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- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
recently filed for an additional $2.1 billion. And according to various analysts, Uber is on track for an estimated valuation north of $60 billion. To say the least, the company can afford lots of lawyers to fight its global legal... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
and external agglomeration economies have separate, positive impacts on location, with relevant differences by activity; (2) internal economies of agglomeration arise within an activity (e.g., among plants) and across activities (e.g., between View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
with a supporting appendix that describes 19 additional immigrants or immigrant families and their firms. Working PapersCompeting Ad Auctions Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin Edelman, and Hoan Soo Lee Abstract We present a two-stage model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
Relative Economic Failure since 1982," Maurer examines the trade agreement's impact on the Mexican economy. "In and of itself, NAFTA is pretty successful," he says. "It creates a big wave of foreign direct investment in Mexico, and its View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
detailed case studies and 53 additional interviews with risk-management staff at five other major banks from 2001 to 2010, this paper shows that relentless risk measurement is contingent on what I call the "calculative culture"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
and their attendant costs.” This April, before the IRA was passed, Banyan raised an $8.2 million Series A round led by VoLo Earth Ventures with additional investment from Ulu Ventures, Vista Verde Capital, Nomadic Venture Partners and... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
and HBS senior lecturer Jim Matheson READ MORE [Sound of golf club hitting ball] In 2020, Aaron Sabin was working as a mechanical engineer at the golfing equipment company TaylorMade. Aaron Sabin: What I would do is I would design a golf club on the computer and before... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
investments in Xerox spin-offs were less successful. All of XTV's portfolio companies were created and funded by the end of 1992, with the result that its focus shifted to providing them with additional funding when and if View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
improvements in outcomes such as productivity and longevity, and that good nuts-and-bolts management at individual firms shapes national performance. At 14 textile manufacturers in India, for example, an intervention-involving free,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
and 2000, the global generating capacity of wind power grew from 13 megawatts to 17,400 megawatts, but two-thirds of that capacity was in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United States. Wind turbine manufacture was clustered in Denmark... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
PublicationsLocal Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India Authors:Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen D. O'Connell Publication:Journal of Economic Geography Abstract We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
Walker Insurance, Paul Thomson finds himself short of funds to support his original growth plan. He can request additional funding from his investor group, hunker down and grow at a slower rate, or consider a proposal to buy his business.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
dedicated to the manufacturing and physical distribution of books, when in fact their key function is editorial in nature. In a sense, many book publishers are trying to buy time, to postpone a reckoning with reality." Instead of... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310043-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement B: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310044-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement C: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310045-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement D:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
Island. You can’t go into a medical office in the state without meeting a CCRI graduate who’s your nurse, your ultrasound tech, or your dental hygienist. And there’s a demand for still more IT support analysts, cybersecurity professionals, and people who know how to do... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309114 Purchase the supplement: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309115 HTC Corp. in 2009 Harvard Business School Case 709-466 Taiwan-based HTC Corp. had emerged as the world's fourth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
3. Drive rapid conversion to the platform. Existing customers are likely to flock to a platform if it provides enough new value, if the additional products and services offered are consistent with your brand, and if users have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
periodically. We also document a benefit of consuming calls by finding that the consumption of calls is associated with more informed trading decisions. Overall, our investigation illuminates the actual consumption of conference calls by different consumers and the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
companies have announced plans for additional billion-dollar investments in Mozambique.” After a brief slowdown in 1997 and 1998 because of the Asian and Russian financial crises, the project finance market has come roaring back in the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
concentration is increasing rapidly in its industry. Our article, "The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers," in the July-August 2000 issue of Harvard Business Review, provides additional details on concentration patterns in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace