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20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

economics, demonstrating a persistent concern with market fairness—not only fair prices for consumers but also fair competition among businesses. Proponents of fair trade collaborated with regulators to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

Review] Global Business over Time By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. It also shows how global firms, emerging out of industrialized Western... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

for market manipulation (and) used as payment method for online crime.” Bitcoin does not have a future as a currency, Turnbull said, because of the cost of operating sufficient computers to collectively document every single transaction.... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

very notion of a level playing field is a myth. There never has been a level field and there never will be. . . . Let the market decide for itself and it will work out." Radhika Unni adds, "I don't think that there will ever be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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general manager of OgilvyOne Consulting, responsible for creating new offerings in brand and marketing strategy development, planning, analytics, customer experience design, and database marketing. She began... View Details

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

year to the second. The segment now has a dedicated trade association and big expectations to meet: Global Market Insights predicts the sector will reach $30 billion by 2025. Mariah Wood (left) and Vanessa Royle (Courtesy Tilden... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

response to the swine flu pandemic, Sweden created vaccination badges for young people to post on social media, providing them prestige and social status. 3. Late majority and laggards: Incentivize their FOMO The late majority and... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

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By: Debora L. Spar

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American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006

DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

U.S. market in the late 1960s, Firestone, along with most of the major American tire manufacturers, suffered costly setbacks and lost significant market share. By 1988, Firestone had been acquired by... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

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investment banking to enter the world of politics and public policy. He was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Canadian Arctic Gas, a consortium of twenty-six Canadian and U.S. oil and gas companies to build a trans-Canadian natural gas pipeline to View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Task Force

world following China’s path. “It was an incredibly powerful wave that I wanted to ride—to build a digital business that would help people in emerging markets use their smartphones to connect to markets and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

21 Nov 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

how we shop. So in that sense, if you create a sustainable business within that industry, you’re much more likely to have impact because it’s so influential. Q: Tell us a little bit about the fashion industry. A: Fashion is one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion

December 2006
Case

Southern Company's Investment in CEMIG

In the spring of 1997, Southern Company had the opportunity to acquire a significant portion of the electric utility in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The shares in the utility, CEMIG, were being sold by the state government as part of a comprehensive... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Privatization; Investment; Acquisition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Utilities Industry; Brazil

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23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

Buyers and sellers in mature industrial markets can turn single transactions into long-term beneficial relationships by a deeper understanding of the complex connection between the two, says Harvard Business School professor Narakesari... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

For the past six months, there has been a lot of handwringing about the market downturn. Most everyone has been advising entrepreneurs to marshal their capital, cut costs, and extend their runway. In essence, play defense. Many investors... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

07 May 2013
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Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all private equity investments.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2023
News

The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics

What are you doing, and how are you training these people who are creating these disasters? MORE Hear Professor Luca discuss how platform companies like Airbnb can reduce bias online in this episode of Cold Call. MORE: Hear Professor Luca... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

October of my first year was the first gay anything I did, and I wasn’t even sure I was gay. After a number of unfortunate incidents in class occurred, I remember sitting in this apartment and saying, “This is terrible, but we’re learning so much great stuff in View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

establish the institute. His first approach did not work; what should he do now? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/306072-PDF-ENG Communispace Anat KeinanHarvard Business School Case 510-018 Communispace is the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market by discovering customer jobs to be done and aligning... View Details

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