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06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

governments should stop the natural market dynamics, but . . . countries should (not) use the term 'level playing field' as an excuse for exploitation." Paul Jackson points out that "In this View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

to school in the Midwest, that I slowly became aware of the ways people might see me and my culture differently. I realized there were a lot of people in my country and in the world who had never met a Chinese person before, and had no... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

this a priority, nagging them like worried grandmothers and sending chicken soup to their home offices if that is what it takes. Leaders also need to model self-care for their teams. Looking disheveled and exhausted in virtual meetings... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

were deciding whether to participate in a Series B round for PEGAfrica, which sold solar home systems in Africa via pay-as-you-go (PAYG) financing plans that allowed customers to make small payments via mobile money to pay off the solar... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

therefore unavailable to cannabis firms as long as the substance remains federally prohibited. The cannabis industry is also disadvantaged by a lack of intellectual property protection. Intellectual property and trademark enforcement lie... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

19 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

to the inaccuracy of barrel bombs to examine the effect of having one's home destroyed on political and community loyalties. We find that refugees who lose a home to barrel bombing, while more likely to feel... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Peter Gumulia

access to high quality education for millions of Indonesians.” With support from the i-lab and Rock Center, Peter aspires to build an online English learning platform in his home country. “Indonesia is transitioning from a View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

& Young's New Jersey Entrepreneur Of The Year, Technology 2013 SHI International reaches $5 billion in revenue Thai Lee has an extraordinary ability to take the long view. After earning a degree in economics and biology from Amherst College, she returned View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Ramya Sundar

missed visa appointments to extended checks at customs, getting here was not the most easy thing to do due to COVID. But life on campus is definitely worth all that effort. The campus is stunningly beautiful! Having been in a tropical View Details

Portrait Project

Dimitra Taslim

they do too, a thoroughly American one. They hit me. I cried, kept my mouth shut, and began to curl my “r”. Western was better. Twenty years have passed. I’ve lived in many countries across Asia. As a VC, I noticed that as China and India... View Details

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William R. Kerr | About

new ventures and transformations for profitable growth. He also advises governments about investments in the innovative capacities of their nations. Bill and his family live in Lexington, MA. They enjoy outdoor sports and CrossFit, are active members of their local... View Details

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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

now we see new competitors come from smaller countries that, because their home markets are too small to support them, are moving immediately onto the global stage. We also see whole industries that are... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

ringside. “I just asked them to dim the lights a bit more, to put focus on the cage,” he says, eyes restlessly sweeping the venue. “It’s similar to creating the atmosphere of a rock concert.” In just a few minutes, ONE FC will be transmitted live to 1 billion View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

negative moments in the day as another key to happiness.” As incomes have risen in many countries over recent decades, more people have reported greater “time scarcity.” Those who feel time stress show signs of lower life satisfaction,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

future.” Cavallo is actually the source for his own data. A decade ago, while a PhD student at Harvard’s Economics Department, Cavallo began collecting pricing data to prove his home country of Argentina was... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

help to scale impact investing, if not bring it into the mainstream. The case is set two years after the acquisition. It describes impact investing, the founding of Imprint, its evolution from serving foundations and home offices to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Apr 2000
News

Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities

Eurotrek. Commenting on WesTrek in the Harbus, Walter Jones (HBS '00), the event's cochair, said that "the Trek allows students to enter a self-guided tour of the home of key high-tech sectors." Trek participants visit companies, gather... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

calls for targeting countries similar to a company's home base, whereas the logic of arbitrage involves exploiting one or more of the differences inherent in distance. The future of the globalization process... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

approximately 254,000 in 1940 to a wartime high of 340,000 in 1943. 26 Businesses around the country began to spend more on PR. For U.S. Steel, photography, in particular, continued to factor heavily in U.S. Steel’s public relations... View Details

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