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26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

software, consumer electronics, and pharmaceuticals. Such companies hold many important patents and boast R&D labs that rival facilities at the best universities in the world. They are headquartered in countries with myriad institutions that support innovation:... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari

23 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

stirred in the country’s public opinion. Financial markets and bookmakers seem to indicate that Remain is the more likely outcome, but the very last poll of polls by the Financial Times pointed to a chilling... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

dollars have been deployed with little effect. "I think if in all our business lives we throw a trillion dollars at something and we still lose market share, it's probably time to think about whether... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

On a journey that began 17 months ago, General Motors entered and emerged from bankruptcy to become a private company with Uncle Sam as its largest shareholder. The company reaches another milestone today by offering an initial public offering, the first View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

Profile

Zihan Lin

the hands-on, boy-stuff of the mechanical with the mission of medicine." By the time Zi entered the graduate stage of his education, he had a firm focus "on two concentrations: design methodology and medical devices." In... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

time MBAs pile into a field, it's a good contrarian indicator. Gallows humor aside, market pros see parallels, but no repeat of the 1989 crash. That optimism rests on the knowledge that the industry today... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

01 Oct 2001
News

The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision

could be prescribed, assembled, and fitted in the field by trained microentrepreneurs rather than by optometrists or ophthalmologists. The next step was to form a "Low Cost Available Eyeglasses" (LCAE) team and enter the HBS Business Plan Contest, which this year for... View Details

Keywords: eyeglasses

01 Sep 2014
News

Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?

No wonder the economy is slow to recover. At the end of 2013, industrial firms listed on the US stock markets held an astounding $1.6 trillion in cash reserves—that’s 12 percent more than a year earlier. And those were just the public... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Sep 2011
News

Charged Up

And can it execute either in a timely enough fashion to begin breaking even? “It’s a familiar issue,” Vietor says. “How does a new venture company manage its cash as it is developing its technology over time?” A123 raised $378 million... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; batteries; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2017
News

The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job

generation ago—and a system he hopes will ensure those happy faces spread from the factory floor to the market and the boardroom. From Baker Library: A recent New York Times article examines how companies... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

19 Jul 2011
News

Brightening the Future

Ayala told BusinessWorld, “...there was a confluence of things.” In the June 2 article, Ayala (who is not related to the Ayala family that owns Ayala Land), elaborated, “In all our lives there are certain times when you feel that God is... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

The Europe Research Center (ERC) is the newest of Harvard Business School's Global Initiative research centers, having opened its doors in July 2002. With the political and economic currents now affecting relations between the United States and many European nations,... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

25 Feb 2020
News

Case Study: The Credit Bureau

moves about a dozen times before buying a home, and all too often the bookshelf purchased for one apartment isn’t needed in the next. As a result, about 10 million tons of furniture go to landfills every year, Ramírez says. He and Aditya... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

initial public offering, creating a market value of $323 million at the end of the first day of trading. It would prove to be the most successful investment of all the XTV companies. Even though Xerox's share had declined to 38 percent by... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

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Kevin Barenblat Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

01 Jan 2008
News

Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

utility vehicles and tractors for the Indian market in the 1950s. Today, it is a $6.6 billion enterprise involved in many activities, including information technology, logistics, infrastructure development, and financial services, as well... View Details

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