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CFO
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As the Cycle Turns Even the most complex econometric models are blind to sudden turns in the business cycle. Recognizing the difficulty of predicting the future, most companies no longer employ staff economists, outsourcing their forecasting needs to commercial firms and university-based centers.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 19, 2004
Laura Linard |
Birth of the American Salesman Modern sales management is a uniquely American story, says Harvard Business School's Walter A. Friedman, author of Birth of a Salesman. |
Finance & Development
September 2008 |
Picture This Economic forecasts: hard to rely on? |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 8, 2009
Sean Silverthorne |
The Return of the Salesman Salesmen have received a bad rap over the years, but increasingly the profession is drawing scholarly interest. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 1, 2006
Jim Heskett |
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith? A reflection about the influence of two economists, John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 12, 2004
Sean Silverthorne |
What Great American Leaders Teach Us A new database on great American leaders offers surprising insights on the nature of leadership. A Q&A with Tony Mayo, executive director of the Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Sean Silverthorne |
Who Rises to Power in American Business? A Q&A with Anthony J. Mayo, author of "Paths to Power," the first book in fifty years to exhaustively analyze the demographics of leadership and access in business in the U.S., and how the face of American leadership might be changing. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Ice Hockey, Homicide and the Principles of Forecasting As Principles of Forecasting editor J. Scott Armstrong points out, the field of forecasting is not merely a sub-specialty for economists. Rather, it has broad application to a range of areas that have an impact on people every day... |
Reason
March 2007
Brian Doherty |
The Life and Times of Milton Friedman Remembering the 20th century's most influential libertarian. Reviewing Milton Friedman's life and career as an economist and polemicist, one can find a story of unexpected, unprecedented success promoting ideas that pushed against the Zeitgeist and in many ways managed to change it. |
CIO
July 15, 2003
Ben Worthen |
Future Results Not Guaranteed Contrary to what vendors tell you, computer systems alone are incapable of producing accurate forecasts. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2006
Mike Norman |
The Passing of a Giant Great economist Milton Friedman is gone, but his theories and those of another giant, John Maynard Keynes, live on. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Brian D. Pacampara |
Invest Like a Grandmaster It's not easy to do, but throwing out your crystal ball is crucial to long-term investment profits. Don't try to forecast dozens and dozens of stock market moves in advance if there's a perfectly fine business staring you right in the face. |
