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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade
he was a partner doing business in Hong Kong. The collection includes letters written to merchant houses, forwarding agents, and his business partners about the current economic climate of the regions where he was operating, purchasing... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
that arises from merely purchasing a product. Labor increases valuation of completed products not just for consumers who profess an interest in "do-it-yourself" projects, but even for those who express a preference for buying... View Details
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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
information systems tend to mirror the traditional, functionally oriented organizations that they are supposed to help transform. While purchasing the right technology is part of the answer, Coote declared, "There has to be something... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
social, emotional job to be done. And the mix of functional, social, and emotional elements-- that mix changes by the job. But once we understand the job, then I need to ask the next question, which is-- all right, so if that's the job, what are all of the experiences... View Details
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
report on the social value they are creating for the poor. In conclusion, companies should not look to the poor merely to exploit their untapped purchasing power or dip into low-cost labor pools. Over the long term, such a cursory and... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
emerging markets where local stock exchange listings have grown, liquidity in many Latin American exchanges has diminished in recent years. The purchase of local, family-owned companies and state-owned enterprises by outside... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
mean that in the most positive sense, needless to say. What’s really funny is that all she’s doing is demanding due diligence.” For example, Cognetti was surprised to find out that the district rarely followed state or federal procurement law when View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
purchased by Google for $3.2 billion in 2014. Nolan and Natarajan “Venkat” Venkatakrishnan, director of FirstBuild—the GE/Local Motors partnership—are sitting with Rogers in the University of Louisville’s University Club in late April,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Image by John Ritter In 2019, US restaurants topped $860 billion in revenues; prior to COVID-19, Americans spent more for food away from home than food purchased for at-home consumption, whether it be a pitstop at fast food drive-through,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
value and revenues.” (In addition to his duties as Cardinals’ chairman, DeWitt serves on the Major League Baseball Executive Council and the Ownership Committee, and holds a seat on the board of MLB Advanced Media.) In 1995, when DeWitt Jr. and his investment partners... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
An uncle involved in politics was shot dead. “The country sort of came to a standstill,” he says. Fernando returned to Sri Lanka several years ago, leaving a secure position as managing director and group COO at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong to View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
purchasing costs of the spices by as much as 30 percent, savings it passes on to consumers. The Seeds of Agribusiness In the 1950s, agricultural economics professor Ray Goldberg went to his dean at Harvard Business School to pitch a new... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
for the job to be done of the consumer that might purchase the product. And then quite frankly, the difference between those allows you to make progress. Contrast creates meaning. I suffer from the same consequences that he does with his... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
their products by donating a fixed percentage to charitable causes (think Newman's Own), newer models have amped up customer engagement. Take the recent Pepsi Refresh Project: Rather than donate, say, $.05 from every bottle purchased to... View Details
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- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
intelligence engines that parse this massive new trove of information to improve the quality, access, and cost of care. COVID also unleashed consumer-driven public policy changes, including allowing pregnancy termination pills to be View Details
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
interested in what they were doing and wanted to stay in touch. In subsequent conversations in the spring of 2010, the Secklers told Williams about HT-100. Williams went to work, offering the venture capital group that held the compound a deal that would allow him and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
investments have fallen. Today, returns, expressed in real estate parlance as cap rates, have declined to levels last seen just before the 1989 crash. (A property’s cap rate is calculated by dividing cash flow from operations by the View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
bust of founder Jamsetji Tata presides over meetings of the Tata Group, which traces its beginnings to 1868. Economic reforms also have made it possible for firms to grow by acquiring foreign entities. Godrej Industries, for example, recently View Details
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
Staples gift certificates to purchase a new zip drive and fax machine. Along with such essentials, Sutherland notes, "Often what our clients really need is a sympathetic ear." As Linea's Lisa Vangelas wrote in a letter to the New York... View Details