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- 20 Feb 2014
- News
We Need Economic Forecasters Even Though We Can’t Trust Them
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
We need a COVID-19 D-Day—and the leadership to execute it
- June 2017
- Case
MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid
By: Lynda M. Applegate, José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a company providing affordable housing to low-income... View Details
Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta, and Aldo Sesia. "MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid." Harvard Business School Case 817-073, June 2017.
- 06 Sep 2018
- News
Why U.S. Grocery Chains Need More (and Better) Store-Brand Products
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
16 New Business Books You Need to Read in 2020
- March 18, 2014
- Article
The Seven Skills You Need to Thrive in the C-Suite
By: Boris Groysberg
What executive skills are most prized by companies today? How has that array of skills changed in the last decade, and how is it likely to change in the next ten years? To find out, I surveyed senior consultants in 2010 at a top-five global executive-search firm.... View Details
Groysberg, Boris. "The Seven Skills You Need to Thrive in the C-Suite." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 18, 2014).
The U.S. Needs an SEC for Its Health Care System
The U.S. health care system suffers from a lack of transparency. Employers, insurers and individual consumers pay varying prices for treatments, drugs and digital information... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- News
Why Latin America Needs the Private Sector More Than Ever
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS
As part of the elective curriculum (EC) within the MBA program students have the opportunity in their second year to enroll in an Immersive Field Course – or “IFC” for short. These courses are driven by faculty research and industry... View Details
- 02 Dec 2013
- News
What You Need to Know to Become an Angel Investor
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
The Skills Doctors and Nurses Need to Be Effective Executives
- 10 Nov 2016
- News
What the Trump Administration Needs to Do About Health Care
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
applications for this program will be accepted in the upcoming Class of 2020 application cycle. The admissions process is the same as the regular MBA application, with a few additions. First and foremost, you’ll View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- News
What You Need to Know About Returning to the Office
- 21 Sep 2012
- News
HBS Professor Says Companies Need To Change How They Innovate
- March 2021
- Article
Increasing the Level of Abstraction as a Strategy for Accelerating the Adoption of Complex Technologies
By: Willy C. Shih
Many new technologies are complex and embody high levels of technical sophistication, and applying them should require significant knowledge and experience. Yet, the rapid adoption and incorporation of these technologies into other innovations seems inconsistent with... View Details
Keywords: Abstraction; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Progress; Diffusion Of Innovation; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Complexity; Information Technology; Strategy
Shih, Willy C. "Increasing the Level of Abstraction as a Strategy for Accelerating the Adoption of Complex Technologies." Strategy Science 6, no. 1 (March 2021): 54–61. (ISSN 2333-2050 (print), ISSN 2333-2077 (online))
- 06 Oct 2021
- News