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- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
week in advance of delivery. Looking to determine how personal decisions made for tomorrow differ from decisions made for several days from now, researchers from Harvard Business School and the Analyst Institute evaluated a year's worth... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
level coordination remains a problem. We are only just beginning to develop the kinds of institutions that might promote the representation of global diffuse interests. What we do not detect, however, is any sign of a coordination problem... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
capitalist, author, and co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, announced his intention to build a PC so cheap as to make it possible to provide Internet- and multimedia-capable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
western firms and universities, we test whether contextual knowledge is codified in the west by ethnic migrant inventors and spread by their ethnic networks. Our identification comes from an exogenous shock to the quota of H1B visas, and a list of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
conduit between large institutional investors and fledgling firms. KB: And that in turn triggered more departures from established companies, more module designs, more experimentation, and more investment. This dynamic began in the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
struggled to get twenty-five people to the conference. At that conference the academics and consultants came together and created a professional society called the Family Firm Institute (FFI) to develop professionals in the field. Now,... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609055 Xi'an International University: The Growth of Private Universities in China Harvard Business School Case 309-074 Huang Teng founded Xi'an International University (XAIU) as a private View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
is a later-stage company with revenues in excess of $100 million; the other a pre-revenue company trying to raise its first institutional round. The entrepreneurs must consider their options and the impact on their companies' growth and,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Accelerating the Accelerator: Raja Al Mazrouei at DIFC Fintech Hive
By: Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards and Lydia Begag
In January 2023, Raja Al Mazrouei became the Managing Director and Acting CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) in Dubai, UAE. In her previous role as the Executive Vice President of the DIFC Fintech Hive, she successfully built and led an accelerator program for... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Management; Strategy; Technology Adoption; Information Infrastructure; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Technological Innovation; Digital Marketing; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Banks and Banking; Corporate Finance; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Banking Industry; Middle East; Singapore; London; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
Hill, Linda A., Emily Tedards, and Lydia Begag. "Accelerating the Accelerator: Raja Al Mazrouei at DIFC Fintech Hive." Harvard Business School Case 423-064, February 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
chains lengthened by 20% following the collapse of a flagship dealer in 2008 and even more for institutions strongly connected to this dealer. Finally, dealers drastically reduced their inventory during the crisis. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
of hospitals rather than a more holistic view of the sector. "We need [talented managers in] hospices and retail clinics and nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities and biotech, medical devices, and health IT. Further, this focus on individual View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Institutional Investors Frame Their Losses: Evidence on Dynamic Loss Aversion from Currency Portfolios Authors:Kenneth A. Froot, J. Arabadjis, S. Cates, and S. Lawrence Publication:Journal of Portfolio Management (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
dA terms, these are not good conditions for economic growth. Friedman concludes, "Broadly distributed economic growth creates the private attitudes and public institutions that foster, not undermine, a society's moral qualities . Any... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
Total focuses on explaining how their cash use is prudent. Similarly, BP has a large base of retail investors but in many ways it treats them as just slightly different versions of its institutional investors. That is, BP assumes the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
features of the institution—the incentives staff face and how the institution is governed—remain largely unchanged. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-027.pdf The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust—An... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
respect. While the prestige and group identity that spring from working for a particular institution can be a motivating force for employees, it's pride in what they do—recognition of the intrinsic value of a job well done, whatever the... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
recognize, as well, that national identities have purposes embedded within them that may be much broader than things like language and religion, and encompass ideas about what part of the world, what part of the region, what kinds of political View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
Control, and the National Institutes of Health are huge enterprises. There will not be a single governance model." What Can Private Industry Learn From Government? Data.gov serves as a beacon for changing the IT culture in... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
stockholder-managerial relationships predicated in part on reciprocity and mutual regard, could improve both the moral character of business and the profitability of corporate enterprise. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: An Institutional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
institutions are in flux. Many of the large German firms have huge legacy costs and entrenched corporate cultures that must change. Remembering August Thyssen reminds people just how entrepreneurial corporate Germany once was. I think... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne