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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Everything depends on oil: Without a boost in output, there will be insufficient electricity, little money, and few well-paying jobs. Production is still below 1990 levels. But sanctions and secrecy are gone. Iraq’s urgent need is to... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
arises from a major economic, social, and institutional breakdown that jeopardizes the subsidiary's existence. Argentina defaulted on it sovereign debt and devalued the peso by over 200%, but it differentiated the treatment of the FX rate to be applied to various... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
is to work with leaders to help them reach their full potential—so they, in turn can help other people. DM: Now do you think, Bill, that it's necessary to have that kind of real deep crucible experience in order to become a transformational leader. BG: Well, View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
three options to address this threat: doing nothing, licensing the focal IP ex ante, and paying agents to stay loyal. His optimal choice depends on external parameters-the share of untrustworthy agents in the population, the intensity of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
its own performance was critically dependent on the ability of its key suppliers to manufacture goods quickly, responsively, and at low cost. Kenyon developed a sourcing leadership theme on its strategy map that stressed development and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
As Stan is indicating in that quote, there's a big difference between experienced and inexperienced entrepreneurs. SS: Does that mean that if you're constructing a mentoring program that you don't want a master teaching a novice? DL: That's a good question. I think it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
non-integrated inputs by combining information on the production activities of firms operating in more than 100 countries with input-output tables. In line with the model's predictions, we find that whether a firm integrates upstream or downstream suppliers View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-075_dd85c737-feab-43d5-bb28-14db5eceb5ae.pdf The Founder's Resource‐Dependence Challenge By: Wasserman, Noam Abstract—Does the degree to which founders keep control of their startups affect company value? I argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
compete on the basis of brands and reputation, and in sectors where companies' products significantly depend upon extracting large amounts of natural resources. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-035.pdf The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
individuals who can and want to embrace the disruption, who understand how to thrive in ambiguity and respond quickly to its unforeseen challenges. These aspects, the leader realized, depend more heavily on an individual’s temperament and... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
twist. General Motors once anchored New Center. Now, with the development of the light-rail just blocks away, there’s a possible future where even Detroit could become less dependent on cars. National retailers are buying into Cummings’s... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008
launched, especially so that it is not overly dependent on sales of a particular business like LCD glass. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608108 ghSMART & Co.,... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
WhiteHarvard Business School Case 713-015 For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. Between... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
resulting wine. This decision is further complicated by the fact that ripe Riesling grapes can be vinified in two ways, resulting in two different styles of wine. Their relative prices would depend on the uncertain preference of consumers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
integrated innovation? Our model has firms with limited visibility that either control all aspects of product innovation (integrated innovation) or open their designs to components developed by other players (open innovation). We show that the desirability of each... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
anticipation of international students' needs as they enter HBS. The School offers a comprehensive array of services for internationals, from help with class participation and exam preparation skills, to support and advisory services related to adjustment problems and... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
tactical decisions historically have been made by one person — the CEO. But as the business environment has become more global, complex, and dependent upon vast amounts of information, the days of the "solo" CEO seem numbered. Indeed,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
Charles Dickens’s Bleak House can cost as little as $0.99, depending on the edition). HBS senior lecturer Peter Olson sees huge potential in digital readers. “I think this is a great opportunity to make reading more attractive to a... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national reactions to such vulnerability varied so dramatically across the continent? And why have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
predicted, success and failure. Not an onion, certainly. Maybe an avocado: a fruit with a skin that seems tough but still allows for easy bruising by outside forces, with a certain amount of highly perishable reward below—depending on whether you choose well in the... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)