Modern Economic Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

to megacorporations. One of these programs, called the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), each year sends 30 or so potential MBAs to Japan, where they receive a unique education made possible by one of the most lethal disasters in modern... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven Henderson (MBA 2016), CEO and cofounder of Fleetzero,... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

07 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers

growth in employment between 1998 and 2004. In other words, a decrease in the average size of mega-chain stores coincided with an increase in the chains' overall employment rate. At the same time, employment at small retail chains and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

01 Jun 2022
News

Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

by so many financial and regulatory systems that can be invisible or unexpected. If we can inspire more small businesses to stand up, identify the obstacles ahead of them, and work together to change them, then I think we could experience the greatest era of View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Field Course: Investing for Impact - Course Catalog

the BostonXChange (Jaylen Brown and Jrue & Lauren Holiday’s efforts to empower Boston’s creative, economic and cultural future, see here for more information); and 3-5 companies that we have sourced through local intermediaries. See here... View Details

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

wealth-based discrimination in employee-customer relations and that envy toward wealthy customers and empathy toward those of similar economic status drive much of this illegal behavior. Implications for both theory and practice are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

challenges of a platform landscape that includes significantly varying installed device base sizes, growth rates, application distribution models, and hardware device profiles. Focusing on Apple's market leading iOS platform and "App... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

business encyclopedias, and other sources. In many cases, these individuals were cited for the advances that they made in American business—opening new markets, creating new industries, instituting modern management practices, or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the microprocessor and the semiconductor; and third, the rise of... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

Internet company, which he set up in 1993. Tian says he relishes his HBS connections. “I want to be involved so we can train a lot of people to help finish our economic revolution.” View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

seeing real innovation in business, not in products but in what business does." Economic Facts Of Life There are three key characteristics of information technology markets—three economic facts of life,... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship Today, the concept of “sustainable innovation” seems commonplace and is generally accepted as a viable path balancing business growth with... View Details

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

are in the midst of what is often described as a gold rush. Is there any danger that firms will fly so high that they may spin out of control? A: The book is built around a number of the tensions that are inherent in all businesses — profit and View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

November 2023
Supplement

'Care in Every Drop': Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (B)

By: Debora L. Spar, Paul Healy, Tricia Peralta and Julia Comeau

Since 1834, eight generations of the Ayala family have used their conglomerate to fund nation-building projects in the Philippines, including investments in tramcars, telecommunications, hospitals, and schools. In 1997, Ayala’s subsidiary, Manila Water, took control of... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Economic Growth; Social Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Natural Resources; Crisis Management; Failure; Privatization; Social Issues; Urban Development; Adaptation; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Philippines

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25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

company's sales in 2000 approached $30 million, and it planned to double revenues this year. Krasnow sounded confident about the business at the end of 2000. Zoots had deliberately slowed its growth to focus on resolving operational... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

20 Jul 2022
News

Wired to be Inspired

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Professor Ranjay Gulati, whose research looks at how the most resilient companies approach growth and profitability, chaired the Advanced Management Program at HBS for many... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

the market. But when Lerner and Cao started analyzing the actual performance numbers, they saw that conventional wisdom had it wrong. "Reverse LBOs appear to consistently outperform other IPOs and the stock market as a whole. The positive returns appear to be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

The puzzle, they explain, has to do with the explanation for Japan's extraordinary economic success in the post-World War II period. The country was heralded around the world for creating what looked like "a new and superior form of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

did not want a rate hike that could potentially hinder economic growth and increase its already large fiscal debt burden. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709056... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2008
News

Balanced Equation

economies. What is the last country you visited, and what did you do there? I travel a lot, so this answer will be outdated. I recently gave a talk at the University of Ghana on the need for African countries to develop a unified economic... View Details

Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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