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- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in terms of contract volume. We use an ethnic name procedure to identify ethnic Indian users of oDesk in other countries around the world. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
beauty, dignity, and value to architectural design. I was really looking to have a design that was not only transformational in terms of innovation, creativity, design, but also something that resonates back to the community. And I knew... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
much time apart, and, two, this is not the life that we had imagined for ourselves in terms of having a really good partnership and thinking about starting a family,” Gordon says. Gordon’s deep network allows her to provide clients with... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
was careful to build and test a prototype. His college radio show was small potatoes in terms of listeners, but he proved his ability to pull off the new concept. Finally, and perhaps most important, he rapidly built his own credibility... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
in terms of a looming competitor for the same FDI they try to attract, whereas firms based in Taiwan and Hong Kong view a rising China as representing an enormous investment and trading opportunity. The latter two economies have strong... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Power and Influence - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Power and Influence Course Number 2056 Associate Professor Lakshmi Ramarajan Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Paper Excludes enrollment in Power and Influence for Positive Impact (2055) in the fall term... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
elections work and how we make our laws. Their bracing assessment and practical recommendations cut through the endless debate about various proposed fixes, such as term limits and campaign finance reform. The result: true political... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
In Rangan’s view, the sector is poised on the brink of transformation, a topic he enthusiastically expounded upon during a recent interview in his Morgan Hall office. The terms “social enterprise” and “nonprofit” seem to be used... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
consultant in the energy industry. What’s energy going to look like in 2030? I think about that in terms of megatrends. Urbanization is a megatrend, especially in Asia and Africa. Those areas are not tied into an existing hydrocarbon... View Details
- Profile
Daniel Serna
section bonds to lessons in leadership. "Even in a functional class, such as Financial Reporting & Control — it's not at all just about accounting. We always talk about the rules in terms of the gray areas, the boundaries. Good... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Willoughby G. Walling II: A Learning Experience
beginnings of what he now terms his "obsession." Since leaving his day job as a fundraiser for the University of Massachusetts last year, Walling has produced about a painting a week from his studio at home in suburban Boston. His wife,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS
school in terms of the development and commercialization of the life sciences.” As for an HBS fundraising milestone recently achieved, Light observed, “The campaign really has served to energize and engage alumni around the world. See... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
stock indexes can be a mechanism for transforming long-standing corporate behavior. After decades of low corporate profitability in Japan, the JPX-Nikkei400 Index was introduced in 2014. Each year the index selected 400 large and liquid firms deemed best performing in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
different in terms of the safety of gas cans sold at Walmart. Consider the alternative counterfactual, namely, that Walmart did not exist during this time. Would Blitz have created a safer gas can to sell to other buyers? Based on Blitz's... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
productivity gains and encourage collaboration and sharing on what Rifkin terms a "collaborative commons." As marginal costs approach zero, the driving forces of capitalism--profit and investment--are neutered. As a result, a... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
many African nations were gaining independence. British businesses operating there created a publicity strategy that couched their presence in less developed countries in terms of a commitment and a positive contribution to the progress... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
We suspect that the mistakes happen when firms choose managers at any level—from CEO to business unit head to project manager—based on what we call "right stuff" thinking, borrowing the term from Tom Wolfe's famous book and the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
faster, cheaper, and better, but we avoid the expensive & volatile transportation hurdles. NorthPawSophie Levin, MBA 2022NorthPaw will sell sustainable pet food, featuring cultivated meat, to eco-conscious pet owners. If cats and dogs made up their own country,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Park City before we manufacture. Having that added measure of control is huge. Is control an elusive goal in such a fast-growing company? Being in a growing company can be uncomfortable sometimes, because everything changes so fast. What you did six months ago in View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
strong relationships with our suppliers that we easily convinced them to extend us additional terms to fill that first big order. We shipped the product and waited. Day 30 arrived and a check did not. On Day 45 we received another order... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios