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Moving to the Adjacent Possible: Discovering Paths for Export Diversification in Rwanda
By: Ricardo Hausmann and Jasmina Chauvin
How can Rwanda, which currently has one of the lowest levels of income and exports per capita in the world, grow and diversify its economy in presence of significant constraints? We analyze Rwanda's historical growth and trade performance and find that Rwanda's high... View Details
Keywords: Export Diversification; Industrialization; Economic Complexity; International Trade; Rwanda; Diversification; Trade; Transportation; Developing Countries and Economies; Rwanda
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Jasmina Chauvin. "Moving to the Adjacent Possible: Discovering Paths for Export Diversification in Rwanda." Center for International Development at Harvard University Working Paper, No. 24, April 2015.
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
typically adopt the strategy of remaining silent about race and inequality to avoid being labeled “agitators.” In a 2017 study by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and colleagues, 78 percent of black professionals said... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
In their new book, Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business, coauthors Frances Frei and Anne Morriss maintain that it is possible for organizations to reduce costs while... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself
they are “a good fit.” But that approach does a disservice to both the employee and the business, Frei and Gino say. The pair recently taught a short, intensive course for MBA students, “Anatomy of a... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
in this way, its ROIC would grow by 16 percent.” Oberholzer-Gee elaborates on his approach to strategic decision-making in his new book Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
that can be applied to both corporate strategy and disaster planning. "I would advocate that risk managers should, and in some cases do, take responsibility for those kinds of questions," she says. "It's... View Details
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
enterprise era. Here are 10 rules of thumb to consider as you develop an AI strategy in an established company or sinking roots as an AI-first venture. Some are unique to... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
often approach innovation and disruption much differently. Having worked hard to align strategy and organization to support the current business,... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- October 2012
- Case
Hill Country Snack Foods Co.
By: W. Carl Kester and Craig Stephenson
Hill Country Snack Foods, located in Austin, Texas, manufactures, markets, and distributes snack foods and frozen treats. The CEO is passionate about maximizing shareholder value and believes in keeping tight control over costs and operating the business as efficiently... View Details
Keywords: United States; Financial Strategy; Debt Management; Retail Trade; Risk Management; Food; Capital Structure; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Texas
Kester, W. Carl, and Craig Stephenson. "Hill Country Snack Foods Co." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-517, October 2012.
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
When our team reached out to 600 CEOs during the pandemic’s early stages to ask them about their greatest concerns, many cited communication with employees. While the right communication View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
Business, Government and the International Economy required course as well as a course on Managing Regulation, Deregulation and Privatization. His research work focuses on privatization and on the interaction between private enterprise and the state. Current research:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
Another very productive approach is to study the metaphors consumers use to express their thoughts and feelings. This involves in-depth probing in one-on-one interviews for the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
Walk into any local coffee shop, and you might see people using Amazon Kindles—but you’re not likely to spot anyone with a Sony Librie, even though Sony was the first company to make an e-reader in 2004. “It... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
perspectives, and it's aimed at the general manager. Participants acquire a set of principles and perspectives for looking at the pieces of the supply chain and understanding how to develop an approach or... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
ticket," Tripsas explains. "Regulatory, security, and infrastructure issues come into play here, aside from the challenges of figuring out approaches to pricing and helping consumers make sense of... View Details
- October 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)
By: Willy C. Shih
This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Big Data; Business Analytics; Product Development Strategy; Machine Learning; Machine Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence; Product Development; AI and Machine Learning; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Information Technology Industry; United States
Shih, Willy C. "Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 616-025, October 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
as "advertising symbiosis" because the advertiser and the viewer mutually benefit from the act of sharing. Five Examples Of Advertising Symbiosis Teixeira offers five approaches as examples to achieve... View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
the model cannot systematically predict is much larger. In other words, there’s lots of noise in human behavior.” Instead of working to create the virtual market, marketers and marketing researchers are trying View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
marketing priority—and they've been given bigger budgets to fight the battle. But as Gupta points out, identifying potential defectors to target is not as easy as it sounds. For years, companies have used... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Open English
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Lisa Mazzanti
Open English, a Miami-based startup offering online English language learning services, had more than 30,000 active students across Latin America in 2012. The company had just closed a $43 million financing round in order to rapidly scale its service to the next level.... View Details
Keywords: Technology Strategy; Product Management; Startup; Online Learning; Digital Platforms; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Technology Industry; Miami; Venezuela
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Lisa Mazzanti. "Open English." Harvard Business School Case 814-020, January 2014. (Revised May 2015.)