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- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
important activity for pioneering entrepreneurs, they are unconsciously aided by other actors who are acting out of self-interest rather than from a desire to actively help these entrepreneurs. Furthermore, entrepreneurs are View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would urge Congress to pass... View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
circles. Q: What makes technology transfer happen? Is it entrepreneurial opportunity in the home country, a loyalty to the home country, or government policies that encourage or require people to come home? A: It's all of those. Surveys of these diasporic communities... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
Should organizations receiving government aid be allowed to use resources to pay them? What do you think? To read more: Jake DeSantis, "Dear A.I.G., I Quit!," The New York Times, March 25, 2008, p. A25. View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
to their specific needs—e.g., insurance for long-term care and drugs; easy access to integrated teams that specialize in treating chronic diseases and disabilities; pre-tax savings accounts for uninsured health care needs, such as hearing View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
lead without the aid of organizational conventions of the past. Dolembo’s comment was perhaps the most provocative of all. He suggested that the author of The Seventh Sense may be addressing a topic that will be a relic of the past in a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
age, there are more consumers than ever before suffering from chronic conditions. Most no longer see disease and the timing of their death as inevitable. Supported by the Internet, many actively seek out information to increase their odds of staying alive. View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
integrated report. Senior leadership was convinced that Natura's success over the years had been aided by its corporate responsibility and strategy to continuously seek improvements in both financial and nonfinancial (e.g., environmental,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Indian pharmaceutical company, Cipla, to bring down the annual per-patient cost of an ARV triple cocktail from $12,000 to under $250; using ARV development as a key component of its prevention and treatment strategy the Brazilian National View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
final choices can be aided by multiple reviews aggregated from the wisdom of global crowds. 5. Few Comparables. Many business travelers stay in more than 20 hotels each year. They develop a smart shopping expertise that enables them to... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
neat files. Karmarkar’s team theorized that sleep might aid decision making as well. “If sleep helps organize and store information, it could be doing so in a way that helps you make a better informed choice.” UNSURE OF THE DECISION The... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
industry practices, which the press juxtaposed against the grim realities of AIDS in southern Africa. In response, governmental and nongovernmental organizations formed a coalition that ultimately won big public health exemptions on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought
method, no matter how sensitive, can't help but be something of a compromise with reality. "We need to let the consumer express his or her thoughts with minimal intrusion by the researchers," he says. And ZMET might well be one way to aid... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
ramifications of mid-life. What would it take to remain a viable competitor in China in a new industry? Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/309060-PDF-ENG Competing Through Business Models: Introductory Note for Students Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
are entire industries that have been created to help avoid paying taxes and find creative ways around compensating people, he said. "There's a lot of aiding and abetting that goes on in this kind of environment and I think it's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
government, and not-for-profits. To war against COVID To aid the fight against COVID-19, here are seven key frameworks and approaches with roots in military strategy that are taught in leading Agile and strategy programs. They can help... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
financial regulatory structures in order to make it viable. Before ARD could offer its stock, for instance, it had to obtain a number of exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from the Securities and Exchange Commission. ARD was View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
skin the proverbial cat: Some emerging-market companies compete in several countries, but others sell only at home. Purchase this article: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0610C How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
flag. Q: What are you working on next? A: This paper is a presentation of the methodology and a collection of descriptive statistics. I also have a series of papers that return to the case study of the Korean entrepreneur, characterizing how ethnic inventors in the... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
loans to fight poverty around the globe since the end of World War II, nearly half the world's six billion people still live on less than $2 a day; a fifth get by on less than $1. At times, foreign aid has even worsened the plight of the... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge