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Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920

Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details

Keywords: Commodities; Coffee; Mexico; Foreign Investment; Institutions; Immigration; Developing Agriculture; Development; Export Crop; Emerging Market; Property Rights; Labor History; History; Capital Markets; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America
  • 04 Feb 2022
  • Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

it’s a forward-looking, subjective, creative exercise that requires a lot of imagination. Think about valuing Facebook today. It requires predicting the future of privacy policies around the world, the actions of Google and Amazon in the advertising market, the future... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

investor base. For example, adoption of integrated reporting could be a step in this direction. Integrated reporting provides a holistic picture of the business describing the economic, environmental, and social performance of the corporation as well as the governance... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

competitive system. April 2015 Strategic Management Journal The Throne vs. the Kingdom: Founder Control and Value Creation in Startups By: Wasserman, Noam Abstract—Does the degree to which founders keep control of their startups affect... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

applications present opportunities for job creation by broadening the scope and scale of a company's product portfolio. Conversely, internal-facing applications are more likely to affect knowledge workers' jobs. "AUTOMATING THESE TASKS... View Details
  • March 2006
  • Module Note

Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 4: Sensing Opportunity

By: Alan D. MacCormack
Describes the fourth module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Projects; Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Perspective; Value Creation; Networks; Alignment
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  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

a large scale into selling refrigerated meat and dairy food from New Zealand and Australia to Europe. 3 The upshot was the creation of diversified 'investment groups,' or business groups in the terminology preferred here, around the... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

level of productivity that companies can achieve in a location given the full breadth of conditions that affect their activities there. It is the structured approach towards organizing these conditions and the systemic relationships... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

empirical analysis to be more than sketched in this paper. It is also a field that has not yet taken management as a central subject of empirical study. We shall therefore deal only with some of the central problems of the structure of... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

as to skills in selecting people. Next, as Debbie Lee suggests, " there has to be a great deal of training." Again, high-performance organizations train for skills, not attitude. Nari Kannan points out two other critical components of a self-management... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • September 2024
  • Case

Eat App: Building and Monetizing an End-to-End Dining Experience Solution

By: Elie Ofek and Ahmed Dahawy
Founded in 2015 in Bahrain, Eat App was an up-and-coming player in the global restaurant management software business. In early 2024, having shifted to a product-led growth strategy, the company’s co-founders faced a host of decisions that could greatly impact their... View Details
Keywords: Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Marketing; Negotiation Deal; Internet and the Web; Value Creation; Profit; Revenue; Applications and Software; Product; Food and Beverage Industry; Technology Industry; Bahrain; United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi; Dubai
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  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

structure for some time to come. The first mover takes a risk and gains a temporary advantage (longer if there are follow-on possibilities). The fast follower is up against less risk but also has to recover lost ground. Charles Schwab... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

requirements and other rules, and boards and managers comply. Economies with good governance structures perform better than those lacking such systems. · A board's key functions are overseeing a company's strategy and leadership,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
  • Web

Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

his article with Yanhua Bird and Jodi L. Short, "Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier Labor Practices: The Role of Internal Structural Conditions" ( Organization Science , July–August 2019). Roberto Verganti : Awarded Best... View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Revolving Doors on Analyst Incentive.” Josh Lerner : Appointed Vice Chair, Global Agenda Council on Future of Investing, World Economic Forum, 2014-2016. Kristin W. Mugford : Received the 2015 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching at HBS with Stephen Kaufman for the... View Details
  • December 2022
  • Case

To Feed the Planet: Juan Luciano at ADM

By: Joshua D. Margolis, David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin, Stacy Straaberg and James Weber
In December 2022, Juan Luciano, Chairman and CEO of agribusiness and nutrition giant ADM, considered the next phase of the historic company’s future. Beginning in 2011 when he joined as COO and moving into his tenure as CEO in 2015, Luciano led a transformation of ADM... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture; Leadership; Agribusiness; Acquisition; Business Units; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital; Cash; Cost of Capital; Cost Management; Profit; Food; Global Range; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Value Creation; Transformation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Chicago
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

economies of scale. Highlights The Profitability of Going Digital Introduction to Relative Cost Fixed Costs and Market Structure Show Hide Details Concepts An Introduction to Cost Fixed versus Variable Costs Relative Cost Analysis Supply... View Details
  • 16 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

wide variation in the missions and activities that nonprofits focus on. Additionally, I had an interest in conservation organizations and the social goal of environmental conservation is conducive to the creation of multisite... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace