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- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
showed leader performance in the summer field training environment is predicted by Big Five extroversion, hardiness, and a trend for social judgment. During the academic period context, leader performance is predicted by mental abilities...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
much speculation lately about the trend of well-heeled investors making bets on the future of print media. Yet Esty says the power of this case rests more in its richness as a teaching tool than in its topical appeal. "When asset...
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- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
eventually balance imports. Business people must understand where markets and countries are headed by analyzing the present and then extending current performance trends forward three to five years. Although each has issues, Singapore,...
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- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
turning to marketing partners. Harvard Business School professors Gail J. McGovern and John Quelch documented the trend in an article in the March issue of Harvard Business Review. One reason behind the move? While company marketing...
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by Poping Lin
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
international business trends until more of its governments set the stage for a fairly competitive environment. "There is a need to create a new class of politicians," Gomes said. Africa needs "to create a critical mass of...
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by Julie Jette
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
their children, plan social interactions, be alerted to pertinent products and services, and accelerate the value of a person's connections. Two trends will lead to this outcome. First, people are already sharing private information...
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by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
venture, such as long-haul ships for Columbus or the Internet and telecom infrastructure for Skype. During his research and course development, Kerr focused on three key pieces for LGV cases: identifying case examples of larger trends and...
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- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
be a general trend among countries and the international community at large to strengthen IPR. If this trend keeps advancing, what will be the result on technology transfer? Who will be the big winners? And...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
Accounting, Risk Management and the Aftermath of a Control Debacle
By: Anette Mikes
Despite the widespread adoption of risk management systems in the financial services industry, recent control debacles highlight the apparent lack of top managerial attention to risk controls. Yet in order to understand the workings and uses of risk controls (or any...
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- February 2007 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
A Differentiation Strategy at ASDA
By: David E. Bell and Nitin Sanghavi
The Wal-Mart CEO has challenged his company to do more to help mankind. The British subsidiary, ASDA, is reviewing its activities in the environment/social arena.
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Business Subsidiaries;
Trends;
Values and Beliefs;
Leadership Style;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry
Bell, David E., and Nitin Sanghavi. "A Differentiation Strategy at ASDA." Harvard Business School Case 507-047, February 2007. (Revised February 2009.)
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
solutions to these complex problems, some better and some worse.” r_ganesh raised a highly relevant point in concluding that “the case study is off the pedestal of method-worshippers. It is a good thing. And the Twitter age is not to blame. It is part of the broader...
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- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
me.” Related Reading: The Founder of Modern Venture Capital In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
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- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
U.S. advertisers large and small operated some form of in-house advertising unit in the 1990s, a trend apparently on the increase. In this decade, Procter & Gamble, Google, and Condé Nast Media Group all introduced internal...
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- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
fully. Q: What trends to help resolve the situation have you seen developing with market/industry disputes between companies and the involvement of governments and/or international organizations? Have you seen changes over the last five,...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
"Silicon Valley is definitely a strong influence in Asia," says Leonard, "but its trends are subject to a different cultural filter." The list of HBS research projects in the Asia-Pacific region is long and destined to...
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by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that...
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by Rachel Layne
- 23 Apr 2008
- Op-Ed
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
fit the scale and nature of the firm. Beyond managing risk at the firm level, the FSA is also responsible for systemic risk. Thus, it monitors trends in the financial markets across the individual firms. Consistent with U.S. concerns...
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- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
During the past few years inventory turns among U.S. manufacturers have climbed steadily, and it appears as if productivity has improved nicely. One explanation for these happy trends is that the massive investments we've been making in...
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by Andrew McAfee
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and liquidity explain the trends before 2008 and the unusual...
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Martha Lagace
- February 2024
- Supplement
ReNew (B): A New Direction
By: Gunnar Trumbull and Malini Sen
The global renewables sector was in a slump, but the Indian market was booming. India’s largest renewable electricity generator, ReNew, faced a dilemma: it traded on the Nasdaq in New York, but saw huge opportunity in the Indian market. In response, CEO Sumant Sinha...
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Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Trends;
Transformation;
Private Ownership;
Environmental Sustainability;
Mission and Purpose;
Expansion;
Market Entry and Exit;
Energy Industry;
Asia;
India
Trumbull, Gunnar, and Malini Sen. "ReNew (B): A New Direction." Harvard Business School Supplement 724-032, February 2024.