Retail Government Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2015
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Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?

Ishan Sachdev (MBA 2013) Since 2009, more than 80 mobile money services have popped up in emerging markets to offer financial services to the millions of people who have a cell phone but no traditional bank... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

28 Sep 2023
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Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

Clubs News Clubs News Guided by Harvard Business School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, the HBS Global Alumni Clubs & Associations Network provides thousands of opportunities to create and strengthen connections among and between HBS... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

15 Nov 2018
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More Invincible than Invisible

Keywords: obituary; politics; public service; Government

07 Mar 2012
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Fashion Tech Startups Emerge from HBS

Keywords: online retail; online shopping; fashion; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Mar 2011
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Swap ’Em If You Got ’Em

Hall (right): An online market for military personnel. Blake Hall (MBA ’10) grew up in a military family, became an Army Ranger, and was a platoon leader in Iraq for fifteen months. A conversation with a fellow veteran about the difficulty of buying and selling... View Details

Keywords: online retail; online shopping; online marketplace; Government; Government; Government; Government

01 Jun 2023
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Buy Big, Sell Small

If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers

16 Dec 2014
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Why Top-Down Management Doesn’t Work in the Fight Against Ebola

Keywords: management; ebola; government; leadership; teaming; collaboration; crises; Government; Government; Government; Government

24 Apr 2019
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The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

23 Aug 2020
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In the UK, She Leads the Search for a COVID Vaccine

money in,” she explains. “So they want us personally on the hook with skin in the game for everything we do. That sort of approach is actually what you need in this case. It’s government money, not my money, but the mentality is the... View Details