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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research
penetration, storage technologies are playing an increasingly important role in matching variable renewable supply with demand. Batteries have become the dominant investment choice for short-term storage... View Details
- October 1995 (Revised June 1996)
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Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.
Li & Fung, one of the largest export trading companies in Asia, works primarily as an agent to connect U.S. and European manufacturers and retailers of nondurable, mass-market consumer goods with suppliers located all over East Asia who manufacture products according... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Marketplace Matching; Supply Chain Management; Trade; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Asia; United States; Europe
Loveman, Gary W., and Jamie O'Connell. "Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 396-075, October 1995. (Revised June 1996.)
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
other research here . Related Themes: Monetary Policy & Money Markets, Stabilization Policy & Regulation More Info Covenant-Light Contracts and Creditor Coordination By: Bo Becker & Victoria Ivashina 31 MAR 2016 Leveraged loan markets go... View Details
- August 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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DexAI
By: Jo Tango and Christina Wallace
During a challenging fundraising environment, the DexAI founders received two term sheets with nearly identical economic terms but very different legal ones. The entrepreneurs had to navigate: representations and warranties (their personal guarantees that the company's... View Details
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1.5 Attendance - MBA
or “Travel Disruption” respectively. If a match does not exist in the dropdown menu, students should select “Other.” In case of an emergency absence when it is not possible to report the absence in advance of class, students should... View Details
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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work
retention. Also, how technology can accelerate the adoption. Read the Transcript Previous Episodes The business logic of supporting carers in the workforce 23 OCT 2024 | Managing the Future of Work Employers can benefit by remapping their talent strategies to View Details
- August 2019
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The Allstate Corporation, 2019
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In July 2019, Allstate, the United States’ number-three property and casualty (P/C) insurer, released its second-quarter earnings, which reported first-half revenues of $22.1 billion, up 11.4% year-over-year. Shareholders cheered the top-line growth, but P/C premiums... View Details
Keywords: Insurance Companies; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Insurance; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Insurance Industry; North America
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "The Allstate Corporation, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 720-366, August 2019.
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Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship
10-15 teams with up to $7,500 in seed capital, matched mentors, and facilitated peer exchange as they race to Demo Day where teams pitch their ventures to investors and entrepreneurs. Read More Rock 100... View Details
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
Each semester students will consult with the Accounting & Management faculty coordinators to receive approval of their course selections. Foundational Courses (2 courses) Microeconomics Theory : A comprehensive two semester sequence on... View Details
- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
gain access to workers' compensation data. Because the data were collected at the company level, the researchers limited their analysis to firms with only one plant, where the effects of an inspection on injury rates and costs could be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Curriculum - Case Method Project
Curriculum Curriculum Cases James Madison, the 'Federal Negative,' and the Making of the U.S. Constitution (1787) This case begins with the American Revolution and concludes at the Constitutional Convention. It describes the many... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers
New businesses often struggle finding their first customers. The challenge is even more difficult with startups in the sharing economy that launch as platforms connecting independent service providers with... View Details
- 25 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?
New York Yankee slugger Aaron Judge, would surpass the $10.7 billion it reported in 2019—the last full season before pandemic interruptions. The league also signed new TV contracts with ESPN and TBS before... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat
associate professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit at Harvard Business School, asks in a new working paper, Who Runs the International System? Power and Staffing at the United Nations Secretariat. He conducted the research View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
performance of ads. When surfers are visiting DART-enabled sites, DART tracks 26 criteria—from keywords in searches, to purchases, to time-of-day surfing, to domain name—in order to develop a user profile. DoubleClick then uses this data to View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
speculation did not match the reality. Respondents guessed that their firm's reputation would be most negatively affected by bribery, followed in speculated impact by business relations, employee morale, and relations View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Intermediaries for the IP Market
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & David Yoffie
- October 2014
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McKinsey & Company, 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2012, McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) was the world's premier management consultancy, providing advice to CEO's and top executives of leading companies around the globe. Many consulting firms were bigger but few could match the reputation McKinsey had built over more... View Details
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
drag on people’s finances, and several benefits would come from liberating people from these loans, he says. “People with a lot of student debt are more fragile and they postpone other life choices, like moving, buying a house, or getting... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
entry strategy for China. So we each have something different, but we know each other well from having lived and worked together in the program. After getting advice from the people in your living group, the next step is to match people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace