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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
where is it from? By trying to manage trade flows in any specific product through tariffs or barriers, you will affect many other elements with effects that are difficult to predict. SR: For millennia, most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
from the book follow. An Affront to Public Morality The beauty business began modestly with the sale of products widely deemed an affront to public morality. Today, consumers around the world spend $330 billion a year on fragrances,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
companies now find their best customers in China and India, where U.S. technology products are in high demand. More importantly, the free flow of ideas and capital have created entrepreneurial hot spots... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Case Study: Sound Check
product, with a case study and clear pricing. It can be a little scary to give up the consulting revenue, which likely provides cash flow to fund the development of the productized offerings. The downside of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Lords of Strategy
low-cost leadership, product differentiation, or market specialization. Informing these approaches, Porter has produced an unparalleled flow of what are now world-famous, business-shaping ideas: “the five... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
1.1 billion citizens surviving on less than $2 a day. Education remains inaccessible or insufficient for millions, and the country has the world’s second-largest HIV-positive population. Mumbai’s airport is emblematic of the country’s crumbling infrastructure and its... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
pharmaceutical, medical product, hotel, banking, and building product industries, the authors examined the findings of twelve profiles conducted in four companies. In those organizations, the same six issues arose time after time: unclear... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
India, Brazil, and other developing nations shook off decades of economic stagnation to achieve remarkable growth. Concurrently, world trade advanced to the point that capital and products now flow freely... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
vertically integrated, local market. In technology, capital flows to the location where products can be produced most quickly and cheaply for the moment; our model focuses on the long-term sustainability... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
team, novel biotechnology that extends cassava’s shelf life from three days to 18 months. The process transforms the cassava tuber into nutritious food products that provide alternatives to wheat flour. The first View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
average time required to collect water from 44 minutes to 32 minutes. Electrification of rural areas and the computerization of rural banks improved the flow of goods and services and decreased check-clearing times at banks. A... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
cracks began to appear in its carefully crafted production plan. The first order of modular homes languished on the assembly line for months as Greentech struggled to resolve a number of serious production-control issues. Stuntz now has... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
Fellow at HBS who founded the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, where he and Iansiti are codirectors. “With the spread of digital technology, the economy has become much more connected in a massive network,” says Iansiti. “These digital networks enable the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2008
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Farming for Fuel
with senior researchers James Weber and Mary Louise Shelman, examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of Mid-Missouri Energy (MME). The farmers must make major decisions about View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
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Globalization Revisited
should become “global” by standardizing the production, distribution, and marketing of their products across all countries. Sameness meant efficiency and would be more profitable than difference. From economies of scale would View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
building leadership skills and working relationships as it was about building businesses. Planning the program for Spring Break would give students time to dedicate solely to fleshing out their business ideas from concept to product... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
The Deleterious Effects of Dirty Money
Baker: Chronicler of dirty money. In his new book, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), Raymond W. Baker (MBA ’60) chronicles the widespread illegal flow of money... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
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The Alumnae Entrepreneur Behind Mary J. Blige’s Super Bowl Locks
Mary J. Blige wore one of its products during the Super Bowl halftime show. As reported by Houston’s KHOU 11, Winters was ecstatic to see her company’s work—in this case, a long, flowing blond number—worn in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
native knew an icon—and a challenge—when he saw one. In 2009 he stepped into the role of managing director, Harley-Davidson India. Entering the Indian market had plenty of challenges related to tariffs, accessibility, and brand perception, and also required a focus on... View Details