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  • 02 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

framework for the field in their book A Concept of Agribusiness. That seminal work traces a complex value-added chain that begins with the farmer's purchase of seed and livestock and ends with a product fit for the consumer's table.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

delivery around specific categories of disease. It provides an opportunity to evaluate BWH's approach to integration along all of these dimensions and to identify the nature of the tradeoffs that hospitals—specifically, academic medical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

would stretch the entrepreneur in a direction that, at least at this stage, would not be helpful in building the business. What I like about this approach is that it's very sensitive to building the organization. So you're not applying 50... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

is mostly based on developed markets. Contextual factors, especially major economic and political shocks, might explain these unexpected findings. Silverthorne: What about practices or approaches that didn’t work out for those... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

approach across multiple business units. Social Entrepreneurs as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Sekem Authors:Tomislav Rimac, Johanna Mair, and Julie Battilana Publication:In Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015

systems. We then develop a simple model of how these markets enable entry by small or flexible suppliers and the resulting impact on existing firms. Finally, we consider the regulation of peer-to-peer markets and the economic arguments for different View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

disappointedly low. Their ability, and motivation, to locate value-added activities in the most attractive locations means that they strengthen clustering rather than encourage dispersion of knowledge. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

Ross: In our experience, the best tact is the "sandwich" approach to organizational change: drive the concept from the top while developing skills and a track record at lower levels, usually through pilot programs in discrete... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

manufacturer. Set just after BYD's initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2002, it describes the development of BYD's labor-intensive approach to battery manufacturing-an approach... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

advantage, leading companies are now using an advanced form of outsourcing, called global collaboration, to drive new revenue, quicken time-to-market, and increase innovation. Global collaboration impacts their top as well as bottom lines. But effectively adopting this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

outweighed the PG Ventures offer. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815058-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-004 KGFS: A New Approach to Rural Finance No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

analyzes contemporary debates, continuity and change in HRM; and Part III proposes likely developments for the future seeking to identify a more proactive HRM approach toward ethical issues arising in employment. Publisher's site:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

Supplements the case "Nestle's Milk District Model: Economic Development for a Value-Added Food Chain and Improved Nutrition." Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907402 A... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

pricing formats. It further raises the question of when to declare that a new approach to the business has failed. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

financial and non-financial measurements in four perspectives: financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth. The approach quickly evolved into a new system for describing and managing strategy.2 Many of the organizations... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

value-added tax. We're the only developed economy that doesn't do it. We have state and local sales taxes, but we don't have any broad-based value-added tax. I think most tax economists have long thought... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

Publication:Social Choice and Welfare (forthcoming) Abstract We take a decision theoretic approach to the classic social choice problem, using data on the frequency of choice problems to compute social choice functions. We define a family... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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