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- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
Europe and Africa because property rights are more difficult to enforce there. —Walter Kuemmerle The first difference is the development of capital markets and the transparency of these markets. In countries where family-owned... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Taking Flight
Software published its first title, Guide to Birds of North America. The week of that first CD-ROM’s release (the company now markets seventy titles), Thayer and his wife, Roz, were spotting penguins in Antarctica, leaving their three... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
when they were days away from going broke. Rekhi bailed them out with $200,000—but he contributed more than cash. He helped them decide how to focus the company, and Exodus reached a peak market capitalization of just under $30 billion in... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
between ideas and then visualizing and building maps to explain those correlations. These cartography skills have proved vital to her career. In the late 1990s, Lo was working on innovation and ventures for a media company in London when... View Details
- January 2025 (Revised February 2025)
- Background Note
A High-Tech Revolution with Chinese Characteristics: China's Drive Towards EV Supremacy
By: William C. Kirby, Daniel Fu and Matthew Ngai
This background note explains and documents the rise of China's EV industry. Moreover, it identifies the challenges facing it and posits several questions about the decisions needed to be made to sustain the industry's global dominance. Would Chinese producers be able... View Details
- May 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Infosys Technologies
By: Ashish Nanda and Thomas J. DeLong
Creating and sustaining a third-world-based technology company to compete globally (i.e. in the first-world) poses many challenges. Such challenges are examined through the genesis and progression of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Key decisions made by Chairman N.R.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Business Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Technological Innovation; Emerging Markets; Information Technology Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Thomas J. DeLong. "Infosys Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 801-445, May 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
Summing Up Is "Collateral Damage" from Economic Bubbles Inevitable, Necessary, and Useful? According to the old saw, markets are made by differences of opinion. If that's the case, there is a real View Details
- Web
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing - Blog - Business & Environment
Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Plugged In
When the 2014 Cadillac ELR—the carmaker's new electric luxury vehicle—rolled onstage at the Detroit auto show earlier this year, Juan Camargo (MBA 2012) sat in the fourth row, beaming. And it wasn't just because, as assistant marketing... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
(Abridged) Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market and nearly 20% of the total yogurt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Polaroid Corporation Collection | Baker Library
Polaroid Corporation Collection Edwin H. Land demonstrating Polaroid Land Instant Film, April 1947. Polaroid Corporation records. The Polaroid Corporation was among the most creative and technologically innovative companies of the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Striking a Balance
1989. “She saw the tension between being mothers, wives, and professional managers.” It was a passion for Wilson, who had planned a research project on these issues before succumbing to cancer in 2003. Wilson took the HBS field study course Creative View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Is the Auction House of the Future Online?
Fifteen-year-old Saffronart, cofounded by Dinesh Vazirani (MBA 1994), was one of the earliest entrants, creating both a market for Indian art and an early model for bringing offline auctions online—one that has been copied by many. Even... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
author Bob Leppo an edge in stock market investing, commodity futures, and the wild world of venture capital. Part memoir, part tale of discovery and rebirth, The Speculator’s Mosaic is a no-nonsense guide to navigating the ups and... View Details
- Web
Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
optimized for venture opportunities with relatively low technological and/or market uncertainty. While tough technology has the potential to transform incumbent industries and tackle our most pressing societal issues, the tough tech... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
approachable easily consumable and highly relatable—they can help listeners understand what makes HBS distinctive and how it’s making a difference in the world.” Brian Kenny Chief Marketing & Communications Officer “The Disruptive Voice”... View Details
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
markets, business processes, and organizational structure—and to improve them to achieve growth. Success will depend on leaders who are able to stabilize the company as they identify and exploit opportunities, find new market niches,... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling - Course Catalog
a winning tactic. It is not. Often the critical success factor is exactly how a firm goes to market – with its sales force. But the rules have changed – innovations like ‘product-led-growth’ models and... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
private treatment that they and their families can afford. In poor countries, consumers are best advised to keep their own medical records since nothing approaching an electronic record-keeping system is available. As a result, enormous View Details
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
ranging from marketing-leading companies harnessing their market power to drive massive difference at scale, to smaller companies developing trailblazing new innovations to serve the new economy. The... View Details