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15 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 15, 2007

the vicious cycle of poverty, and/or how aid can be used effectively. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707029 Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (B) Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo

Internet2 was born. Today, sophisticated networks are being hooked up today among Europe, North and South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Cisco and Microsoft are involved "in a big way," Nolan said. Right now, Internet2 is probably going through the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Sep 2018
Blog Post

My Summer as a Venture Capitalist

account, you made a key hire, or, you missed the deadline, the product broke, and you made a mis-hire who produces but is derailing the culture. As an investor the cycles are slower, and while you feel a high when an entrepreneur wins,... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

12 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent this Summer Coding

difficult and the number of product cycles are high). It's liberating to be self-reliant and not be hamstrung by the "I need a developer" excuse. There's been a lot of debate on whether business school students are prepared for startup... View Details

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!

are even highlighting proximity to the facility to make their properties more desirable. By winning the Danish public’s approval, Amager Bakke advances the agenda of educating the public around sustainable waste practices to drive a virtuous View Details

12 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

commoditization continue to drive shifts in the value chain. The case examines the commoditization cycle and contrasts integrated solutions such as the iPod-iTunes software-iTunes Music Store with emerging competition from other MP3... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2004
What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

enterprise market values as well as greater disparities between them suggests that an upturn in mergers and acquisitions can't be far behind. Unfortunately, if research is any guide, the operative question is whether more or less value will be destroyed in this View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

with Microsoft (The Free Press), Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano of MIT's Sloan School of Management use this high-tech confrontation to outline a comprehensive approach to strategy in the ultracompetitive environment created by the Internet. Warp-speed View Details

Keywords: by Daniel Penrice

01 Dec 2002
News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

research cycle will conclude in August 2003 with a conference on the HBS campus that will include faculty from partner universities as well as business leaders and nonprofit managers from Latin America. “As in all its other functional... View Details

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

Presentation date: November 2, 2004 The following is a summary of the virtual seminar covering: The definition, levels, and cycles of confidence. How leaders prevent losing streaks and instill organizational confidence. The keys to... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

01 Feb 2002
News

Karen Tumulty Reports on America

"several influential newspapers and magazines and three TV networks pretty much held sway. Now there's the 24-hour news cycle - and the Internet, where every whiff of a rumor finds its way into the national bloodstream. There's a greater... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jan 2002
News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

among the many essential ingredients for success in a business where product life cycles are measured in months and where "new-and-improved" is a mantra. Dubbed by Fortune magazine last year as one of the most powerful businesswomen in... View Details

September 1992
Case

Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market

By: William A. Sahlman

First case in a series of six cases that follow the experience of a cable television company as it adjusts to the rapid rise and precipitous decline of the stock market in the late 1980s. In this case Don Jones, the company's founder and owner, sees the rise in public... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Financial Markets; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Wealth; Business Cycles; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

whole context. Ely: In Men and Women of the Corporation, you dig into roles and structures, and you weave it all together into cycles of advantage and disadvantage. I’m curious to know how you think about actually intervening in those... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

flexibility," Collis says. "These are the cycles and choices that companies go through." The answers to these four questions, Collis says, flow out of an understanding of a firm's international advantage. "We talk about competitive... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

growing, high yields) and retailers. It usually takes 8-10 years to develop a completely new tomato variety. Using modern gene mapping technologies to identify traits and accelerate the screening, crossing of existing varieties, and selection of new cultivars, shortens... View Details

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

controllers, growers, or cycle managers on the basis of their line management experience at GE. Using S&P industry reports, we then coded the strategic challenges facing each new company the former GE managers were hired into. Nine of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

12 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Electric Mobility in India

pronounced push for EV requirements and a shorter payback cycle help expedite Log9's adoption and product expansion. Additionally, large domestic incumbents producing competitive batteries focus on the personal mobility sector, leaving... View Details

05 Oct 2016
What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

very proficient in mobilizing capital to stoke innovation and create new industries for sustained growth. It should focus on immense global market opportunities ” Tip Parker suggested what those new global market opportunities might look like: “I think a whole new... View Details