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  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Faculty Books

offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies from around the world, this book shows how to mine sales data to identify “home-run” products, reinvent forecasting and pricing strategies, and extract maximum value from... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade; Water Transportation; Transportation
  • 11 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman Abstract—Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

that estimate the amount of money "left on the table" by stronger founders who agree to an equal split. We estimate that the value at stake is approximately 10% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2021 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Ayn Rand: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the life of Ayn Rand from Russia to Hollywood to New York City. The case describes how Rand fled communist Russia and, in reaction to the deprivations she experienced under communism, developed a philosophy idealizing free will and personal... View Details
Keywords: Writing; Values and Beliefs; Economic Systems; Society; Mission and Purpose; Success; Work-Life Balance; Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry
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  • March 2010
  • Article

Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages

By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda and Selin Sayek
Do multinational companies generate positive externalities for the host country? The evidence so far is mixed varying from beneficial to detrimental effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth, with many studies that find no effect. In order to provide an... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Financial Markets; Value; Stock Shares; Development Economics
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  • 18 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

most profitable. "Not only are merchandise profits higher under contingent free shipping than under free shipping, but our estimates imply that the firm could derive even higher merchandise profits by increasing both its flat... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

  PublicationsSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcácer and Paul Ingram Publication:American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). Abstract Global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

School of Business, estimates that the total cost to long-term mutual fund investors of just the latter of these practices is about $5 billion per year. John Bogle, founder of the Vanguard family of mutual funds, suggests that mutual fund... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

compelling interview series brings you the perspectives of global leaders whose values are consistent with the mission of HBS BiGS. Tune in to hear insightful conversations with CEOs from across the region about businesses' pivotal role... View Details
  • Web

Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Production: A Cooperative Enterprise What the industrial worker wants is . . . a method of living in social relationship with other people and . . . as part of this an View Details
  • 25 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

bring a gentler capitalism to post-apartheid South Africa. Like her other colleagues on the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Commission, Charnley believed that each black business executive had a responsibility to effect positive change... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Portrait Project

Michael Nkansah

century. Africa's economic rise has set the stage for a transportation revolution—one I intend to help shape. I will build an airline that links the remotest parts of the continent, connecting its people and markets. I learned the View Details
  • Portrait Project

Rohit Pursram

"To find fulfillment, don't exist with life. Embrace it." – Jim Beggs I hope to achieve balance between the depth and breadth of my life experiences, to pursue my passions of music, media, art, and economic development with... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

value creation for shareholders overall. August 2013 Quarterly Journal of Economics Last-place Aversion: Evidence and Redistributive Implications By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Ryan Buell, Taly Reich, and Michael... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2016
  • Supplement

Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (B)

By: Joshua Margolis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman
The case complements “Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel’s Cellular Market (A),” HBS case number 417-017, which addresses reforms to regulations in Israel’s telecommunications industry initiated and implemented under the leadership of... View Details
Keywords: Market Reform; Political Leadership; Industry Regulation; Regulatory Reforms; Economic Sectors; Private Sector; Public Sector; Values and Beliefs; Ethics; Geography; Geopolitical Units; Country; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Market Design; Market Participation; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Telecommunications Industry; Communications Industry; Public Administration Industry; Israel
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  • 28 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

3 Concerns I Had about HBS

would be critical, but worried that a random sampling (my section) wasn’t necessarily the ideal place for forming them. By the second half of my EC year, I’d estimate that 50% of my closest friends are from my section, and 50% are not.... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/Issuer_Quality_2013_RFS_Final.pdf The Cost of High-Powered Incentives: Employee Gaming in Enterprise Software Sales Authors:Larkin, Ian Publication:Journal of Labor Economics Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

Faculty Books

of international capital markets. Several cases go inside multinational firms to consider how hedging strategies can be devised, how to value assets around the world, and how to pursue major financings that capitalize on distinct legal... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

Publication:Journal of Public Economics Abstract We examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2015
  • Blog Post

How to Get a Global Perspective at HBS

value the most at HBS is the diversity of my classmates, and the fact that I get to learn from all of them every day. I’ve loved getting to learn about different cultures and experiences in business. I value... View Details