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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
surrounding their adoption. This finding raises the possibility that even though GPs facilitate some value-increasing acquisitions, they do have, on average, an overall negative effect on shareholder wealth; this effect could be due to GPs weakening the force of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
GUIDES framework for both developed countries (the OECD) and fast-growing emerging markets (the BRINCS countries). Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711067-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
Lauder, L'Oreal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us. This book provides the first authoritative history of the global beauty industry from its emergence in the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring how today's global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
that’s essential for creativity and efficiency. Chopped-up schedules interrupt deep thinking, so people come to work early, stay late, or use weekends for quiet time to concentrate. And dysfunctional meeting behaviors are associated with lower levels of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
far more attention. In this compelling and authoritative new book, the authors document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives as well as from a detailed analysis of current curricula and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
colleagues, he has also begun looking at how competitive shocks affect industry structure and business strategy in emerging markets. Adam Brandenburger and Assistant Professor Harborne W. Stuart, Jr., have worked together over a number of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
your career? As a partner in a venture capital firm, I have the opportunity to meet and fund amazing entrepreneurs who are building innovative companies in large markets. I am constantly inspired by their determination to take on big challenges by disrupting existing... View Details
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
We are NET12, an MIT|HBS startup focused on accelerating a carbonless future by helping corporations reach and sustain their net zero goals efficiently. NetaCarbon - Grace Lam (MBA 2024) - NetaCarbon is a service provider that partners with climate businesses in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
mobile market in the world, with the lowest tariffs globally, a model that has been adopted elsewhere internationally, Mittal notes. Looking ahead, by diversifying into emerging business areas in India’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
Madison Dearborn sold Fieldglass to SAP for four times what they had paid us—$1 billion. What a miss! In retrospect, the company had just begun its growth trajectory and market dominance. Moral of the story: If you have the opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
systems built by our forbearers and work toward a more just future. Marketing Alternative Investments: A Comprehensive Guide to Fundraising and Investor Relations for Private Equity and Hedge Funds By Hemali Dassani (MBA 1999) and Nandu... View Details
- May 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Infosys Technologies
By: Ashish Nanda and Thomas J. DeLong
Creating and sustaining a third-world-based technology company to compete globally (i.e. in the first-world) poses many challenges. Such challenges are examined through the genesis and progression of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Key decisions made by Chairman N.R.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Business Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Technological Innovation; Emerging Markets; Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Thomas J. DeLong. "Infosys Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 801-445, May 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
humanity in the products he invented and in the endeavors of those who created them. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
domestic consumer market regulation as a source of national competitiveness. Q: Although not a subject of your study, I wonder if you have thoughts on how consumer protections are evolving in emerging View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
promising distance learning initiative that will enrich the prematriculation process for incoming students. In Executive Education, the Program for Global Leadership now includes distance learning modules on global financial markets and... View Details
- January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
CrossBoundary Energy
By: John Macomber
Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable... View Details
Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; Renewable Energy; Business Growth and Maturation; Developing Countries and Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices and Conditions; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; Tanzania; Ghana
Macomber, John. "CrossBoundary Energy." Harvard Business School Case 219-089, January 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
experts have deemed this approach inadequate. As Pankaj Ghemawat notes: The emphasis on folding non-market considerations into the analysis of market relationships tends to focus on the effects of non-market variables . . . at the expense... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
I also had two experiences where family members were really sick and having a great doctor changed the trajectory of their lives. Being able to have that impact seemed incredibly meaningful; and I decided to specialize in Emergency... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
domestic skills market is far more relevant to the future of American workers than potential job losses through expanded trade with other Pacific-rim nations. Signs of distress The long-term structural decline of American jobs began well... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption
Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive InnovationChristensen's classic article from 2003 about the six keys to creating new-growth businesses. The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne