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First Look: January 23, 2007

technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contracts. More... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Clarissa Quintanilla

with outstretched arms lined the highway beckoning passing cars to stop and buy wildlife they had captured. The hopelessness of their situation helped Clarissa develop a conviction "to be involved in the process of furthering social... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Short Takes

needed. In his working paper, "Sustainability and the Firm," HBS associate professor Forest L. Reinhardt draws on the economics and accounting literature in developing a two-part test for sustainability that... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Cameron Cohen | MBA

interested in the intersection of machine learning and economics and how we can develop automation for social good. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business Last summer, I worked... View Details

09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

for young firms and those in larger projects, and (3) proportion of cross-institutional publications increased significantly more three years after funding for all three sample specifications. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50093... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

the future of the global market system. In keeping with the School's learning model, we provided participants with a "case"—this one consisting of the World Bank's scenario for global economic progress, looking toward 2030.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

10 Feb 2016
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Putting Faith in a Good Education

“The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today,” says Chris Crane (MBA 1976), who founded and leads Edify, a nonprofit that furnishes micro-enterprise loans and business... View Details

18 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context

career. It is true that many cases we study take place in developed economies. But what I remember about those cases are lessons for how to make business decisions that apply anywhere. There were many moments where I felt “this is... View Details

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Career Timeline - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Teisberg 2007 – Redefining Health Care named Book of the Year by American College of Health Care Executives 2008 – Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Economic Development from the U.S. Department of... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

One key to becoming more integrated into the global marketplace will be southern Africa's ability to respond to the radical economic and social changes taking place in its own backyard. "This not only poses complex challenges for... View Details

26 Aug 2021
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Baker Library's Latest Collection: Little Black Library

Chukwulebe’s Little Black Library is Baker Library’s first non-business or economic collection and its first placement in an academic library. Two versions of the collection—one for the Stamps Reading Room, which is available to all... View Details

19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19

BrownellHarvard Business School Case 813-122 Brent Grinna is evaluating different options for the technology development of his start-up's iPhone app, including hiring local programmers, finding a CTO, or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

undervaluing its currency. The Chinese government has pegged the yuan at 8.3 to the dollar since 1996, which undervalues it by 15 to 25 percent, according to Morris Goldstein of the Institute for International Economics in Washington,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2015
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Leadership on a Global Stage

course correction that took Jefferson to HBS, consulting, state and federal leadership positions, public speaking, and helping organizations around the world develop their leaders. It has been 20 years since Jefferson was leading a Green... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

brittle page from the R.G. Dun & Co. Collection provide a slow-motion close-up of a 50-plus-year span when American business expanded from small, local exchanges within a day’s horseback ride to transactions spanning multiple states and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Apr 2014
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Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families

Fredo Arias-King (MBA 1996, AM 1998) helps indigenous forest dwellers and their families in central Mexico stay on their land and thrive financially while also safeguarding their local environment. As founder of Green and Tapped... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Case Study: Let’s Dance

future “Case Study,” send an outline of your company’s challenge to bulletin@hbs.edu Case Study Update: Walden Local Meat In 2018, Walden Local Meat CEO Charley Cummings (MBA 2011) had just brought... View Details

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

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

easing the transition for refugees, the results could help businesses, too, Paulson says, since finding a better way to anticipate where refugees will thrive and how to support them in success potentially offers fresh sources of talent. The daunting challenge of... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

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Eric Lin | MBA

Eric Lin Computer Science, Secondary in Economics Quincy 2022 Cohort 3 Discovering an idea is only the beginning. Everything else that goes around the idea -- the team, resources, and product market fit -- is essential for the success of... View Details

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