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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Peru

Data Tool to download specific indicators of interest, including indicators relating to consumer consumption, income, demographics, etc. Peru EIU Country Report (PDF) Oxford Business Group Country Reports Useful for: in-depth View Details

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Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips

information in Bloomberg? Real Estate Investment Securities How can I get real estate information in Bloomberg? Short Interest Data How can I find short interest by company in Bloomberg? Stock Analysis How... View Details

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Mergers & Acquisitions: deal type

types, see other menus, e.g., M&A Details (includes LBOs, joint ventures) or Buyback Details (upper right) and then select Features For even more types, use the search box right above the screening criteria to search for View Details

13 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 13, 2007

contribute to longer term complementary effects which work to overcome the losses from cannibalization. Our results are based on both interrupted time series analysis and a difference-in-differences analysis... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2001
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Why Evolutionary Software Development Works

ratings were gathered using a two-round Delphi (in which information from the first round is given to all experts to help them make their final assessment). To assess the resource productivity of each project, the researchers calculated a measure of the lines of new... View Details

Keywords: by Alan MacCormack; Technology

01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes

explores these differences in a working paper titled "Limits to Globalization: Organizational Homogeneity and Diversity in the Semiconductor Industry." Extensive interviews with managers at nine major firms (four American and five Japanese) and an View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

01 Jun 2022
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Eyes in the Skies

climate change, with its attendant rise in extreme (and extremely disruptive) weather—has whetted the commercial sector’s appetite for worldwide data and analytics. “That combination of things means that the world really does need... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

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Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources

rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none;">Capital IQ Data on M&A transactions, public and private companies, investment firms, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous... View Details

24 Mar 2022
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Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

seek work once benefits ended, the authors examined a sample of low-income workers who typically have limited access to credit. Using detailed banking data from Earnin, a financial services company that offers workers access to their... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. (MBA 1978) (Harvard Business Review Press) Part of a manager’s job is making tough calls, and the hardest challenge can be resolving “gray area” problems, situations where analysis of the facts and View Details

06 Oct 2011
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How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

think the data exists." (In these instances, I came up with estimates and went on with the necessary calculations.) I wasn't surprised. How many of us have sat in on board meetings where the analysis of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Analysis with Robo-Analysts Using machine-learning technology, New Constructs creates cleaned up financial statement data that removes accounting distortions. This powerful View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 29, 2006

Working PapersInternational Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. Using a unique View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2016
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One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

showed that immigrants who come into the country at a young age build better growing firms than those who come to the United States as adults. So far, the analysis only scratches the surface of what the platform could potentially tell us... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Oct 2016
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China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer

partner level,” he said. “They are brilliant, work 100 hours a week and are intensely competitive.” When considering in which startups to invest capital, Breyer said if the company does not include an artificial intelligence data View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

22 Sep 2008
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The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

geographic office location," Stuart says. Although the research doesn't try to answer why corporate silos are so difficult to tear down, Stuart hopes the data will help managers understand, pinpoint, and remove bottlenecks within their... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting

data science (2) get comfortable using Python and SQL for data analysis and (3) meet other HBSers interested in data science. Yuki Yaguchi (MBA... View Details

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Career Advancement | Research Associates

opportunity for qualified candidates to expand their research resume before pursuing doctoral studies. Although these positions are not affiliated with the school’s doctoral program, they offer a wide variety of faculty-driven research challenges—from the collection... View Details

27 Aug 2012
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Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

fixing easy-to-solve problems had greater improvement in safety climate than those focused on identifying a bunch of hard-to-solve ones. "To our knowledge, this tradeoff between analysis and action in process improvement programs has not... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

01 Oct 2001
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Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

William Lawrence University Professor. "This is a tremendously exciting undertaking," declared HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. "Under Michael Porter's leadership, the ISC will quickly become a highly valuable and visible source of important ideas, information, and View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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