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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Clusters, Convergence, & Economic Performance by Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter, Scott Stern This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic performance of industries, clusters View Details

• 24 Nov 2003
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Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

A board's most important function is approval and oversight of strategy and of major strategic decisions, such as acquisitions and large capital expenditures. Boards are... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

• February 1998 (Revised May 2007)
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Winthrop Park Development

By: William J. Poorvu and Elizabeth McLoughlin

Describes a real estate development project in Cambridge, MA and evaluates the market, financial, and design issues in this $20 million mixed-use property. View Details

Keywords: Property; Real Estate Industry; Cambridge

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Poorvu, William J., and Elizabeth McLoughlin. "Winthrop Park Development." Harvard Business School Case 898-194, February 1998. (Revised May 2007.)

• January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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CrossBoundary Energy

By: John Macomber

Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable... View Details

Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; Renewable Energy; Business Growth and Maturation; Developing Countries and Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; Tanzania; Ghana

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Macomber, John. "CrossBoundary Energy." Harvard Business School Case 219-089, January 2019. (Revised December 2019.)

• 22 Mar 2010
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One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

other for more than 10 years, and have often worked together on projects such as cases and articles. After spending over a decade with the Microsoft Office team, Steven was... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

• 28 Jul 2020
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Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

up a task force to determine the extent of the problem and evaluate proposed fixes, some of which Luca had recommended and described in a Harvard Business Review article... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Travel; Entertainment & Recreation; Service

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Sustainable investing and ESG resources

Datastream Formula Builder, choose "Constituent Lists," (under category) and then use the "find series," option to search for  Refinitiv ESG in the Explorer window.  LA4CT is the mnemonic for Asset4.... View Details

• 12 Apr 2004
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Operations and the Competitive Edge

subordinates. Moreover, as we see every day in sporting contexts, there are such things as bad teams: teams that aren't very successful and cause their participants to perform more poorly than if they worked alone. In the book we address... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

• November 2016 (Revised April 2017)
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Basecamp: Pricing

By: Frank Cespedes and Robb Fitzsimmons

A data analyst at Basecamp is evaluating the results of pricing research and its potential implications for the venture’s latest version of its project management software product. View Details

Keywords: Pricing; Entrepreneurial Management; Data Analysis; Marketing; Customer Acquisition; Customer Retention; Value Proposition; Sales Management; Product Management; Market Research; Life Time Value; Testing; Entrepreneurship; Analytics and Data Science; Customers; Value; Sales; Product Marketing; United States

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Cespedes, Frank, and Robb Fitzsimmons. "Basecamp: Pricing." Harvard Business School Case 817-067, November 2016. (Revised April 2017.)

• 19 Feb 2014
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Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

a select number of games in 2007 and 2008 the researchers also analyzed where the pitchers threw the ball over the plate. They found that when the umpire and pitcher were of a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

• 17 Dec 2001
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Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

levels of the company, particularly from the CEO. Evaluate the company's other start-up efforts and how it handled projects that failed in some regard, said Jim Barron, vice... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 19 May 2008
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Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

advantages through their social networks," Cohen and colleagues write. "In addition, laws designed to block these types of information pathways can be effective in curbing selective disclosure. The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

• 11 Mar 2008
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Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

Keywords: by Nava Ashraf, Xavier Giné & Dean Karlan; Food & Beverage

• 14 Feb 2022
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Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

their organizations are leveraging, especially those related to cybersecurity, AI (artificial intelligence), and cloud services. In particular, they should appreciate the underlying logic of AI so they can interpret View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology