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- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Global Health team were also working to construct a framework for measuring both the social and financial impact of the company’s shared value initiatives, starting with the BD Odon Device. Cohen believed that creating shared value was...
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- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
used the actual initial and current or exit valuation data of the companies, but constructed two hypothetical investment strategies. In scenario one, the team used a strategy that assumed an initial investment of $175,000, subsequent...
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by Manda Salls
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
penalty to the LGBTQ community, to becoming a non-English speaking 1 -year-old construction worker in the suburbs of Seattle. From being in the 2% female population in my master’s program to being one of three female plant managers (out...
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- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
and corruption in the construction industry, and access to affordable products and inclusion in the education sector. Silverthorne: Are there examples of this kind of intra-industry collaboration working elsewhere? Serafeim: There are...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
the campus, initial construction of the Chao Center and the related demolition of Kresge Hall, and the initial renovation work at Baker Hall. In addition, HBS continued to invest in numerous projects focused on the renewal and maintenance...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
than any other individual, Howard Stevenson shaped the construct and climate that made that happen. Best known for his academic entrepreneurship, Stevenson is proud to have been a founder (in 1982) of The Baupost Group, serving as the...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
was adopted by the World Bank and other institutions. Finally, in an effort that posed unique performance measurement challenges, 250 schools were either constructed or rehabilitated. "The outcome of investments in education, such as...
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- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
approach to the “pitch or spec” dilemma by constructing a model that links this choice to writers’ past experience and their confidence level about this particular idea. The model also predicts the average quality of ideas offered for...
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- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
to receive less attention than money but is equally ubiquitous in our daily lives. Across four experiments, we examine whether shifting focus onto time can salvage individuals' ethicality. We found that implicitly activating the construct...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the family-owned company grew over the decades, moving from wooden toys to plastic "bricks," the building blocks of its construction sets. The products are designed around play themes such...
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- 09 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 9
clouded the positive outlook: (1) a 1.7 billion euro loss on the construction of the first next generation nuclear reactor in Finland, (2) the decision of German company Siemens to pull out of its partnership in Areva NP and exercise its...
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Martha Lagace
- Profile
Marcela Sapone
like we have. How have you addressed the insurance issue? We’ve gone to multiple insurance providers and had to construct a plan that makes sense. But we’re not the only one. Airbnb and Uber have similar liability issues. And I’m really...
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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA...
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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA...
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- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
several years as a consultant for Construction Specialties, a manufacturer of specialized architectural products. At the same time, his nephew Mark brought him on board as an investor and marketing consultant in several high-tech...
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Jill Radsken
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
industrial production (Alfaro and Chen, 2014). Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26
simply a bilateral matter. First, a need to secure construction permits in multiple jurisdictions around the Baltic Sea involved other countries. And second, Germany's membership in the European Union entailed compliance with goals and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
inadvertently omitted from social contract negotiations. For example, in 1988, Komatsu, Japan's leader in earth-moving construction equipment, and U.S. conglomerate Dresser Industries combined their North American engineering,...
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- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
inefficient local industries, including construction and food processing, they will not become competitive. The traditional Japanese government approach has been to believe that if, say, the chemical industry was ailing, it should step in...
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by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
power in the region. An explanation, rather, lies in nationalism: in the degree to which these countries constructed and embraced their own concepts of national identity and allowed such concepts to influence economic policy. As Abdelal...
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by Martha Lagace