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  • 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Bedford, Massachusetts in the 1800s, where we saw the roots of the venture capital industry. Then, of course, we found ourselves in Silicon Valley, where so many of the brands that shape our daily life got their start in humble garages.... View Details
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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

coursework, unique team activities with a diverse global network, and a capstone project that applies the program’s learnings. 6 months 5-6 hours per week 4 Courses plus a capstone project Self-Paced This course earns you a Credential of... View Details
  • 17 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

unique brand positioning for DIFF. Committed to its vision, Juma led the introduction of various initiatives over the years and was able to effectively grow the festival’s profile amid emerging regional and well-established View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

have to build competences to deal with local suppliers and global customers. The case describes the operations of WildChina providing detailed information on how they evaluated suppliers to determine their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

external markets. In many companies, widening the span of influence counteracts the rigidity of organizational structures based on boxes and silos. For example, although global companies like Procter & Gamble need to be responsive to... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books

moments of a boy’s life. Silent Winds, Dry Seas is a poetic, powerful, and universal novel of identity and place, of the legacies of colonialism, tradition, modernity, and emigration, and of what a family will sacrifice for its children to thrive. Direct Selling: A... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article argues that U.S. taxation reform should reduce corporate taxes, incorporate an awareness of the global marketplace, and generate revenue-neutral incentives for innovation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

dynamics may not converge, but if they do converge, then the limit strategy profiles constitute a subset of the Nash equilibria of the stage game. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-126.pdf Quantity vs. Quality:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

Evolution and Resilience Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter explores the British experience in a volume which examines the historical evolution of business groups in developed Western... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

Within—Almost 90% of McDonald’s in the US are owned and operated by franchisees. Paulo Pena (MBA 2004) runs the rest. Hear from Kristy Cunningham on the all-day breakfast initiative on the Skydeck podcast Five days after the call, Thompson announced his retirement.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia
  • 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

"excessive" use of decision rights. Consistent with these implicit incentives, we find that employees in tightly monitored business units are less likely than their loosely monitored counterparts to 1) use decision rights and 2) adjust for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

orientation of the "hierarchical industry leaders" can entail large missed opportunities for other members of the ecosystem, who are unable to fully exploit their potential in global markets. We argue that Japan has to adopt... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

Business School Case 514-054 Diageo: Innovating for Africa Diageo, the world's leading premium drinks business, had a long history in Africa starting from its beer brand Guinness first exported to Sierra Leone in 1827. By 2013, 13% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

startup scene. In addition to moving home, she'd had open heart surgery and changed jobs several times. Meanwhile, Egypt had become a hotbed of startup activity. Last fall, Enan stepped into the role of partner at San Francisco-based VC firm 500 View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

organization’s Artistic Director. Silkroad had come of age, gaining international recognition for its uniquely global music, which blended musical traditions from across the world—especially Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and America. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43743 How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, and Christopher Palmer Abstract—Despite massive large-scale asset purchases (LSAPs) by central banks around the... View Details
  • 08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

delivery app Dolly, and Peter is creative and brand director at PitchBook, which he likens to a “Bloomberg for the private capital markets.” Peter Escher reads to Josh while Diane Escher tackles toothbrushing duty as part of the bedtime... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2017
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Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

Now CMO of the 1,600-employee company, which provides crowdsourced reviews of local home-service providers, Hicks maintains the enthusiasm she had as a first-time entrepreneur: “If you’re excited about what you’re doing, it’s contagious.”... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

and local governments should invest in it. But the idea of investing in ECD for economic development was new and had never been tested on a large scale, particularly in the way that Rolnick and Grunewald recommended in a later paper—using... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace