Creating Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2014
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Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

and philanthropy and executive director of the Mattel Children's Foundation, based in El Segundo, California.) “Business can be the greatest force for good on this planet.” At ExecWB, Goodwin and his team recruit for-profit partners to reach into developing countries... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2019
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INK: Big News for Small Business

have a life-threatening cash crunch. But if it were to happen, they would have more options to borrow at affordable rates. Fintech is going to create more access for everyone, across the board, including women and minority-owned... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2017
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Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders

(i-lab). Doris and Sauer were a natural fit for these roles. In 1986, they left Lucasfilm to found Sonic Solutions, where they developed and marketed audio signal processing, professional sound editing, and later DVD and digital video... View Details

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

its own R&D, finance, and marketing functions, and he chose the project leaders for their willingness to challenge the status quo and their ability to operate independently. Given the freedom to shape their own organizations, the new... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

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Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners - Recruiting

Partners (ACP) as a Summer Associate in New York. ACP, a philanthropy-backed investment firm, dedicates itself to catalyzing climate-related infrastructure projects in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The firm operates... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968

a current client and supplier, Google, which has shown an interest in expanding its reach beyond online search advertising and aims to use the entire gamut of video, audio, and print media to create advertisements for companies of all... View Details

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

of the institutional environment surrounding organizations, including the role of stakeholders and the need for new collaborations in creating new markets and solving critical societal problems; (2) the core... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

my foreign assests and resources be protected? Are Global Brands Effective? Why Global Brands Work Japanese automakers create single products and brands for worldwide consumption, while Ford customizes products for local markets. You know... View Details

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

countries. The Creating Emerging Markets project is sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Business History Initiative. We spoke with Oberholzer-Gee, who conducted both interviews in early 2015, to discuss... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Resources for Harvard Economics Students

and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous reports. An active account can be used to download the Capital IQ excel... View Details

17 Mar 2017
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Schwarzman on Blackstone and the Value of an MBA

market leader with $330 billion dollars in assets under management. Along the way, he has emerged as a patron of education, best known for launching the Schwarzman Scholars, an academic and cultural immersion program designed to foster... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

24 Apr 2014
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Providing lessons in financial literacy

2008, oversees finance, IT, sales operations, and marketing at CEE. “I love to come in and find ways to start and grow businesses, and create opportunities,” she says. (Published April 2014) View Details

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

dollars in value, Kominers and his co-authors reported in Market Design to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Supply in the March 12 issue of Science. “The value of being able to produce vaccines at scale the minute they clear trials is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

edge technology allowing you to build your many clones of expertise. The goal of this session is to set students up to create valuable models that pave the way toward selling expertise and marketing ones... View Details

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

experience planted a seed for Pomeranz's future research: how to promote financial savings among "microentrepreneurs" such as food cart owners, street vendors, and cosmetics saleswomen, whose income is low and often fluctuates. Having effective tools to save... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

most middle-class Indians could already afford to buy. The opulence also justified the high prices and created a natural market because these were luxurious garments that could be worn at festive occasions... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

William T. Grant

Grant opened his department store operation in 1906 with a 25 cent-limit on all merchandise. Grant created this 25 cent niche market at a time when department store prices began at 50 cents and Kresge and... View Details

Keywords: Retail

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

these new practices actually alter company behavior, or create social value? How is and how should social value be defined and measured? In public markets, we evaluate the costs and benefits of negative screens, ESG integration, and... View Details

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

characterize profits to tax authorities and capital markets separately). There is also much anecdotal evidence on the profusion of tax shelters and compensation incentives for managing effective tax rates. Managers appear to have become... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music

the label itself; on the rock and pop sides, producers are usually independent. Meanwhile, the label begins to create a marketing "image" for the performer or group. Posters, CD cover designs, concert ads,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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