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- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
the West Zone concession by Maynilad Water Services. Over the next decade, Manila Water turned in an impressive and profitable performance, while Maynilad failed. Describes the management actions of Manila Water and poses the question of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
than a few hearts and minds. (Arguments used for denying and delaying the remaining funding often centered around the Egyptian government's lack of stability and what some saw as the EAEF's slow pace of investment.) "I started to make... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
appearing in major news magazines. Then came a state visit from U.S. President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) in March, the same month HBS inaugurated its global research center in Mumbai (see sidebar, page 29). “Everything you hear about India... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
profits at the extensive rather than the intensive margin, outperforming competitors by attracting a larger customer base. And fourth, higher competition intensity need not improve consumer privacy when consumers exhibit low willingness... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness. The Business Roundtable was no less emphatic. “This is an unprecedented preemption of state corporate law that will turn boards of more than 15,000 publicly traded... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
marketing in the world of commerce. In politics, you need majority support or at least a plurality to be successful. In commerce, you can be highly profitable as a niche brand appealing to a narrow segment of the population. In fact,... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on the West Side of Manhattan. If built, the NYSCC would have served as the home for the Jets and possibly the opening... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
as on how it should evolve. Since 1980 General Electric, for instance, has continued to reinvent itself in every field from wind energy to medical diagnostics; and it enjoyed a $22.5 billion profit in 2007. Organizations that foster... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
of working at a large organization for the chance to be in charge? Search diligently and efficiently. Plan to spend six months to two years—full time—following leads and systematically vetting business prospects. Focus on companies that are consistently View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Gleason (MBA '97) is finding a way to make both a profit and a difference. Last fall, as a part of HBS associate professor Marco Iansiti's Managing Product Development course, Gleason created a model for a company that would employ... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
approached a private, for-profit chain of addiction treatment centers about offering the app to its clients as a support tool for the recovery process once they completed treatment. The chain’s management team was interested but wanted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
“I think there is a growing consciousness around some of the centers of capitalism, but I don’t think it’s a wholesale movement,” says Chorengel. “As much as there is a tremendous amount of interest in impact investing, the floodgates... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
threatening to organizations—or entire industries—that they are best described as “wicked.” Wicked Strategies offers a comprehensive framework for identifying, responding to and profiting from wicked problems. Aston Martin DB4GT by... View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
"Big labor unions are trying to achieve at the board table what they cannot achieve at the negotiating table, under the guise of shareholder protection," said David Hirschmann, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
going quite well, Riesenfeld recalls: "At the peak we had thirty-five employees. We made over $1 million in our first year, raised a couple million more in funding, and had over one hundred customers." By mid-2010, however, it became clear that although the business... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
the mayor of London talking about—and this was politically charged but talking about expanding the city center kind of charges for consumption and usage of the roads in the city center. So every mayor in different ways is trying to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
in our first year, raised a couple million more in funding, and had over 100 customers.” By mid-2010, however, it became clear that although the business was on a profitable path, it would never be a big company. “We pivoted, took a leap... View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
months later, Amazon pledged $2 billion to the climate crisis. You had Wayfair employees refusing to work because they didn't want their company to sell mattresses to the government, who was planning on using them at their detention View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
professor and Dean of the Faculty, provided a brief outline of the landscape as well as thoughts on how to view the proposed bailout. Lecturer Nicolas P. Retsinas, Director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, then... View Details