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and physical and chemical substitution properties of REEs, we show that the introduction of REE export restrictions by China led to a global surge in innovation and exports in REE-intensive downstream sectors outside of China. To... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
idea fully or abandoning it. By contrast, writers who can attract buyers at any stage sell worse ideas earlier and better ideas later. The results have interesting implications not only for the timing of the sale of ideas, but also for the role of intellectual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
its rivals) chooses not to enlist the help of financing partners. Is Disney Studios pursuing the right number of tentpoles, as well as the right mix of new versus existing properties, under the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
Traditional investing classifications consider Walmart a consumer staples retailer, but the company owns more than 6,000 retail and distribution properties around the world—the portfolio dwarfs those of many commercial real estate firms.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
Abstract—Can a business case be made for acting sustainably? This is a difficult question to answer precisely, largely because there is no generally accepted definition of the term "sustainability." Is it acting sustainably to protect the human View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
convinced Washington to protect their property rights outside the United States. It also asks when and why the U.S. government got out of the business of sanctioning foreign governments that expropriated... View Details
- 15 Nov 2023
- News
Sound Investment
by the Fisk University choir. Rogers’ purchase of the property was influenced by its history: In 1929, white property developers forced seven Black families to give up the land where the church now sits. The... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
property rights of international investors. Even in the developed countries, receptivity towards multinationals fell. In Europe and the United States, whole sectors were closed to foreign companies. The... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
focuses on those issues and tools of greatest relevance to the managers being trained. For example, managers of a firm like Microsoft need to know how to preserve the patentability of inventions, how to avoid infringing on the intellectual View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
scholars studying racialization as an enduring American strategy for the coercion and control of labor, particularly African American labor. Race and capitalism is an expanding area, reaching subjects as varied Jim Crow, migration, urban studies, the carceral state,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
Peru, or seven years to open a bakery in Egypt? He attributes much of this to the fact that most of the world lacks a tradition of property rights (which is consistent with the imperfections matrix mentioned... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
costs, benefits, property rights and the complexity of decision-making. For the full listing, click here . Power and Influence for Positive Impact (Fall 2023) Julie Battilana Designed for individuals at any... View Details
- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture
pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (Harvard GSAS) So, what’s the catch? “The solution right now is sensitive to oxygen and water, which are present in the atmosphere in much greater quantities than CO2,” Sabin says. “Sometimes... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
worked on transactions that required more than $50 million in capital. That created a major gap in the market, leaving commercial real estate operators who develop or renovate smaller properties with more limited funding options. Whereas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
develop the kinds of chip-based systems that now power everything from smartphones to supercomputers. Some experts believe that quantum computing will follow a similar decadal timeline, which would put SEEQC and its chip-based systems View Details
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
featuring music by the local symphony as 250,000 Christmas lights lit up the county courthouse. Then revelers could head to the Samsung Ice Skating Rink, the only outdoor venue of its kind in all of Texas—which also happened to be located View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
and marketplaces, including both advertising-supported and fee-based services. Today, CNET Networks' online properties attract more than 66 million Web users each month ranging form C-level executives and IT professionals to technology or... View Details
- November 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
By: Anita Elberse
The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate its marketing strategy. In June 2004, only six years after the company emerged from bankruptcy, Marvel has amassed a... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Business Model; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Opportunities; Growth and Development Strategy; Rights; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita. "Marvel Enterprises, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 505-001, November 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
to everybody else and adjusts to what they are doing. In jazz, the short session has always been the norm. Q: What aspects of Davis's innovation seem unusual compared with companies and creative enterprises you have studied? Are there aspects of intellectual View Details