracy is impressive in its strength and focus on the common economic good—especially in view of its achievements worldwide. As the economic power of the United […] -
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. -
Cocreating Business’s New Social Compact
Economics Magazine ArticleThe liberalization of markets is forcing executives and social activists to work together. They are developing new business models that will transform organizations and the lives of poor people everywhere. -
The Price of Wall Street’s Power
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHow the financial sector’s outsize influence is undermining business -
Reimagining Capitalism
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleWhile the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street, the crisis has exposed a deeper distrust and implacable resentment of capitalism itself. Capitalism might be the greatest engine of prosperity and progress ever devised, but in recent years, individuals and communities have grown increasingly […] -
Obama: Principal-in-Chief
Global Business Digital ArticleDespite all the anticipatory discussion surrounding President Obama's back-to-school speech, an important point has largely been missed: what the speech... -
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? […] -
Why Do Companies Succumb to Price Fixing?
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleWhen Ben Franklin wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and the words, “A little neglect may breed great mischief,” he did not have price fixing in mind. To the 47 executives in companies in the folding-box industry convicted of price fixing, however, the words seem tailored to fit. In those companies convicted under antitrust laws in 1976, […] -
Making (a Little) Progress on CEO Pay
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLegislation is actually starting to make a difference. -
Competitiveness: Self-Help for a Worsening Problem
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleA country’s competitiveness, like a company’s, is not primarily a matter of sales: it is a matter of incomes, and incomes earned, not borrowed. To be competitive means to raise incomes as rapidly as competitors do and to make the investments necessary to keep up competitively in the future. From this perspective, U.S. competitiveness is […] -
What You Should Know About Dodd-Frank and What Happens If It’s Rolled Back
Government policy and regulation InterviewAn interview with Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. -
How Simplicity Principles Could Fix Obamacare
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's dangerous to rush to judgment when it comes to transformational change. -
Two Candidates, Two Distinct Ways of Communicating
Government Digital ArticleRomney is a communicator, but Obama is a converser. -
The Pandemic Will Fuel Consolidation in U.S. Health Care
Government Digital ArticleCongress and regulators must curb combinations that adversely affect the cost and quality of care. -
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. -
How Doctors Can Help Prevent Gun Violence
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleHealth care professionals have an important role to play. -
ESG Is Under Attack. How Should Your Company Respond?
Business and society Digital ArticleA framework to help you understand the backlash and stay true to your values. -
Equality in the U.S. Starts with Better Jobs
Global Business Digital ArticleSix steps business leaders can take right now. -
How Obama and Clinton Stack Up as Managers
Government Digital ArticleThe conventional wisdom on leadership and management is clear: the first matters more than the second. Warren Bennis‘s classic On Becoming a Leader is typical. In a lengthy comparison between leaders and managers, he describes leaders as luminaries and managers as mere mortals. For example: • “The manager administers; the leader innovates.” • “The manager […]
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Russia: The End of a Time of Troubles?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Describes Russia's troubled economic transition since 1991, highlights the problem of institutional development, and surveys the challenges President... -
Note on the Canadian Transportation Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Transportation plays a key role in Canada's economy. The first part of the note deals with Canada's transportation network, providing an overview of the... -
Zidane's Last Red Card
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details With more country participants than the United Nations, World Cup football (soccer) is one of the most multinational businesses in the world. Zinedane... -
Brazil's WTO Cotton Case: Negotiation Through Litigation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Brazil has just won a cotton case action against the U.S. cotton agriculture program at the World Trade Organization. What does this mean for future agricultural... -
Elsa Blix (A): A Freezing Reception
Management Case Study11.95View Details Elsa Blix, (fictitious), a political appointee in the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Sweden, tackles two undersecretary positions. In the first (Case A),... -
Arbitrage in the Government Bond Market?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Documents a pricing anomaly in the large and liquid treasury bond market. The prices of callable treasury bonds seem to be inconsistent with the prices... -
Framedia (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Examines an acquisition in the highly competitive new media advertising industry in China in late 2005. The transaction leads to eventual consolidation... -
Al Gore: Surviving Career Setbacks
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the life of Al Gore, one of the most powerful vice-presidents in US history who, in 2000, failed to secure what is probably the most... -
St. Louis: Inner City Economic Development
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes the history and challenges of the economically distressed inner city areas of St. Louis, a major U.S. metropolitan area. Profiles regional and... -
Ethiopia's Industrial Parks Strategy
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Indiana Toll Road (B): Will Winner's Curse Strike Again?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In September 2014, the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) in the US Mid-west, privatized as a 75-year concession at an impressive price of US$3.8 billion only nine... -
COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public... -
SFC: Developing Hong Kong as a Capital Formation Centre for REITs
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case introduces various forms of real estate investment trusts ("REITs") existing in different markets in the world such as REITs in the United States,... -
Medtronic, Inc.
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 1991, Bill George, CEO of Medtronic, the world's largest manufacturer of pacemakers, was evaluating his strategic options in light of the changing... -
Flying into the Future: HondaJet
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John Whitehead: A Life in Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2005, John C. Whitehead, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC), confronts the collapse of a delicate agreement among business, government,... -
Getting to Dayton: Negotiating an End to the War in Bosnia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The road to the breakthrough Dayton Peace Accords, which ushered in the prospect of a stable peace in the war-torn former Yugoslavia, is built through... -
To Be or Not To Be? A Case for Human Cloning
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Technological and scientific innovation in recent years has opened up much research and development in relation to human cloning. Many early steps have... -
State
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Surveys approaches to understanding the state; highlights the relationships between the state, order, and property; and offers an analytical framework... -
Accounting Red Flags or Red Herrings at Catalent? (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details GlassHouse Research identified accounting red flags at Catalent. Fiat Lux Partners countered most of GlassHouse's claims. Who was right? This update explores...
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Companies that Practice “Conscious Capitalism” Perform 10x Better
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleWhy should that be a surprise? -
Guided Free Enterprise in Japan
International business Magazine ArticleThe widely held notion of “Japan, Inc.” is exaggerated; there is no monolithic business-government link. Even so, the cooperation (without incorporation) between the large corporate combines and the government bureaucracy is impressive in its strength and focus on the common economic good—especially in view of its achievements worldwide. As the economic power of the United […] -
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. -
Russia: The End of a Time of Troubles?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Describes Russia's troubled economic transition since 1991, highlights the problem of institutional development, and surveys the challenges President... -
Cocreating Business’s New Social Compact
Economics Magazine ArticleThe liberalization of markets is forcing executives and social activists to work together. They are developing new business models that will transform organizations and the lives of poor people everywhere. -
Note on the Canadian Transportation Industry
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Transportation plays a key role in Canada's economy. The first part of the note deals with Canada's transportation network, providing an overview of the... -
The Price of Wall Street’s Power
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHow the financial sector’s outsize influence is undermining business -
Reimagining Capitalism
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleWhile the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street, the crisis has exposed a deeper distrust and implacable resentment of capitalism itself. Capitalism might be the greatest engine of prosperity and progress ever devised, but in recent years, individuals and communities have grown increasingly […] -
Obama: Principal-in-Chief
Global Business Digital ArticleDespite all the anticipatory discussion surrounding President Obama's back-to-school speech, an important point has largely been missed: what the speech... -
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? […]