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Ownership (OWN): Define Success, Create Advantage, Build to Last, Engage Effectively - Course Catalog
Within the constraints of what is legally allowed, these owners define the main parameters by which the company operates, for instance: what success means for the business, how decisions are made, and what strategic options are on/off the... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
green business profitable is an even harder journey. For society's sake, entrepreneurs must be prepared to make that journey, says Geoffrey Jones. A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Many... View Details
- Career Coach
Phil Wong
healthcare startup), Korgo (Principal, startup hedge fund), Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (Director and Portfolio Manager, fund of hedge funds), HSBC (Associate, investment banking) View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
reduced the temptation governments face to intervene in the operation of large strategic enterprises. In the Leviathan as a minority shareholder mode, governments have small equity ownership in corporations and in general do not intervene... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Profile
Payam Shodjai
I did was half technical, half business – involving technical, marketing, legal and strategic issues." The business side of technology inspired Payam "to get a more formal education in business that would open opportunities five... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
Social enterprises are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. In analyzing some three hundred social... View Details
- Profile
Rawiah Abdallah
were too many restrictions on freedom of expression," says Rawiah, "To be true to your principles was risky." Yet her volunteer work suggested an alternative direction. In high school, Rawiah tutored non-Arabic speaking... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
exogenous variations in workers' origins and the well-documented social divide between urban resident workers and rural migrant workers in large urban Chinese firms. We analyze data on weekly output, individual characteristics, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Karl Ulrich, Wharton professor, must decide between a commercial and "open source" model for his new business case venture. Students analyze a variety of open source and proprietary business models and formulate View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
employed in a study of the market for federal judicial law clerks conducted in 1998-2000, we have broadly surveyed both federal appellate judges and law students about their experiences of the new market for law clerks. This paper View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
marketplaces. The way marketplaces and intermediaries rank offers from sellers or service-providers can be thought of as an incentive system. Economists are well positioned to analyze issues such as short-term user behavior and the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
Management from 1960 to 2000," Nolan highlights the critical shifts in the four eras in the evolution of IT. The Industrial Era, he writes, created an automation mindset, while the Data Processing Era led to organizational transformations. He View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
it's really very important to document how they emerged, often ahead of public opinion, to try and solve the emergent environmental challenges faced by our world." In addition to studying wind pioneers and those in other alternative... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
aimed at curbing the entry of large retail stores have been introduced in many countries to protect independent retailers. Analyzing a planning reform launched in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, I show that independent retailers were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
falling ethanol prices, and land scarcity. With all of these factors as a backdrop, students analyze several options the MME members must consider: They can pursue a plan (initiated in 2005) to double the plant's size. Utlaut, however, is... View Details
- 15 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day
will (this is HBS, after all). This “coming out calculus” involves analyzing the specific situation at hand and determining if it’s appropriate to disclose my queer identity: First and foremost—is it safe? Am I going to be attacked,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
FY 2007, it had posted $23 million in profits but also had begun to experience the harsh realities of rising corn prices, falling ethanol prices, and land scarcity. With all of these factors as a backdrop, students analyze several options... View Details
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
between savings and growth through investment. This link, however, disappears in open economy models, which is surely the relevant scenario in reality. An alternative interpretation of the relationship between savings and growth is that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert