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- 01 Mar 2010
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Faculty Books
financial globalization; and the challenges and policies of large economies. The cases, set in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, approach these themes by exploring institutional detail in deep local context,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Online Job Bank Debuts
Services. She notes that as of mid-December, the job bank had posted more than 1,000 positions in 47 geographic regions (primarily in the United States), representing 61 industries and 34 functional areas. Of its strong portfolio of job... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
industrial commons, which represents the collective capability to sustain innovation. Pisano: Is there a future? Yes. It’s not too late. There’s still a manufacturing base in the United States, and it’s quite large even though it’s a... View Details
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Viktor Puzakov
his interest in general management and his desire to be prepared to manage internationally, HBS “was the only school I applied to.” The experience has once again encouraged him to dig deeper. “Engineers are not encouraged to express ideas,” Viktor says. “But to be... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
current quarter. But are they painting an accurate picture of a company’s current performance? The researchers discovered something they didn’t expect: When a strong showing seemed to be under way for a company, managers at announcement... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
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Moving Mountains
Charlie Barco passed away unexpectedly in 1994, he left a strong operation in the capable hands of his wife and daughter. "My parents understood the importance of long-range planning in a family business," says Kathy Barco, who had completed the first of three OPM... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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Maurice Taylor
Maurice Taylor was raised in Detroit, where his family still lives. “As a city, we’ve seen difficult times,” he says. “I’m driven to make a positive impact.” The challenge? “I needed to find an education with the optimal mix of practical lessons,” Maurice adds. “The... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Comfort Zone
in places like the United States, will be able to manage their own journey from airport arrival to boarding—but that’s not yet the reality everywhere. In markets where people are just starting to travel, there is huge space for growth and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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New News
South Asian diaspora and the South Asia–curious, that launched in 2017. It’s an open tent for anyone who’s interested in the region and its people, and most of our subscribers are currently from the United States. Michael Aft: The New... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
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A Call to Innovation
BIG BETS: Kao proposes investment in research and education. Robert Gumpert/NB Pictures As innovation guru and former HBS faculty member John Kao (MBA ’82) sees it, the United States is already losing on the great economic battleground of... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
ways that are often invisible. A provocative new book by economists Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner describes what's wrong, but shines a light on ways to fix the system, too. Their book, Innovation and Its... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Feb 2002
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Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
that chance. What are some of that story's highlights? One striking aspect is that by the mid-1980s, the United States had almost entirely lost both the computer and the consumer electronics industries before it recovered in computers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
2003. The experience of starting two inner-city schools fueled Kennealey’s interest in applying to HBS, where he has focused on developing skills in finance, strategy, and operations. “I realized that the fastest, most effective way to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
CEOs have never had so many ways to communicate with their employees. But despite the availability of Slack, internal newsletters, and virtual town hall meetings, organizations can still go quiet. One of the most common culprits: Major... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- 01 Sep 2006
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Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
the unique juncture at which the United States now finds itself, with many speakers urging their audience to get involved in the issues of the day. The event also featured some twenty sessions led by HBS faculty on a variety of subjects... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
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A Walkabout to the Ocean
effective. "When I graduated from high school," Merkl says, "my father gave me 3,000 deutsche marks and told me to leave from the front door of the house and return at the back door, taking the long way around. As naïve as it sounds, I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
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Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
political climate in the United States today, do you think that democracy is in jeopardy? Rebecca Henderson: Yes, I think democracy is in trouble, and there are two key indicators. One is that in the United... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
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Investing for the Long Term in Education
Originally, he worked on libraries. As you know, most of the libraries in the United States and many in other parts of the Commonwealth are Carnegie-funded libraries. We continue to believe at Carnegie that education is important to make... View Details
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Carol Lauson
Junior Achievement project, and in high school, membership in the Business Professionals of America, which took her all the way to the nationals in a business exam competition. "I like numbers," Carol says, "so I was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan
flourished as did the nation’s social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the economy... View Details