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Dr. Lurtz researches the history of agricultural economies in Latin America. She has a particular interest in export agriculture and attendant state- and locally-driven modernization projects. Her current work looks to the coffee economy of southern Mexico in the 19th... View Details
Keywords: Coffee Production; Institutions; Property Rights; Labor History; Credit; Modernization; Development Economics; Rural Scope; Trade; Food; Agribusiness; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Economies and Regions; Goods and Commodities; History; Growth and Development; Emerging Markets; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
investing billions of dollars and tens of thousands of employees and contractors to implement it. The market capitalization of the company dropped over $100 billion in one day, now roughly back to the pre-crisis level. At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
surrounding their adoption. This finding raises the possibility that even though GPs facilitate some value-increasing acquisitions, they do have, on average, an overall negative effect on shareholder wealth; this effect could be due to GPs weakening the force of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
computer science, actually emerge in regions that import less expensive goods from China. Service jobs like retail and restaurants fall slightly, but not in a statistically significant way, the researchers found. Robots on the march... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
diverse methodology to understand the relationships between firm boundaries, firm activities, and geographic borders. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52688 2017 Geography, Location, and Strategy. Multinational Activity in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global - Global Activities 2020
Activities The following highlights illustrate the breadth of HBS’s global activities before and during the pandemic. Africa Research Center The Africa Research Center contributed to HBS’s Creating Emerging View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
When Donna Dubinsky joined Palm Computing in 1992, the eight-person start-up was one of several companies developing a personal digital assistant. Under her leadership, Palm introduced the first successful PDA, creating a multi-billion dollar View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
determinants underlying the global economic geography of multinational firms. In particular, we run a horserace between two distinct economic forces: location fundamentals and agglomeration economies. We find that location fundamentals, including View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
are many companies with which to partner. Being part of a cluster facilitates change and speeds innovation—both fundamental to modern, knowledge-based competition. Q: Over the next ten or twenty years, what new clusters do you think will View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment
Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
that’s essential for creativity and efficiency. Chopped-up schedules interrupt deep thinking, so people come to work early, stay late, or use weekends for quiet time to concentrate. And dysfunctional meeting behaviors are associated with lower levels of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
far more attention. In this compelling and authoritative new book, the authors document a rising chorus of concerns about business schools gleaned from extensive interviews with deans and executives as well as from a detailed analysis of current curricula and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
because their market power allows them to charge higher service fees than domestic banks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-025.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Armstrong Investigation Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
Madison Dearborn sold Fieldglass to SAP for four times what they had paid us—$1 billion. What a miss! In retrospect, the company had just begun its growth trajectory and market dominance. Moral of the story: If you have the opportunity to... View Details
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
humanity in the products he invented and in the endeavors of those who created them. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
offers funders more than just the intangible reward of supporting a company or cause they believe in; it also gives them a direct share in the company that can produce returns over time. Think of it as E*TRADE, but for private companies instead of public ones. But... View Details
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
Cases & Course MaterialsBunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets Harvard Business School Case 708-443 In 2007, Bunge, an agribusiness company, had over $26 billion in worldwide sales and was considered, along with Cargill and Archer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
stirred up and targets solving the preeminent problem that emerges as the mud settles. Disruptive leverage lies in the hands of an astute follower." Thornton Parker carried this line of thinking a bit further in commenting, "As... View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
computer, making it a fundamentally different product category. Q: So, if companies want to think more consciously about mental models, how can they use them strategically? A: The use of rhetoric can be key in trying to establish a dominant imagery of products in an... View Details