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Christopher Maloney
I am the 6-foot-5 white guy who constantly feels out of place. My life is one of incessant movement; from the country clubs of Westchester, to the townships around Johannesburg, every step has gotten me closer to figuring out why. Slowly,...
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- 02 May 2016
- News
Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math
grade-level math proficiency.” As a longtime school volunteer with at-risk students and founder of an innovative high school entrepreneurship curriculum in Rhode Island, Daugherty was struck by how often “smart, resourceful students can’t multiply 3 x 20.” View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Self-awareness is important if you want to be a good general manager
[classmates] talk to me and ask me questions about aspects of China,” says Yuan. “It’s hard to get a holistic view of the country by reading articles or watching TV programs. I try to give them a 360-degree view of China.” As career vice...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Iron Lady
OTEH: “Local and international investors need to understand that things have changed” in Nigeria. On the fiftieth anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, one key player who wants to see the oil-rich country truly fulfill its promise is...
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- July 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Gerdau (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower, Luiz Felipe Monteiro and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Gerdau Group is a family-controlled Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of long steel products. Describes the evolution of the company's strategy, organization, and smart management, making it the No. 2 steel producer in Brazil. The company must decide whether to...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Family Business;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Globalization;
Competitive Strategy;
Steel Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Brazil;
United States
Bower, Joseph L., Luiz Felipe Monteiro, and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Gerdau (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-016, July 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
optimistic. One leaves this book with many assumptions blasted away, a clear understanding of the complex forces that roil Islam, and, at least for this reader, hope that this civilization can continue as a force for good in the world.
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- 05 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS
startup. I think about at least one of those discussions every single day I’m working on ZipBooks. 4. An MBA from HBS will allow you to take some career risks I did my summer internship between RC and EC year at Google as a product...
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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
concealable. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/nashraf/AshrafFieldLee_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries By:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
aid-distortions that steer aid away from achieving economic development in the recipient country. As it turns out, none of these solutions can shield foreign aid from the heavy hand of politics. Developing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
sustainable basis? Should firms sacrifice profits for positive environmental impacts? And do firms at least sometimes behave this way? Striving to find authoritative insights into those questions, three Harvard faculty members hosted a...
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by Manda Salls
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
mistakes") while attempting to achieve the goals. Joe Violette advised that, in his experience, stretch goals "have only succeeded (when) they are developed by the project team" (vs. management). The downside of stretch as...
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by Jim Heskett
- 04 Feb 2008
- News
After Twenty Years, Rankings Remain Controversial
business schools developed at best a love-hate relationship with the rankings. Those that moved up from obscurity tended to like them. Perennial leaders like HBS and Wharton regarded them as meaningless “beauty contests” and stopped...
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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
produce a machine based on the recently developed process named xerography. Invented by the patent lawyer Chester Carlson, xerography involved a process by which images were transferred from one piece of paper to another by means of...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
culture, but it can also be argued that it shields poorer performers from the glare of at least semi-public knowledge of their academic performance while they are attempting to hone their skills. Interestingly, few executive education...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
pandemic, when communication will be vital for countries to respond appropriately. What percentage of countries are prepared for a pandemic? No country is completely prepared...
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IFC Resources: Japan
Research. Technavio Country information and data World Development Indicators Economist Intelligence Unit OECD iLibrary - Select "Browse by Country". Select "Japan"....
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
Stephen Johnston (photo by Gary Laufman) For a mobile-focused business entrepreneur, Stephen Johnston (MBA 2002) is more than a bit of a contrarian. Unlike many of his peers, Johnston, 41, has his sights set not on emerging nations but on the View Details
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
While some countries enjoy the opportunity to serve on this powerful body, most countries rarely, if ever, get that chance. This gives rise to the question: does board membership lead to higher funding from...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
average firm in his state cut back capital expenditures by roughly 15 percent, according to their working paper, "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?" "It was an enormous surprise, at least to us, to learn...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
ambassador to India) regarding his desire to send economists to India to help develop that country. My argument was that India did not need more economists but rather more Schumpeter-style entrepreneurs to get the View Details