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- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
the Japanese model of government policy actually did not work, and does not explain the Japanese economic miracle. We show that, in fact, the reverse was the case: that the approach is actually at the root of most of what is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
geographic friction influence FDI and present the key empirical studies and findings. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52121 January–February 2017 Harvard Business Review Africa's New Generation of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA
4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy 4.0 General Policies This policy outlines guidance and requirements for and restrictions on demonstrations and other forms of dissent on the Harvard Business School campus. It complements the... View Details
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
private firms (firms incorporated before 1985). Sectors dominated by state-owned and traditional private firms before 1988-1990, with assets, sales, and profits representing shares higher than 50%, generally remained so in 2005. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
other hand, the Bank has no required procedures for developing policy, and no clear minimum standards for soliciting or incorporating public inputs in its lending operations. As a result, public participation is usually ad hoc and discretionary, and the Bank View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
supplements correct dosages for each horse. You can probably picture what happened next: the hasty return trip to SmartPak’s offices and the tears and bad feelings that come from cutting short a visit to the Magic Kingdom when you have three children under the age of... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
to $2.6 million for its limited edition platinum Grand Complication, which takes one year to craft. Capturing value from innovation The company seemed a perfect model for a study in how to price products. Mainly, how do you think about... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
sound like a throwback way of delivering care, but paired with a few critical 21st-century upgrades—technology-enabled efficiency and patient-centered design—this community-based care model may represent one of Japan’s best hopes for the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
expertise to improve the lives of children and youth of low-income families in the Washington, D.C., region. Morino is the author of Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity. Alnoor S. Ebrahim is an associate professor in the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://hbr.org/2012/05/six-myths-of-product-development/ar/1 Working PapersLearning by Supplying Authors:Juan Alcácer and Joanne Oxley Abstract Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
and was on track to generate $75 million in revenue. Kraus then cofounded and sold the high-end travel website Spire. Now Kraus is examining the place of women entrepreneurs as a scholar. During her time at HBS—as a member of the faculty... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
groups such as Boko Haram, which at least promise something to eat. Kola Masha Managing Director, Doreo Partners Masha's Babban Gona system turns subsistence farmers into commercial growers using a franchise model that provides everything... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
corporate wellness market by partnering with health plans and employers, and has expanded into more general health and wellness areas, with apps for people who want to eat better, for instance, or be more fit. After discovering that their... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
is increasingly being called on to be part of the solution. How business can do this most effectively is the focus of the GPP's research and scholarly activity. Multinationals Leading The Way While GPP faculty note that it is too early to declare any View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
of high growth, such that an entire generation of partners has never experienced a downturn. “While there was once an acceptance that consulting yielded moderate financial returns vs. other investment professionals, many now enter the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
in part, by how much it gave away. If that seems counterintuitive at best and downright crazy at worst, think again. The Bridgespan Group, the consultancy they created, has turned the standard business model on its head. While consultants... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
identifying the types of GPs that drive the identified correlation between GPs and reduced shareholder value. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1718488 August 2013 American Journal of Managed Care Testimonials Do Not Convert Patients... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
and breastfeeding – this is no surprise. That said, the student mother community at HBS is growing every year. In 2020 almost every section could have one mother in the mix, to add a unique perspective to case discussions and to act as a role View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
course this year was why are earbuds hip- DM: [laughs] SWG: ... but hearing aids are not? [laughing] And, and it makes perfect sense, you know. And why shouldn't it be so that everybody who happens to have something in their ear is considered hip. DM: You have this,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
view. This stand-alone book tells the inspiring story of a new generation of mice who begin to reexamine what others have taken for granted and to ask the important questions. Rather than simply accepting their fate and dutifully chasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne