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  • 29 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

508-030 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508030 Mayhem on Madison (A) Harvard Business School Case 208-067 In his first project, an aspiring property... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

that would define the world of technology and transform our lives. At their peaks, Microsoft, Apple, and Intel were collectively worth some $1.5 trillion. Strategy Rules examines these three individuals collectively for the first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

S. Grossman, and Ryan JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 512-026 When Diane Paulus, artistic director and CEO of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) first started in 2008, she attracted media coverage around an aesthetic that aimed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27

Jones, G. Abstract—This article highlights the role of business enterprises as influences on ideals of human beauty. The homogenization of such ideals has been one of the most noteworthy features of globalization over the last two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

Materials"L'Occitane en Provence Bo Becker, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Scott Mayfield, and Mayuka YamazakiHarvard Business School Case 212-051 Cosmetics company L'Occitane en Provence must decide if it is the right time to go public, and,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

an alternative commitment device that is widespread and highly accessible, but there is little empirical evidence evaluating their effectiveness. We conduct two randomized field experiments among low-income micro-entrepreneurs in Chile. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

expenditures on education per capita and led to higher literacy rates and to more schools per children. The resulting distribution of human capital across states persists until today. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1566887... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Human beings are critical to the functioning of the vast majority of operating systems, influencing both the way these systems work and how they perform. Yet most formal analytical models of operations assume that the people who... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

insufficient) risk, forgo profitable projects, and ignore the cost of capital. We describe the causes of the problems associated with widely prevalent executive bonus plans and offer our recommendations for fixing them. We focus on choosing the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jan 2015
  • News

China Still Isn't Ready to be a True Global Leader

Keywords: China; economic development; globalization; politics; human rights; Government
  • February 2020
  • Case

Drift: The First Sales Hire

By: Mark Roberge
David Cancel and Elias Torres, the co-founders of Drift, scaled their business to thousands of users and hundreds of thousands in revenue. However, they were falling short of the annual revenue target they communicated to the board of directors. Having scaled the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Salesforce Management; Selection and Staffing
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  • 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

this loss of land, mining-related environmental degradation, and allegations of human rights abuses, a coalition of five indigenous communities forged an alliance with a group of domestic and international... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

in China. So far he had been able to attract a large number of Chinese-born but U.S.-trained scientists to play a critical role in establishing the site. How sustainable was this strategy, and what were the key things he had to do right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2017 (Revised August 2018)
  • Supplement

The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (D)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Saloni Chaturvedi
This supplements the (A) case by summarizing key developments in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry after the fire at Tazreen Fashions factory, including formation of the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord (“Accord”) and the Alliance for Bangladesh... View Details
Keywords: Apparel; Bangladesh; Corporate Responsibility; Human Rights; Supply Chains; Labor; Working Conditions; Supply Chain; Safety; Rights; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Bangladesh
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  • March 2017 (Revised December 2017)
  • Case

The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (A)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Saloni Chaturvedi
Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing challenge for managers and an area of debate. Much of the debate approaches the challenge from the perspective of large global apparel brands. This case helps... View Details
Keywords: Apparel; Bangladesh; Corporate Responsibility; Human Rights; Supply Chains; Labor; Working Conditions; Supply Chain; Safety; Rights; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Bangladesh
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  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

Walker, who has been credited as the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, created a hair-care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007

Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market Authors:Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda, and M. Julia Prats Abstract Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

of lighter labor market regulations and more human capital specialize relatively more in people management. There is evidence for complementarities between information and communication technology, decentralization, and management, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

Churchill and Judah Folkman-and telling the stories of how they came to power and how they made the most important decisions of their lives, Indispensable reveals how, when, and where a single individual in the right place at the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16

in managing business analytics and big data at the enterprise level. It includes key applications of analytics, human and organizational issues in building analytical capabilities, and case studies of the application of analytics in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne