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01 Dec 2003
News

Rural Renewal

will pay for a new roof. Community Activity Reade is well aware, however, that her financial situation cannot be compared with those in her community. Her biggest embarrassment these days, she says, is the new fence she had built at the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Crop Production; Agriculture

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

wallet" by adding new business models—for example, if you currently have a product business, can you add information, services, or solutions? Can you expand into adjacent businesses by either taking over activities that used to be... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

Charles S. Mott

Under Mott’s management, the family owned company grew into a key supplier of automobile parts for General Motors. Realizing the great future of the automobile industry, Mott changed the firm’s activity from bicycle wheel production and... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

14 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

information themselves. Besides managers, the site's creators hope MapEcos will grab the attention of members of the public, including environmental activists. Users can track factories' pollution activity over time, compare factories in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical

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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

sense of having as their common purpose learning new things and applying that knowledge for public welfare. . . . Each individual will be a member of a group small enough so that he feels a full participant in the purpose and activity of... View Details

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

construct firm-level measures of the upstreamness of integrated and non-integrated inputs by combining information on the production activities of firms operating in more than 100 countries with Input-Output tables. In line with the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

sometimes, employees. A second concern is misallocation or inefficiency. Engaging in activities deemed "socially responsible," critics argue, entails diverting resources best used for economic purposes to advance purposes for... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog

manager’s job. Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) explores the kinds of decisions made by general managers (GMs) and how context influences the generation of options, and the effectiveness of the decisions made. The course views management as... View Details

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

Microeconomic activity such as the sophistication of company operations account for 80 percent of the variation in GDP per capita across countries, according to the report. Macroeconomic factors create a favorable business environment... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Larry Braithwaite

understanding of housing issues, Larry is actively auditing a research team as part of a field study seminar on affordable housing offered by Professor Retsinas who runs Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, a... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines

relationships it is fostering across faculties, will have a spillover effect on both schools’ curricula and research agendas. The program also will serve as a prelude to yet-to-be-planned activities that await the 2020 opening of the... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Where Are They Now?

that there might just be too many activities available and too much to do, thus decreasing the serendipity of chance social encounters among residents as they crisscross the community’s lush green grounds. Even so, Marshall, a marketing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Oct 2014
Blog Post

Leveraging LinkedIn to Recruit Candidates

encourage candidates to check out your page and follow you. Tap into your employees’ LinkedIn networks: Many LinkedIn members are passive candidates, meaning they are not actively looking for a job but they would be willing to hear about... View Details

17 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - The Future of Green Building

as a pivotal point of discussion towards reducing global carbon emissions. The push to decarbonize the building sector stems from statistics compiled by sources such as Architecture 2030, which indicate that activities related to... View Details

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

professional service firm reshaped its activities and beliefs over nearly two decades as it adapted to shifts in the social discourse regarding gender and work. Analyzing archival data from the firm over eighteen years and representations... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

"The best practice does not, and increasingly will not, necessarily reside in Boston or even in the United States." Beyond the classroom, international students are a vital presence in the daily activities of the student body. Wheelwright... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

based industries and about the legitimacy-seeking activities of entrepreneurs in an industry that is transported from one part of the world to another, making it novel only in a new, limited geographic region. In this exploratory and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Kenneth Salas

Kenny Salas is a fintech entrepreneur and operating executive, currently at the helm of nuDesk, which helps companies scale through AI-driven solutions and dedicated talent hubs in Mexico. As a Partner at Cintar Group, he actively invests... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Private Equity - Screening for Portfolio Operations Roles

Status > Active Add any additional filters Note: This Pitchbook example is a people screen for people working in the Operations department. The primary company listed might not be a PE firm, check the individual profile for other... View Details

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