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Stop Apologizing -- Be Bold About Your Eco Profits: Why are companies so sheepish when it comes to driving profit off of green initiatives? It's a great question asked by Andrew Winston on a new blog post in the Leading Green series posted by Harvard Business. He looks at the recent Home Depot announcement that it...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Andrew Winston; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Helping Cash-Strapped Families Save for the Future: Will you be spending or saving your US stimulus check? Uncle Sam, of course, is betting that you will spend it and improve the economy. But Harvard Business School professor Peter Tufano has devoted many years exploring ways that society can encourage non-affluent citizens to save for...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Peter Tufano; Blog posts 2008-06-25
3 Question Quiz: Is Your Company Ready to Innovate?: Although every company needs to create new growth products and services to prosper, not all firms are on sound enough footing to boldly go where no company has gone before. Judge the situation at your own company by answering these three questions, advises innovation expert Scott Anthony...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Scott Anthony; Blog posts 2008-06-24
What the 'Idea Guy' is Worth at Equity Split: You and your partners in an entrepreneurial venture are about to determine the equity split of your new business -- who gets what percentage. So what's the premium earned by the person who came up with the original idea? Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman conducted a...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Sean Silverthorne, equity; Blog posts 2008-06-19
Raise Your Prices: "Management must raise prices, raise them a lot, and raise them frequently." Business writer George Stalk writes this eye-catching sentence in a recent blog on Harvard Business. He believes the 12-month run-up we've seen in commodity prices (ethanol +47 percent, wheat +40 percent) will continue to rise in the...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-05-20

Where Did Japan Go Wrong?: Twenty years ago, with George Bush Sr. in command of the country, the US was gripped with almost a national hysteria about Japan. The hottest read in business and government circles was Trading Places: How We Are Giving Our Future to Japan and How to Reclaim It,...; Tags: Venture capital, Sean Silverthorne, Robert Dujarric; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Tick Tock: Tips for Allocating Your Time: Do you spend your work time as effectively as you could? Let me answer for you. No. Everyone from CEOs to front-line managers squander their most valuable resource -- time -- like an untuned automobile wastes fuel. Our opportunities to create real value for the organization are...; Tags: Workforce management, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Keep Emotion Out of Decision Making: We've all had the experience of letting our emotions get the better of our actions. But in a business setting, emotional decisions can be costly -- and a quick way to lose your job. But how do you keep cool, calm, and collected in the high pressure...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, decision-making, Sumner Redstone; Blog posts 2008-05-07
The Press Release of the Future: The proposed merger between Delta and Northwest Airlines has already produced one visionary byproduct: the press release of the future. That's the word from Harvard Online blogger Scott Berinato, who drools over the effectiveness of this joint announcement, which is not so much press release as communications...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Sean Silverthorne, Scott Berinato, merger; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Why Don't More Companies Use Prediction Markets?: The basic idea behind James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds is that a collection of complete strangers in aggregate can make a better decision than a single expert. A crowd at the county fair, when polled in aggregate, can guess the weight of a giant pumpkin unfailingly within a few...; Tags: Investment, Sean Silverthorne, prediction market, AutoNailer; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Warren Buffett and the Return of the Railroads: Sky-high energy prices, increasingly crowded commuter corridors, and worries about the environment are setting the stage for trains to thunder once again across the US moving commerce and people, predicts Harvard University professor John R. Stilgoe. "Train travel will supplant highway and air travel in the next few decades....; Tags: Government, Sean Silverthorne, railroad, Warren Buffett; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Take Advantage of Recession: An economic downturn is a great time to go after competitors, who likely will be retrenching rather than advancing. But you need two things before loading up. First, your financials must be in order, including a healthy balance sheet, cash, and little debt. Second, pick the right...; Tags: Marketing research, Sean Silverthorne, John Quelch, marketing, Harvard; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Are Private Equity Buyouts the Devil's Work?: Private equity deals have always had a bad rap. The naysayers argue that PE-driven leveraged buyouts of public companies lose money for investors, victimize employees, lead to massive job cuts, and pretty much steal money from orphans and widows when given half a chance....; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sean Silverthorne, private equity, Josh Lerner; Blog posts 2008-04-07
When Your Boss is Doogie Howser: A friend of mine recently was part of a merger that left him reporting to a boss in his mid-30s. Since my friend is 53 -- about the age of his superior's own parents -- he found the relationship more than a little awkward. So I was...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Tammy Erickson; Blog posts 2008-04-02
Not So Fast On NAFTA: When the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, it was seen by some as a landmark document promoting free and equal trade between three powerful neighbors: the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Today, NAFTA seems to have become a ...; Tags: Free trade, Sean Silverthorne, NAFTA, Robert Lawrence; Blog posts 2008-04-01
The Middle Market: An Unglamorous Opportunity: The middle market is that great area where customers on the low end of the income scale aspire to shop, and where high-end spenders fear to fall. Think Sears, T.J. Maxx, and Applebee's as prototype mid-market players. Harvard Business School marketing professor John Quelch thinks the middle...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, middle market, John Quelch; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Learning From Business History: A quick note today on the arrival of The Oxford Handbook of Business History, an intriguing and opinionated survey of business management theory and research weighted mostly to the post-1950 era. The collection of essays around major business themes (approaches and debates; forms of business organization; functions...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-03-19
Corporate Boards Responding More To Shareholders: Thanks to the Enron-style management lapses and collapses, shareholders suddenly find their collective voices being heard more than ever by boards of directors. For any investor who has ever suffered through an annual meeting, you know that shareholder proposals almost routinely get shot shot down by directors,...; Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Now Let, Sean Silverthorne, shareholder, board, shareholder proposal; Blog posts 2008-03-10
Where Can Startups Find Executive Talent?: One pitch entrepreneurs often hear from VCs and other investors is that they will help you find top talent for your organization. This is only partly true. If you want a CEO or CFO, then, yes, your venture funding partners can help recruit top names. But if...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Entrepreneurship, Sean Silverthorne, investor, recruiting, talent; Blog posts 2008-03-04
What History Tells Us About America's Future: Harvard's Niall Ferguson is a well known and controversial historian who often looks into the financial past to plot parallels with contemporary times. Lately Ferguson has warned of a coming decline in the West and particularly in the US -- see his 2006 book The War of the World:...; Tags: Harvard, Sean Silverthorne, Ferguson; Blog posts 2008-02-07