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14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14

relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three case studies—software, animation and mobile telephony—we illustrate two key sources of inefficiencies that this mismatch can create, all... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Oct 2010
News

Why Wal-Mart Went Shopping in Africa

Keywords: Professor Rajiv Lal; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

Working PapersCatering to Characteristics (revised) Authors:Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Arjun Chopra

(including production systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for 10 of the top 20 Global financial institutions), managed over 200M hours of uptime in the public cloud and was recognized as one of AWS' top 22 partners world-wide. Arjun... View Details

21 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits

assets, particularly agriculture, is the asset class that is most susceptible to climate change. The global food system contributes upwards of one-third of all anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions, so agriculture is also an area where... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Mar 2012
News

Donor Spotlight

Investing in HBS Great Expectations Model Teamwork Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech FIELD 2: Global Intelligence FAQ Walter Haydock When it comes to philanthropy, Walter Haydock (MBA 1979) may shun the spotlight, but the... View Details

Keywords: veterans; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

17 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Innosight

Catherine Curtis, Global Recruiting Manager, Innosight Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Innosight is a growth strategy consulting firm that helps leading organizations to design and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

28 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship

Brooks and Oprah Winfrey, on their recent book launch focused on pursuing happiness: Build the Life You Want. It was refreshing to learn that even globally iconic figures—such as Oprah—go through the same rollercoaster of second-guessing... View Details

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2019
News

Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society

Curriculum. To address this need, the School piloted a new daylong program, Viewpoints, this past spring. “Our goal was to help students understand how they need to think about the broader social context in which firms operate and how the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

relative to local firms. In countries with weak capital markets and burdensome regulatory regimes, multinational firms can use their internal capital and product markets to access global resources while... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

contest. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54708 June 2018 Management Science Personal and Social Usage: The Origins of Active Customers and Ways to Keep Them Engaged By: Lee, Clarence, Elie Ofek, and Thomas Steenburgh Abstract—We study... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

This article examines product market strategy from the perspective of positioning, using the value-based strategy framework. Publisher's link: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/esm/doifinder/10.1057/9781137294678.0543 Working Papers The View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

$100 million after just one year. “Private equity has become more acceptable than it was five years ago,” says Dhawan. “At one time, entrepreneurs were afraid that taking money would mean a loss of control.” As the number of success stories grew, however, and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

shelf?” When they dug deeper, Cohen and his colleagues found evidence that energy sector firms are making substantial investments in alternative energy projects. In particular, energy firms are significant... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

06 Jun 2012
News

Fellowship Funder

communicate complex and at times dry subject matter clearly, simply, and with homespun charm,” recalls Mencoff, who went on to become a founding partner and co-CEO of Madison Dearborn Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm with... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jun 2015
News

Fast Forward

Illustration by Chris Gash The School’s US Competitiveness Project launched four years ago with a simple but ambitious goal: figure out how companies in the United States can better compete in the global economy while raising living... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2012
News

Faculty Books

as venture capital and buyouts but excluding hedge funds—has become a much larger, more influential part of the global economy over the past two decades. The authors—Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking; Leamon, an... View Details

Keywords: Professor Amy C. Edmonson; Professor Boris Groysberg; Professor Josh Lerner; Teaching Fellow Ann Leamon; Professor Leslie A. Perlow; Professor of Management Practice Felda Hardymon;; social media; Finance

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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

What's the best way for brands to go global? How are global brands best managed? Under which conditions should a firm pursue a global branding strategy versus a portfolio of... View Details

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