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- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Corstjens and Rajiv Lal Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012) Abstract Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for...
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Carmen Nobel
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
Westinghouse, and AT&T), and Telefunken (a joint venture of the two European leaders, Siemens and AEG). After World War II knocked out Telefunken, RCA took the lead in commercializing television worldwide. It was then solely...
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- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
States, according to data from the World Health Organization. By 2017, the per capita expenditure in Haiti had dropped to $13. No surprise, then, that many of Partner in Health’s clinics had no accounting systems in place and no resources...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
opposition to Florida legislation viewed as antithetical to the LGBTQ community, the state ended some of Disney’s taxing and property authorities over its Disney World Florida theme park. Suddenly, Disney is confronted with two opposing...
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by James Heskett
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
part of, like owning an iPhone or watching a World Cup final? “In some ways, that's the really interesting thing” about where human commercial space flights lead us, says Matthew Weinzierl, the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of...
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- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
parts of the world in dealing with the financial damage that the pandemic has wrought. One other takeaway from the 2008-2009 crisis, just as relevant today as then: Hedge funds and private equity investors...
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- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
reported funds flow were attributed to accounting violations, he added. Third, Enron's debt was underestimated by one half: $10 billion reported versus $22 billion actual debt. However, these factors, he continued, were...
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by Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
innovative ideas?'" Firms don’t need to necessarily fund their own research, but they should think about hiring some employees well-versed in their field’s scientific landscape to help source, read, and understand the scientific...
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by Avery Forman
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
advise/prevent you against doing something completely stupid." Another experienced VC suggests that some founders may simply not know what their funding options really are: "The reason people usually go to [family and friends]...
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by Noam Wasserman
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
by a government’s response to the virus, blurring the line between the private and public sectors. Said Dr. David Nabarro, Special Envoy for COVID-19 for the World Health Organization (WHO), “Brands must strive to be authentic,...
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by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
“Rebalancing must occur." -Srikant Datar "Increasingly, we believe, business schools are at a crossroads and will have to take a hard look at their value propositions," the authors write in the introduction. "This was true before the economic crisis, but is even truer...
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- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
through which uncertainty affects managerial decision making in the presence of agency conflicts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50792 Harvard Business School Case 716-468 World View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
As globalization trends increase, so does the ability of non-governmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam International, and the World Wildlife Fund to shape public and...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
millions of African farmers and their families achieve food security and lift themselves out of poverty. By 2008, AGRA had assembled a strong leadership team and had funded numerous small projects ranging from seed development to...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
environmental powerhouses: Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). Active in 100 countries, WWF works with governments, businesses, other NGOs, and communities to...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
show that, even in a world with perfect capital markets and without differences in innate ability, wealthy parents invest, on average, more in their offspring than poorer ones. As a result, persistence of economic status is higher at the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
the Market Harvard Business School Note 707-469 Strategists are not alone in finding failing markets irresistible. Governments and social groups ranging from unions to the World Wildlife View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
funds can replace taxes, they can be beneficial to a citizenry. There seemed to be little concern among respondents that states will use their sovereign funds to foster their political interests. Russell...
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by Jim Heskett
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
ever-growing number intend to fund their social ventures through commercially generated revenue rather than charitable donations—a model known as a "hybrid" organization. "Hybrid organizations have a social mission but generate most of...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about...
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