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- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
called upon to play increasingly broader roles. Let me start my analysis with the barrel. I think our economic system has proven phenomenally successful at bringing growth, innovation, productivity, and a rising standard of living to... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
local shops an enticing web presence alongside their e-commerce peers. Yang took a leadership role at Esquel Group, which her father founded, in 1995. The company has grown steadily despite the economic... View Details
Catherine T. Clark
Purchasing a wheat bread recipe from a local Wisconsin baker, Clark went on to build a very successful upscale bakery business. Through the formation of Brownberry Ovens, Clark developed a regional... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
of violations, as well as the dollar amount of penalties, at firms’ local facilities after a local newspaper folded and compared those figures with a control group in an area where a newspaper continued to... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
Editor's note: When did America's declining global competitiveness begin? One starting spot might be 2008, the last year the country topped the World Economic Forum's list of most globally competitive nations. Four years later, the US has... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
said: Julie Battilana: Put people and the planet at economy's core My hope is that President Biden and his team will help all of us rebuild strong democratic foundations, and place human beings and the planet back at the core of our View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
incremental change, while also seizing new markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation rule the day. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50401 forthcoming European Economic Review Taxation,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Did Entrepreneur Ernesto Tornquist Help or Hurt Argentina?
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Celebrating HBS
More than five hundred alumni, guests, and friends of the School welcomed Dean Kim B. Clark and HBS faculty at campaign celebrations in Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta in the fall. With the help of local HBS clubs and sponsoring host... View Details
- December 2000 (Revised January 2001)
- Background Note
Promise of Functional Foods, The
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Laure Mougeot Stroock
This case presents a definition of functional foods or nutraceuticals (food or food ingredients that could provide a health benefit beyond the traditional nutrients they contain), a description of some of the major obstacles to their commercialization and... View Details
Keywords: Food; Private Sector; Public Sector; Health; Product Development; Production; Commercialization; Food and Beverage Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Laure Mougeot Stroock. "Promise of Functional Foods, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 901-013, December 2000. (Revised January 2001.)
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel developer for a Marriott franchisee. Before HBS, I was a management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at... View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation leading to increased... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
crafting Senegal's post-pandemic economic recovery plan and an emergency youth-jobs plan; working with the country’s health ministry to set up a local vaccine manufacturing plant; securing vaccines for the... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 2007
- Report
Aggregating Impact: A Funder's Guide to Mission Investment Intermediaries
By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah E. Cooch
Despite the wide range of impact investment intermediaries that are available and the advantages they can offer, many funders remain unaware of this growing trend to deliver both social impact and financial returns. This study from 2007 provides an overview of these... View Details
Keywords: Financial Intermediaries; Foundations; Impact Investment; Development Economics; Mission and Purpose; Investment; Strategy
Kramer, Mark R., and Sarah E. Cooch. "Aggregating Impact: A Funder's Guide to Mission Investment Intermediaries." Report, FSG, November 2007.
- 2010
- Chapter
Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions?
By: Lakshmi Iyer, Ejaz Ghani and Saurabh Mishra
Iyer, Lakshmi, Ejaz Ghani, and Saurabh Mishra. "Are Lagging Regions Catching Up with Leading Regions?" In The Poor Half Billion in South Asia, edited by Ejaz Ghani. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Fast Answer
Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
Municipal, local and national level financial data, demographics and market information sources to inform and support public sector entrepreneurship Where can I find government data (federal, municipal, city, etc.)? Lists... View Details
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
income taxes paid, up to the U.S. statutory rate. In effect, this means that Cummins will ultimately pay a total of the U.S. statutory rate on its overseas activities in lower tax countries and pay the local rate in higher tax countries.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
for empirical studies in economics and finance, we use this opportunity to reiterate and clarify some of its important features. In a similar spirit, we elaborate on steps taken to develop our large sample... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Emerging Markets and the Future of Business History
- 23 Oct 2013 - 24 Oct 2013
- Conference Presentation
Key Drivers for Inner City Growth
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) annual ecomonic summit. The 2013 theme: Transforming Urban Ecologies, What Works for Cities View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Key Drivers for Inner City Growth." Paper presented at the Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Cleveland, OH, October 23–24, 2013.