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- 01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
- too much product (and too much production capability) chasing too few buyers - is hardly a new phenomenon. As a factor in market capitalism, overcapacity has been recognized and analyzed as a business-cycle reality by economic thinkers...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
expected to grow. Those combined forces present an existential challenge—and a megalopolis-sized opportunity—for entrepreneurs. “As population growth and weather-related pressures increase, the necessity of using our existing resources more View Details
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Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by;
energy;
environment;
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Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation;
Transportation;
Water, Sewage and Supply Systems;
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- 11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control
market was far from welcoming. His dream would, once again, have to be deferred. Instead, Platzer applied his quantitative background at a hedge fund and in other investment management roles. In 2009, though, while at an event at NASA...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Stan O’Neal
believer in the U.S. financial markets, O’Neal says that “despite some breaks in the system, the financial markets efficiently allocate capital to the best opportunities. This is the foundation of our...
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- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
urgent systemic changes needed to address climate change. By doing what’s right for people and the planet, pep+ will help position our company as a consistent top market performer by generating stronger, more loyal connections with our...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
For marketers, how big is the World Cup? Its power can't be overstated. Some 3 billion people will watch the tournament, and marketers will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to engage their attention. FIFA, the governing body of...
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Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced
tied to the land,” she explains. Economic advancement can’t require relocation. “Making the farmers more efficient and building up the economy that way—that’s what keeps me going.” “Making the farmers more View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
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Faculty Books
Business Press) Professors Khanna and Palepu argue that the main exploitable characteristic of emerging markets is the lack of institutions (credit-card systems, intellectualproperty adjudication, data research firms) that facilitate...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
Silicon Valley startup: “We want to bring a scaled-up version of the blockchain application to market by the end of the year.” From Baker Library: Blockchain is an innovative and complex technological advance, but what exactly is it and...
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Dan Morrell
- 05 Dec 2016
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Scaling Up at Five Below
(photo by Jane M. Von Bergen / Philadelphia Inquirer) (photo by Jane M. Von Bergen / Philadelphia Inquirer) It’s the holiday season and emoji merchandise is flying off the shelves—especially poop emoji (sorry). Chalk it up to the whimsical tastes of the teen and...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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Alvin Roth Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
learn more about HBS Clubs and club activities in your area, please visit www.clubhub.hbs.org/. In October, Alvin Roth, a member of the School's Negotiation, Organizations & Markets (NOM) Unit and Harvard University's Department of...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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Noted & Quoted
with stories of humble beginnings and noble struggles against overpowering adversaries, providing underdog narratives for consumers.” — HBS assistant professor Anat Keinan describing the market power of “challenger brands.” (Financial...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
Africa’s largest oil- producing country, has expensive and unreliable energy. Whether it is lines for automobile and generator fuels or blackouts of the electricity grid, Nigeria is a perfect example of a country that cannot afford to do without View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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Digging Deep
solidly built, collapsible shovel tools that won’t break when things get down and dirty. In the past year, Pieper moved manufacturing from China to Portland, Oregon, a difficult logistical shift that nonetheless made it easier to control quality and respond to View Details
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record
producers. Operational efficiencies will allow Gold Rush Vinyl—which started with $750,000 raised from family, friends, and an SBA loan, to cover the expensive pressing equipment—to reduce wait time from an industry standard of twelve to...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2011
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Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund
people to work at promising start-ups. Vinamea (Gurvan Rallon and Cornelius Frey, both HBS ’12): A platform that allows people to rent a portion of a vineyard and receive their share of the year’s vintage. Zumper (Anthemos Georgiades, Tom Dye, and Ken Sim, all HBS...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
unpopular social issues, enabling spirituality, redistributing wealth to the needy, supporting cultural activities, and effectively and efficiently providing long-term solutions for social needs. Government and business, she said, cannot...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2014
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Taking Tailoring High Tech
Jamal Motlagh began research for his fashion business at HBS, with male classmates who were beginning to recognize the importance of being well dressed. They were part of a larger trend: According to the NPD Group, the menswear market in...
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- 07 Jan 2016
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Helping Property Owners Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
water and energy efficiency in their buildings so they can reduce the carbon footprint that they are causing. We found that many of our customers implement new clean technology to reduce energy cost and water cost by something like 20...
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