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- 22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22
of 1938 was the first large-scale non-Communist expropriation of foreign-owned natural resource assets. The literature generally makes three assertions: the U.S. government did not fully back the companies, Mexico did not fully compensate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
departments—with the goal of improving the health of honey bees in general and especially in production agriculture. Building trust is crucial to the relationships CollaborateUp fosters. Activists fear business executives will take... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
goals without providing the structures to educate senior executives in the specific challenges faced by various constituencies. In addition, these strategies often don't provide models that teach or encourage new behaviors. IBM has taken... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
FDI to the United States has averaged 4.3 percent while the average for outbound FDI from the United States has been 12.1 percent. Second, this remarkable return differential doesn't reflect a more general differential in investment... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
whole new generation is being encouraged to think of news not as something which goes with toast and marmalade, but as something which is critical to performance." The news and media leaders in this new environment, said Job, will... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
profit-driven. In contrast, PE requires profits to generate returns (ideally, outsized returns) for investors. Crossbridge Energy has a detailed strategy to do just that. However, as a company owned by an American PE firm, if the... View Details
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Steve Alden
relevant to the international scope of the credit crisis." In addition to presenting fresh cases, the school brings in exciting speakers. "Michael Dell, Jack Welch of General Electric, Paul... View Details
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Strategic Management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School presents "Preference vs. Practice: Unintended Consequences of Gender Preferences in Innovation Acceleration" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Of Margins and Modalities Laura Liswood Laura Liswood,... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
beverages, and after verifying the similarity of their responses, we generated a model that calculates the expected average healthiness rating that experts would give to any other product based on its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce... View Details
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Finalists | New Venture Competition
cancer. Earthbond Chidalu Onyenso (MBA 2023) Earthbond is a platform that connects urban Nigerians with affordable financing for clean, reliable energy. We leverage group financing and carbon accounting to lower costs and risk in the energy transition of Nigeria's $14B... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
in the water and becoming contaminated by toxins and microorganisms. In this state, it’s difficult or impossible to recycle. Established in 2017, OceanCycle replicates the model in Haiti to stop plastic from getting into the water in the... View Details
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
3,399 restaurants, grocers, and schools in Alaska, Illinois, and New Jersey. The information contained names of the inspectors and establishments inspected, date and time of the inspection, and violations recorded. In addition to studying... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
official International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide sponsors are said to pay $90 to $100 million each for the right to use the rings globally in their marketing efforts. These companies typically spend large additional amounts on... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
recoup investments, to limit piracy from cannibalizing revenues, and, so it is believed, to capitalize on the buzz that a movie has generated in the U.S. Our study provides evidence for the latter: We show that the longer a movie's... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
those skills, he says, gave him “the general management training and opportunities I knew I needed to pursue a strong leadership career in business.” Along with lifelong ties to classmates, he says courses such as The Moral Leader, taught... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
commencing approximately two years down the road. In the new hiring regime for federal judicial law clerks, by contrast, judges are exhorted to follow a set of start dates for considering and hiring applicants during the fall of the third year of law school. Using the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
to the customer over time. Customer relationships become continuous and open-ended, service becomes more efficient and proactive, and new business models are enabled. The rich data on location and environment that products provide take... View Details
- 14 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
What is a Career Coach?
pick their coaches based on coach bios and/or recommendations from our office. These bios generally include information such as the industries and companies where the coach has worked, what type of coaching they tend to do (deep... View Details