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- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in empowering the fight for health... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
the numbers of employers in need of big talent will put pressure on them to become more flexible. There may also be changes as senior decision makers are replaced by younger counterparts who have grown up in a different context. Things... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
several years as a consultant for Construction Specialties, a manufacturer of specialized architectural products. At the same time, his nephew Mark brought him on board as an investor and marketing consultant in several high-tech... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
fiercely competitive market for outdoor wear and gear. GoLite’s mission sounds simple and logical enough — give serious trail runners, alpine athletes, fast-packers (backpackers who speed along trails), and even once-discouraged hikers... View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Working PapersFixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract This paper integrates theories of political budget cycles with theories of tactical electoral redistribution to test... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
and principal owner of the Westmoreland Glass Company, a maker of functional and decorative glassware. Wilson still remembers the day when, as a four-year-old, he was taken by his grandfather to visit the factory. "I can still recall the... View Details
- 01 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
new product plans. Such decisions are either centralized near the top of the corporate ladder or decentralized and delegated to the top of a particular business unit. And the decision makers often depend on ERP software, which facilitates... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
network. HBS’s 87,000-plus alumni serve as change makers and an important resource for students. Early in the pandemic, the CPD team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
in moving out of lower-value into higher-value paths as technologies and markets changed. Before World War II those managers became proficient in monitoring the processes of production and marketing in each... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
precipitate a war between the countries. Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned over a Beer or Two by Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) (Flatiron Books) The founder of the Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams Boston Lager, offers... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
supply chain profitability in emerging markets and understand the impact of e-intermediaries. Academic / Practical Relevance: In practice, much attention has been given to e-intermediaries, and they have often been touted as for-profit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
Silicon Valley or the Napa wine country) that can lead to competitive advantage. Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness has just introduced a new database tool to help corporations and policy makers pinpoint these clusters,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to and marketing of an individually held commitment savings product lead to an increase in female decision-making... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
free entry of rating agencies, the provision of quality ratings is at least partially sustained by the reputational concerns of the rating agencies. The economically significant entry of a third agency into a market that was previously... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
regulatory environment. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-007 Media Markets Down South: Goldman Sachs' Investment in Grupo Clarín Founded in 1945, Grupo Clarín... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
Goldshlager’s opinion was based on a misunderstanding about the best cases. As she put it, “a great discussion case does not ‘illustrate best practices’—it presents a decision maker facing a complex challenge for which there is no one... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
nation’s high school dropout rate. City Year also worked with partners to help schools transform themselves to better meet the needs of low-income students as well as with policy makers and elected officials to promote the value of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
S&P and Moody's, but has become a peer over the last decade or so. We use the appearance of Fitch as a way to test for the effect of competition on ratings. When Fitch has a higher market share in issuing ratings for the securities of... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
they wanted, nearly one-third went to another store to buy the product, while less than half bought a substitute. Perhaps most significantly, stockouts harm customer goodwill. A study conducted by a multinational consumer-goods maker... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
influence-seeking risk managers (1) establish and maintain interpersonal connections with decision makers and how they (2) adopt, deploy, and reconfigure tools-practices that we define collectively as toolmaking. Using prior literature... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino