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21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

firms should create value wherever they are. But when we ask what kind of value and for whom, who are the relevant stakeholders, how is work actually going to be implemented on the ground, there are different answers in different circumstances. That's the intellectual... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

PublicationsThe Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis Authors:Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk Publication:Review of Marketing Science (forthcoming) Abstract We address a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

whistle. 'Chimerica' and Global Asset Markets Authors:Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick Periodical:International Finance 10, no. 3 (winter 2007): 215-239 Abstract In this essay we present a potential explanation for the persistent and, to some eyes, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

firms to make certain enhancements public, creating an incentive for firms to free ride on the contributions of others. This practice raises a number of puzzling issues. First, why should a firm further develop a product if competitors... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

and management problems were carved up by function," he continues. "A typical manager would spend his entire career within one function—say marketing, finance, or accounting—and he would be given only a piece of a larger puzzle... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

are not large in magnitude and appear to be driven mainly by the increased security of tenure provided by the law, rather than by increased access to credit markets or greater land market participation. Getting Unusual Suspects to Solve R&D View Details