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- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
Thomas Friedman, author of "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century", opines that a number of events ranging from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the rise of the Internet have flattened the competitive landscape worldwide by increasing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Morris Hall | About
four-story, 50,000-square-foot student residence hall. The U-shaped, Georgian Revival-style structure underwent an extensive renovation in 1982 and received updated safety systems in 2007. As renovated,... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
level, the quality of the conversation between stakeholders and its resolution is very important, and we cannot have a reasonable conversation without the voice of all... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Chose to Pursue an MD/MBA at Harvard
of organizations and about issues that are new to healthcare, but that other industries have dealt with for decades - like customer satisfaction, efficiency, and providing quality service for a reasonable... View Details
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Nika Duan
they needed to leave all they'd ever known and come to the US for a better life with zero safety net. What’s the best thing about your home town? We had some of the best educators! Huge shout outs to Ms.... View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
Ask jazz fans the world over to name their favorite compilation, and chances are their response is Kind of Blue. With music that is sophisticated and sublime, spare yet complex, trumpeter View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
when democratic partners have a longer history of democracy, grow faster, spend more on public goods, are culturally closer, and export higher quality goods. The effects we document are driven by imports,... View Details
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Inside the State: Bureaucratic Norms and Primary Education in Rural India (Book manuscript in progress)
When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details
When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
digital age is a fertile area of his research. Luca is looking at rankings, expert evaluations, online consumer reviews, and quality disclosure laws to see how they work in market settings, View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
and the quality of outputs are comparable among all participating entities. In our earlier Toyota/GM example, it was sensible to compare the two companies' stamping press changeover times because their... View Details
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
because I wanted to learn the business side of health care, and ultimately contribute to making high quality health care technology more affordable to underserved communities. What advice would you give to... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies
chains work and the performance of the factories that comprise them. The area is also a primary supplier of lithium battery chemicals, flash memory, and anisotropic conductive film used in LCD flat panel... View Details
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
for talent, and it’s all focused on these high productivity people, and very, very little on those workers who actually may hurt organizational performance,” Minor says. Fired toxic workers can leave a big... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
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News - Research Computing Services
security patches to all nodes in the cluster, to the MariaDB server, and to the Globus data transfer nodes. These changes ensure the safety and stability of our environment. A... View Details
- 31 Jul 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences
Keywords: by Eric D. Werker
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
aggregate information or map out where and how water is impacting a company’s supply chain.” Leni and Taryn see multiple entrepreneurial opportunities in the water space, among them: “assessing water risks... View Details
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Leadership - Health Care
creating art, and spending quality time with her cat and family. Lu Malygina Coordinator Lu is the Coordinator for the Life Science and Health... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
While conceding that songwriters and poets can make a strong case for "I love you," economists know that the three little words that really make the world go around are "supply and demand." This familiar... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
they were acquired by large corporations. Additionally, there may be product categories for which consumers reject underdog brand biographies. With hospitals, consumers believe that being externally disadvantaged jeopardizes quality View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details