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- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
at the firm level. Second, differences in ownership structure across countries, measured by the difference in sectoral vertical integration indices, are smaller in sectors with similar levels of protection. Finally, ownership structures are more alike among members of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
pagri (turban) was part of the school uniform. On special occasions, we wore the sherwani. The ancient equestrian game of neza bazi (tent pegging) native to the region was played alongside acquired sports of cricket, football and squash.... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
companies in the United States and Europe, divided the work up into small pieces (called microwork), and then sent it to delivery centers in developing regions of the world for completion through a web-based interface. Different from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
someone has to. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: As a helicopter pilot I flew over the remotest regions in the world, places that, in theory, were so very different from my home. Yet looking down from my harbinger of death where I was required to... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
These regions experienced long eras of foreign domination, dealt with extensive state intervention, faced institutional inefficiencies, and experienced extended turbulence. This article suggests that this context drove different business... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 211-088 Briggs Capital was a regional mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that helped owners sell their small firms. The case presents a company that was for sale in the fall of 2010—a troubled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
3 million fans a year, as it has done for nine of its eleven seasons at AT&T Park. However, in an industry where filling the airwaves has become as important as filling the stands, Baer’s brokering of a partnership in a regional sports... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
light. It became clear to many in China that the growth strategy that got China from 1978 to the present was unsustainable and that the country needed a new strategy to resolve the country's regional inequalities, stimulate domestic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
adaptability of socialism. Author Jeremy Friedman traces the socialist experiment over 40 years through the experience of five countries: Indonesia, Chile, Tanzania, Angola, and Iran. These countries would become Cold War battlegrounds and View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
location with access to other business and transportation infrastructures; and the unmet needs of eight million households (with $100 billion in retail demand). Businesses can and do thrive in these regions that have often been... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
"single school system to a system of schools." Entrepreneurs from the region and around the country had flocked to New Orleans to run schools and provide the talent those schools needed to help their students succeed. State... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
J. Barling, and S. Clegg. Sage Publications, 2008 Abstract Globalization and regionalization of business have increasingly compelled researchers to integrate the concept of cultural variation into business research and practice. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
linear, making you linger and pause and consider, rather than an easy search-and-grab. If you think about the origins of Starbucks, it was a process filled with friction: The barista would ask about your family and educate you about coffee growing View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
in Sweden. For decades, the company had compensated sales people with a base salary and a monthly quota. But anecdotes from regional managers indicated it might be time for a change—largely thanks to the weather. “In Sweden what happens... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Alumni Angels of Greater New York, the largest angel group in NY state; the regional alumni New Venture Competition; and programs featuring world-class speakers and HBS professors. Annual Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Together The HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
another Midwest wind developer as much as it needed someone who could figure out the transmission problem.” The scope of the challenge becomes clear in Skelly’s description of Clean Line’s $2.5 billion Plains & Eastern Project, which will carry wind energy from the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
environmental issues such as global warming and limited natural resources, as well as geopolitical instability issues in certain regions of the world. This is nothing new for the oil and gas players. They have been exposed to these... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Stetson College of Law, the younger James became CEO of Raymond James in 1970 and set out to build the company. But the bear market of the early 1970s sent the small firm reeling; James retrenched and rode out the bad times. When the market picked up, in addition to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
technological competence in the schools, infrastructure, friendliness to foreign visitors, and marketing the region to the world," explains Kanter. Commission member Paul Guzzi, president of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, views... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry