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- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
taxes. I generalize the conventional model to incorporate multiple normative frameworks. I then show that if the principle of equal sacrifice-a classic, comprehensive criterion of fair taxation proposed by John Stuart Mill and associated... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
their favorite watering hole and discussed the challenge of cutting $600 million out of the operating budget. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=503112 South Dakota Wheat Growers Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users prefer to consume the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
landlord, the entrepreneur, or the worker contributed most to England's prosperity. Later, as HBS Dean, Gay's primary duty was to prepare his students for their role in the administrative organization that was emerging as the business View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.” Today, Sulyman is carrying out that vision as vice president of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
Fifty-three-year-old Vescovo, his long blond hair pulled back into a ponytail, meticulously monitored the operation of the submersible, which he had christened the Limiting Factor. He watched the depth gauge creep up: 7,192 meters, the... View Details
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
themselves more and worry about mission impact. I believe nonprofit leaders get too bogged down in operational issues, be it fundraising, or managing the board, or program execution. They need to be more strategic. Q: What role can HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
an average of 20 to 30 minutes just to learn how to shop in most text-based Internet grocery-shopping systems. By contrast, it takes them only two to three minutes to learn how to shop in a 3-D virtual store modeled after a familiar... View Details
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Jeremy Andrus
like? We went public in July 2011, a few months after I was put in the CEO role, so there wasn’t a lot of breathing time. I had worked closely on day-to-day operations with the firm’s founder since 2005, so I was up to speed on most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
increasingly difficult to “plan” one’s way to success. So what is the solution? Emulate successful entrepreneurs. In this book, based on extensive research and interviews, Baker Foundation Professor Schlesinger and his coauthors show how to apply the simple View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy Abstract We conducted an analysis that explores the merits of a low-carbon development strategy for Liberia. This chapter describes both our cost-benefit analysis initiative and a plausible policy process for Liberia. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
its open society and “messy,” yet functioning, market-based democracy as a more conducive environment for long-term development. Its Western-style legal system and transparent financial systems encourage a chaotic, bottom-up approach to growth. “The Chinese View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
money out there looking for interesting new businesses. On the face of it, it’s a match made in heaven, with lots of positives; but beware the negatives. Those investment decisions will shape the future of your business. The standard View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
creation, interpretation, and enforcement of rules. To elaborate, the model rests on five conceptual pillars: 1. Business strategy as game playing. In the new lexicon of business strategy, companies participate in ongoing games in which... View Details
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
innovation, the team knew it was necessary to stand back and look at the big picture—to see how IBM worked now and operate it at its best in order to understand the gaps, dilemmas, and opportunities. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
schedule to be productive. I wanted to discuss skills that have been critical in my own career. Communication is one—reading, writing, and speaking. Another is how you operate within your organization and deal with both those above you... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
sidebar "Are Board Self-Evaluations Enough?") Separate The Positions Of Chairman And Ceo. This suggestion is hardly novel—in fact, splitting the positions is a common practice in many boardrooms outside the United States—but in light of our View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
sustainable model for supporting its $600 million annual research budget. Through careful patenting and vigorous enforcement, it collected $1.4 billion in royalties in 1999. In contrast, Intel does very little basic research. Its... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
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James Reinhart
his venture as a platform for buying and selling used children’s clothing. An entrepreneur, he pointed out, has to look for ways to create value, and he realized his original concept would only succeed with enormous, eBay-level scale. The new thredUP View Details
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
went to Kepple Africa Ventures, a VC that invests exclusively in African startups,” said Takatsuka. “I reached out to him at the beginning of 2021 and explained that I was interested in EdTech startup operations and investment in... View Details