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  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

Technology Adoption Author:Diego A. Comin Publication:In Handbook of Economic Growth, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf. Elsevier, forthcoming Abstract We present a tractable model for analyzing the relationship between economic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

Indian scientists to U.S. technology formation increased dramatically in the 1990s, before noticeably leveling off after 2000 and declining in the case of India. Growth in ethnic innovation is concentrated in high-tech sectors; the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2012
  • Case

Man Group (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Thomas M. Clay
The Man Group was a huge and successful UK-based hedge fund and fund of funds manager. Through acquisitions, the company had consciously diversified its portfolio of investment products. In 2007 Man had to decide whether or not to spin off its brokerage business. Man... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Crisis; Decisions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Diversification; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom; Europe
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  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

  Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
  • Case

Old Mutual

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro
Designed to explore the demutualization and listing overseas of one of Africa's largest financial institutions, Old Mutual, and the effects that these actions have on South Africa's domestic capital markets. Explores the particular difficulties that arise as a result... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Capital Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Education; Financial Strategy; Business or Company Management; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; South Africa
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  • 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

consumption growth by a representative agent with a high elasticity of intertemporal substitution. This paper documents several empirical difficulties for the model as calibrated by Bansal and Yaron (BY, 2004) and Bansal, Kiku, and Yaron... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal districts based upon their distance from the highway system. We find several positive effects for non-nodal districts located 0-10 km from GQ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

prices across the board, instituting price-match policies with online retailers, or accepting that they will lose sales to customers who are showrooming. In all of these circumstances, either because of price reductions or fixed cost deleveraging (when low or negative... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail
  • 02 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic

biotechnology and health-tech companies. After about a year and a half, I went to work at one of JPM’s clients to build their Growth Strategy team. After an interesting first several months, I found myself... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2023
  • News

Turning Up the Volume

outlook. As Goldman helps the new executive director transition into the role and steps back into her board position in 2023, she will do so not only with more knowledge of the challenges faced on the ground but also the assurance that LEDA’s story is being expressed,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 20 Sep 2013
  • News

Connections Add Up

time in every dimension," and last year she invited Wood to take on the nonprofit's COO position. Wood came to the not-for-profit agency with decades of management experience in finance and publishing. "I was very excited for her vision," Wood says. "Nan was really in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Books

Shift provides solid strategies for integrating an ethical perspective into management practice. Paine argues that companies need to go beyond the codes of conduct and values statements that have become ubiquitous in recent decades and... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7

poorer Latin American countries. Traditional exports—coal, coffee, oil—still comprised more than half the total, while manufactured exports comprised only a fifth. Public investment in transport and other infrastructure—a perpetual obstacle to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

Evolution of Brand Meaning Over Time Extending Brands for Growth Brand Portfolio Strategy Extending a Brand Across Geographies Featured Exercises Discuss brand repositioning Assess the advantages and... View Details
  • December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

Ebro Puleva

By: David E. Bell, Antonio Garcia de Castro, Rocio Reina Paniagua and Mary Louise Shelman
Once Spain's largest sugar company, Ebro Puleva has been transformed through a series of international acquisitions into the world's largest package rice company and second largest pasta company. In 2009, Chairman Antonio Hernandez Callejas must decide how to proceed... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Spain
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  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Fast Lane to Country Lane

TOGETHERNESS: Mark and Kim Lackley based their furniture business in Vermont. Learn on someone else’s dime. That’s a lesson from HBS that served Kim Alley Lackley (MBA ’94) well as she made the leap from software and Internet start-ups to launching her husband’s... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade
  • Web

Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

conversations on talent and organizational structure . Directors also advise on everything from go-to- market strategies and how to ramp up growth to enterprise risk management and leveraging AI. Joining a... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to 15% for American equities and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

performance. The program expertly leads you through progressively more complex theories and analysis with a pace that keeps you challenged and engaged. Lisa Arpey Executive Board Member at Ford's Theatre Leverage financial statements and frameworks to assess View Details
  • July 2001 (Revised December 2001)
  • Case

American Express Interactive

By: Lynda M. Applegate
Follows the protagonist, Sonia Sharpe, as she and her American Express Interactive Team attempt to develop and market an interactive, on-line, corporate travel service in a highly competitive environment. Looks at the possible resources and partnerships a company needs... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Applications and Software; Technological Innovation; Global Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Vertical Integration; Financial Services Industry; Travel Industry
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