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- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
flagship location because of the pandemic, was able to reopen on May 16. She was one of six Black Dallas-Fort Worth entrepreneurs featured. “Go beyond your network to source talent,” she advised. “Make connections with historically Black... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
relations with governments. Emerging markets, or at least the larger and more fast-growing ones in Asia and Latin America, were increasingly seen as indispensable by MNEs in every industry. They were both a place to assemble manufactured goods and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
locate reference groups (ingroups and societal prototype groups) in the most positive cluster (high-competence/high-warmth), unlike individualist data. This demonstrates outgroup derogation without obvious reference-group favoritism. SCM... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
commitments. Second, depletion of existing natural resources means firms will have to develop resources in increasingly remote locations subject to higher levels of sovereign risk such as Chad and Azerbaijan. And finally, the combination... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
location if you’re raising a young family. You might choose to live closer to your aging parents, or you might want to live in New York if you love theater,” he says. “WFA fundamentally solves many issues around not being able to get a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
entrepreneurs succeed. Yet most of us learn them only the hard way. Green shares inside secrets and proven tactics for launching a business, explaining how to locate sure-bet opportunities for improving products, get serious about... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
facilities, well designed and equipped (parking, transportation, services) and located in key developing zones of Chinese growing cities. In the first 27 years, Red Star had opened 115 shopping malls in 85 different cities. With capacity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14
show that independent retailers were actually harmed by the creation of entry barriers against large stores. Instead of simply reducing the number of new large stores entering a market, the entry barriers created the incentive for large retail chains to invest in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
inventions as the top 1% of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent citations. Patenting growth is significantly higher in cities and technologies where breakthrough inventions occur after 1984 relative to peer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/618002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 618-007 Fuyao Glass: Americas Sourcing Decision In today's global economy, what are the factors that go into production location choice? This case... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
new location was about $58,000 and would require a $300,000 build-out. While the owner of Red Hen was excited about the possibility of a new, efficient bakery, he wondered if it was worth the added expense and risk. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
R. Kerr Publication:The American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Why do firms cluster near one another? We test Marshall's (1920) theories of industrial agglomeration by examining which industries locate near one another, or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment
By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Amram Migdal. "Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment." Harvard Business School Case 318-003, February 2018. (Revised August 2018.)
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
these questions. Located in Copenhagen, restaurant Noma routinely tops best restaurant lists. That's in large part due to the singular vision of chef-owner René Redzepi, who is obsessive about using local ingredients (only coffee is... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
of industry applications and geographic locations in the 1990s, and most recently to infrastructure finance in the 2000s. The third section provides a statistical overview of project-financed investment over the last five years (2005 to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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1.5 Attendance | MBA
EC Exams, Papers, and Projects All EC exams are self-scheduled within a particular time frame, time limit, and deadline. Students can choose any location for their self-scheduled exams. Excused absences or extension requests for exams,... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
to provide early childhood education, post-trauma psychosocial support for children, parents, and women, and preschool learning materials and hygiene kits for families in container villages and other locations in the region via mobile... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
transactional. I’ve never met anyone I work with in real life.” —Emily Anadu (MBA 2005) “It is actually possible to get meaningful work done remotely from multiple time zones and remote locations via video conference. I came in a big... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Peru. Later, Lewis decided to pursue a career in business, prompting him to apply to HBS. LEWIS: I was expecting Harvard University to be a more racially diverse campus, but because the location of HBS was isolated from the undergraduate... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
is the prestige and favorable reputation the Games will create for Atlanta and the Southeast," says Frazier. "It will influence people's thinking in terms of where they will choose to locate a business or make an investment." But with so... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons