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- 24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006
and AIDS: The Macroeconomic Impact of a Health Crisis Authors:Eric D. Werker, Amrita Ahuja, and Brian Wendell Abstract Theories abound on the potential macroeconomic impact of AIDS in Africa, yet there have been surprisingly few empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
double their profits—especially retailers of products with short life cycles, such as clothing, consumer electronics, books, and music. But despite the potentially high payoff—and a commonly accepted belief among retailers that early... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
control, and contractual flexibility," they maintain. "Thus it looms as a potential complement or substitute for all of the major categories of existing media and appears capable of serving a wide range of communications... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
for the industry and another was conversations with her career coach. “Conversations with CPD around where my passion lies and how I could turn this into a career were very helpful both in validating my interests and opening my eyes to View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
Harvard and MIT, and was particularly excited about the Hack Brazil program supporting very early-stage entrepreneurs. The experience solidified Westphal’s interest in working directly with a founder over the summer between his first and second years at HBS, View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
dissatisfied with current approaches to solving a social dilemma, or they are excited about the potential of an alternative business model or a new technology to address a social need. Still others are simply responding when asked for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
New Jersey–based company, which services large-scale, commercial solar energy structures, expand to California and other potentially lucrative but geographically distant markets? “We’ve been hesitant to take on opportunities outside our... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
says. Breaking down those human barriers can be a first step toward getting to a place where a corporation can see the maximum benefit and minimum risk of collaborating on a potential solution to a big world problem. Once it’s translated... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
thousand dollars he collected from fifteen friends, Clinkscales put together a prototype of the magazine. With a cover story titled "Divided We Fall" and with the 24-year-old Clinkscales listed as editor and publisher, the debut issue of Urban Profile was sent to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
base. However, Leung knew that the current growth trajectory would not lead them to the milestones needed to receive an additional round of financing. Leung must decide whether to continue pursuing user acquisition experiments, explore other product ideas, or begin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
markets seem to have stabilized for now, what are the potential ramifications globally of China’s market troubles? Could their problems spill over into other markets? A: Certainly it was trouble from a stock market perspective. The fall... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
online retailer demonstrates that cost transparency improves sales. In particular, cost transparency led to a 44% increase in daily unit sales. This research implies that by revealing costs-typically tightly guarded secrets-marketers can View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
representations, and the organization's own set of beliefs and practices. By linking these changes to the company documents, the study sheds light on how shifts in US society's understanding of gender influences beliefs and practices inside organizations. To maximize... View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810141-PDF-ENG Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A) Michael D. Kimbrough, Sudhakar Balachandran, Madhav Srinivasan, and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case 109-029 Examines the implications of Whole Foods' CEO's anonymous... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
Jim Austin, picked by Dean John McArthur to lead the new initiative, saw the potential for research, curriculum, and career development around the challenges of social enterprises, including both nonprofit and for-profit organizations.... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
your advertisements to action; that's the difference. If you're willing to click, it links you to a potential transaction or at least to get more information, which can then pull you in further. The ease of broadband gets people much more... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
promote the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Reebok has since engaged in other activities with Amnesty International, and human rights has become a core value in the company. Before strategic fit can be explored, a View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
million to $15 million. During this phase, you can self-finance or establish a search fund to recruit potential investors. Strike a deal. When you’ve settled on a target, do preliminary due diligence to confirm the business’s viability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Gronin, et al. Abstract—Having international social ties carries many potential advantages, including access to novel ideas and greater commercial opportunities. Yet little is known about who forms more international friendships. Here, we... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
is significantly more modular than the product from the tightly coupled organization. We measure modularity by capturing the level of coupling between a product's components. The magnitude of the differences is substantial—up to a factor of eight—in terms of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne