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- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
“And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. So, I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
of big data. Rather than relying on artistic vision, Peck wanted the company to use the mining of big data obtained from Google Analytics and the company’s own sales and customer databases to select the next season’s assortment. Peck was... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
often sought some equity in mining and other foreign investment projects, but as shareholders they have rarely gained what they anticipated. Only in special cases might the benefits to governments outweigh the risks and often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance (Harvard Business Press). As a practical guide, The New Science of Retailing helps retailers mine their sales data to identify and... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
could fit in two 40-foot intermodal shipping containers. The UPower reactor was designed to serve the need for "off-grid" electric power. These off-grid customers were in remote locations such as mining operations, military... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course)
The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
to accomplish the following: mine your sales data to identify "homerun" products you're missing; reinvent your forecasting and pricing strategies; build end-to-end agility into your supply chain; establish incentives that align... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
state-owned China Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Corporation, to illustrate China’s growing interest and involvement in the African continent. While many in Africa welcome the substantial Chinese investment, resentment over labor abuses, low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
for growth. During the nineteenth century, most multinational investment in developing countries went into natural resources and related services. These were often enclave investments, like mining towns, with few links to the local... View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
appreciation of the role of the chief risk officer, and of leadership in general, in risk management. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110031-PDF-ENG IFP, Indonesia Roy D. ShapiroHarvard Business School Case 610-052 IFP, Ltd. is a Europe-based... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Vavilov, who had co-founded Bitfury and expanded it substantially from its bitcoin mining roots, felt a blockchain-driven makeover of this sort would take place not just in Georgia's government but also around the world. It was not a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
decade has seen the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fall of communism in Russia, the opening of major mines in Canada, and the emergence of a worldwide movement against so-called "blood" or "conflict" diamonds.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
objectives in case method learning. One challenge for case method instructors is the assessment of students' class participation, particularly in large classes. This article offers a solution that mines the practices of peer-to-peer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016
Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/116038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-026 China Shenhua Energy Company A leading Chinese energy firm, active in coal mining and electric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
but Bill still wondered if they were a fluke of the data, a result of data mining rather than the reflection of a true market anomaly. He wanted to discuss several possible explanations of the phenomenon and to decide whether Martingale... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
mining and exporting raw phosphate rock—its traditional focus, which it performed at a relatively low cost—towards greater production of phosphoric acid and finished fertilizer products. In the next phase of the program, OCP planned to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
case:http://hbr.org/search/212044-PDF-ENG Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (B) Aldo Musacchio, Tarun Khanna, and Ricardo Reisen de PinhoHarvard Business School Supplement 713-012 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
and the $6 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper mine expansion in Mongolia (2014). Globally, firms financed a record $415 billion in capital expenditures using project finance in 2013, and the use of project-financed investment has grown at a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne