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Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2020

Asia Pacific Spanning China and Southeast Asia to Indonesia and Japan, the School’s Asia-Pacific research outposts further faculty scholarship, support MBA and Executive Education programming, and develop opportunities for View Details

28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

consistent with some, but not all of these predictions. A relatively high economic value of adaptation at the establishment has a strong association with delegation to local managers, as do View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

involved a developed economy, "That would (suggest) a new type of fourth world country, a developed economy which just turned into a developing one." Should world... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Oct 2014
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Making products that change the world

As the CEO of Corning, Wendell Weeks (MBA 1987) is developing products that will have a positive impact on the world and leading the company to serve the local community. (Published October 2014) View Details

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME borrowers experience a 32-percentage-point greater increase in the volume of loans issued by foreign banks than do borrowers from developed markets, with a similarly... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

instead of participating in negotiated exchange offers. This paper critically examines this claim and argues that the incentives for holdout litigation are limited because of (1) significant constraints on creditor litigation, (2) substantial View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2020
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Educating the Whole Student

Initiative, apart from other models. First, The Primary School enrolls students as close to birth as possible. “We know the majority of brain development happens in the first few years of life,” Liu explains. Second, the school partners... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
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Jensen Donates Grant

impact on corporate finance, corporate governance, and law and economics, announced in January that he will donate the $200,000 cash grant to the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard Business School, and the Simon Graduate School... View Details

Keywords: awards; grants; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

trouble if they don't go well. Perhaps the brand with the most to gain—or lose—is Mother Russia, which paid a record $51 billion to host the Games, and has a rare opportunity to show it has shaken off its economic and political doldrums... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

01 Sep 2003
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Hail to the Chief

oil from these ecologically sensitive areas would fuel North America’s energy needs for just two weeks. That stark fact took on a human face when Sander met Santiago, chief of the Achuar, a rain-forest tribe. “Alison, you need to go back to your View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Dec 2015
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Nurturing a Healthy Food System for Producers and Consumers

staff nearly 6 million meals per year. Through a multi-year grant, the school has developed new relationships with local growers, processors, and distributors and funded educational and marketing efforts to... View Details

September 2024 (Revised October 2024)
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River Remedy: Navigating Mississippi’s Medical Marijuana Market

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback and Robert Ialenti

MBA student William Chism, the founder of a fully integrated medical marijuana company based in Mississippi, must respond to a significant disruption in the fledgling industry. In late 2023, Rapid Analytics, one of two active licensed testing facilities, has its... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Microeconomics; Local Range; Government Legislation; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Competitive Strategy; Governance Controls; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Mississippi

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01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

civic groups, she also used this research process to encourage existing community organizations to build closer relationships with locally based businesses. Kanter held forums to help each city develop an... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Nanda and Tarun Khanna Abstract This study explores the importance of cross-border social networks for entrepreneurs in developing countries by examining ties between the Indian expatriate community and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jun 2021
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The NBA's African Expansion

The National Basketball Association recently announced the creation of NBA Africa, a new entity that will operate the Basketball Africa League (BAL), build corporate partnerships, expand content and media rights, and support local efforts... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

to another level, Ferguson compared evolutionary developments in the natural world with recent developments in the global economic system. Over the past two decades, he... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Dec 2014
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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

Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing

01 Apr 1998
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Emerging Information

offices in 18 countries. The firm's main product, ISI Emerging Markets, is a continually evolving resource of information covering emerging markets in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Contracting with local information providers - from... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

communities of color who include the voices of community members in their decision-making.” Unknown to Big Funders The NCF focuses on four pillars of underfunded structural challenges: policing and criminal justice reform; economic... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
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Urban Us

By: Mitchell Weiss and Phoebe Peronto

Shaun Abrahamson and Stonly Baptiste aimed to invest in what they called "urbantech superheroes." At Urban Us, the seed-stage urban technology-focused venture capital firm the two started in 2012, they looked for startups innovating around the future of cities. By... View Details