Continuous Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs between rich countries. The share of vertical FDI (subsidiaries which provide inputs to their parent firms) is larger than commonly thought, even within View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System

microbes to produce foods is nothing new -- however, using microbes to replace commodity crops and serve as a pillar in our food production system is fairly uncharted waters. My partner Max is a Technology Development Fellow and postdoc... View Details

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How Startups Win Deals by Resetting Expectations | Working Knowledge

courtship stage. Startups chose one of three approaches: Resisting change and digging in. Eight of the 28 startups failed to change their sales tactics at all in response to questions about their products, minimizing buyers’ concerns and View Details

18 Jan 2022
News

HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference

students and mentors has been very positive, and plans are underway to continue and, ultimately, expand the program “for hopefully many years to come.” Charnaux adds that when Morris Brown lost its accreditation, it also lost vital... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 May 2015
News

A Flash of Insight

to lose faith in the rationality of the market and closed his fund. Next-step options, such as a CFO or director of corporate development position, filled his head as he left the top-floor co-op of the Brooklyn Heights town house where he... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; 9/11; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

continual streams of requests for personal information and by the equally unavoidable barrage of personal information about others. Read the paper: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~acquisti/papers/acquisti_herding-out.pdf Global Capitalism at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

and provocative, this book is an essential resource for all teams seeking to strengthen their innovative prowess. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/product/the-innovator-s-dna-mastering-the-five-skills-of-d/an/14946-HBK-ENG?referral=00215&cm_mmc=email-_-news View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2012
News

Rival Visions

Thus continued the protracted struggle with his chief, who dreaded losing his unmatched talents. To understand how strongly Hamilton felt about this is to grasp the essence of his character. He had a passionate drive to achieve what in... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Green Day

Erling Lorentzen (MBA 1948) was a prominent figure at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and for decades led a number of sustainable development initiatives as chairman of Brazil’s giant pulp and paper producer Aracruz Celulose S.A.;... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna;Sarah Auerbach; Agriculture; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

Developed in 2006, the Value-Based Health Care Delivery strategy includes a seven-part agenda to restructure health care. Part one calls for creating "integrated practice units," each organized around a particular medical... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

attention to sunk costs. We go to plays or concerts that, in retrospect, we'd rather not go to simply because we have a $50 ticket in the pocket. Similarly, one of my colleagues describes a person who pays $300 to join a tennis club, only to come down with tennis... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

disturbing acts of antisemitism globally in the months since. Some of you have been deeply affected by the war between Israel and Hamas and the humanitarian crisis and death toll in Gaza that has ensued. At a time when our campus could have been badly divided, you... View Details

20 Jun 2019
News

Reframing Modern Art

Hunter College. After realizing how much she enjoyed sharing her love of art with others, she began to earn credits toward a master's degree, giving gallery talks and lectures along the way, even as she continued to work full time. When a... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

one on the opposite side of his office, which offers a panoramic view of ... an enormous, muddy hole. Site of the former Busch Stadium, demolished in November 2005, the six-block area in downtown St. Louis will be home to Ballpark Village, a mixed-use View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

telecommunications technologies, particularly the Internet, which enabled entirely new ways to communicate with customers and suppliers, as well as internally. This was the era when everybody was developing new initiatives in B2C... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2016
News

Code name: Miesiąc

While Maj acted publicly on behalf of the Student Committee of Solidarity, organizing lectures and raising funds, among other activities, his underground publishing efforts continued in the squat blue residence hall known as Mikrus—“very... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

Mitsotakis coming to power,” Arhodidis says. Meanwhile, one of his former Greek private-banking clients at Eurobank swings by the table with a greeting. The real estate developer has worked primarily in London for the last half-dozen... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

Competition keeps you hungry. It forces you to continually find new and more cost-effective solutions to business problems. Although there's nothing new in this insight, recent research suggests some often-overlooked ways in which... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

offerings and consumer needs has been challenging the effectiveness of both mechanisms. Q: What kinds of consumer habits does consumer empowerment work against? A: Consumers typically tend to adopt ritual lifestyles, and to develop... View Details