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- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
small business. (Because of outsourcing) It is big networks made up of small partners. And the way to make this type of enterprise thrive does not really follow either model (big or small). It is a third way." The importance of small...
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by James Heskett
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
Manuscript Collections Printed Collections Visual Collections Secondary Resources Credits Bacheller, Irving. Keeping up with Lizzie; Charge It (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911 and 1912). Full text available as a networked resource....
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- August 2016 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Tom Kalil: Leading Technology & Innovation at the White House
By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen
This case explores the role of Tom Kalil as Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. With the end of President Obama's Administration drawing near, Kalil and his team of "policy entrepreneurs" must work to...
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Innovation;
Innovation Leadership;
Government Innovation;
Talent Management;
Collaboration;
Policy-making;
Public Sector Management;
Leadership And Managing People;
Public-Private Partnerships;
Ecosystems;
Science And Technology Studies;
Public Entrepreneurship;
Business And Government;
Entrepreneurship;
Government and Politics;
Leadership;
Networks;
Partners and Partnerships;
Science;
Technology;
Technology Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
District of Columbia
Hill, Linda A., and Allison J. Wigen. "Tom Kalil: Leading Technology & Innovation at the White House." Harvard Business School Case 417-021, August 2016. (Revised March 2019.)
- 29 May 2019
- News
Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government
In his address to HBS graduates at this year’s Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American political culture and the challenge it poses. “Now, the good news is: There is a solution,” he told the crowd,...
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Power and Influence - Course Catalog
dynamics and learning to use them as effective tools for analyzing your surroundings and achieving your goals. It is a course about getting things done in the real world, where politics and personalities often seem to hinder rather than...
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- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t927286744 Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality Authors:Mark J. Roe and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
“Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and by being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things, but it can tell you where you should invest. You can make data-driven decisions, rather than fund View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
example, how will a would-be entrepreneur know about the prices of various cash crops that might replace otherwise tried-and-true opium production? How can would-be investors, even in a small-scale enterprise, locate suitable talent for their venture? In less...
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by Tarun Khanna
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
already the leading network infrastructure supplier globally, ahead of Cisco, Nokia, and Ericsson. It is a leader in optical network equipment, and has passed Apple in smartphone sales (outside the US, of...
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by Willy C. Shih;
Manufacturing;
Auto;
Steel;
Air Transportation;
Technology;
Telecommunications
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
Ivy League and other top-tier schools, meaning the results were not tied to an analyst being unusually smart or privileged. "It's not about which school they attended, specifically," Malloy says. "It's just about utilizing the alumni View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Case Study. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001, MPA 2002) believes that has to change—and it’s the responsibility of her generation to lead the way. Ballou-Aares is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to engage in nonpartisan View Details
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
insurance premiums for the average plan are expected to rise by 9 percent in 2017. Aetna’s decision prompted commentary from both sides of the political spectrum. Republicans see it as proof that the public exchanges simply won’t work,...
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- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
must expect health plans to direct patients to excellent providers, not those provider networks that offer the biggest discounts.” What to do? The most important single change necessary is for employers to think about health care in terms...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
Illustration by Chris Gash When Rob Saliterman (MBA 2011) started selling online political ads at Google, they were almost all destined for people already seeking political content, placed either on specific...
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Sasha Issenberg
- 14 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid
to pay for a consumer-driven option of a traditional Medicaid hospital insurance, along with a doctor of their choice; a managed care policy, with its deductibles and copayment; or a network group of local physicians. If employed, they...
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by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- April 2009 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Barack Obama: Organizing for America 2.0
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Laura Winig and Aaron Smith
Less than a week before Barack Obama was due to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, Obama for America (OFA), the president-elect's official campaign organization, announced the formation of a post-election organization, Organizing for America. The...
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Advertising Campaigns;
Political Elections;
Marketing Communications;
Power and Influence;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Internet
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Laura Winig, and Aaron Smith. "Barack Obama: Organizing for America 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 709-493, April 2009. (Revised April 2013.)
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
In this recession, we seek the bogey. If we can identify a villain, the recourse is simple: slay (or neutralize, or bail out) it. The search harks back to a management primer: identify the problem; find the solution. The search has centered on the credit industry: the...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
in entrepreneurship, the historical origins of "born global" companies; the importance of networks in new international market development; the role of public policy in shaping cross-border entrepreneurial activity; and the effect of...
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Research Links: Secondary Sources - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Mifflin Company, 1918. Full text available as a networked resource. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Exhibit of Locomotives by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago Illinois , May-October 1893. Philadelphia: Baldwin...
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