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- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
experiencing slowdowns, investors, entrepreneurs, and multinationals are looking elsewhere. They’ve been eyeing frontier economies such as Nigeria and Pakistan with great interest—and enormous trepidation. Can one find serious growth opportunities amid extreme poverty... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
turnaround expert, Andrew Macey, as COO to help him in the effort. Pearson and Macey have several options to consider: Should HLB raise $1 million in debt financing and focus on a turnaround or should it approach a private equity investor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly found among household-based establishments. We measure and discuss the extent to which this heightened entrepreneurship is due to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We show that characteristics of stock issuers can be used to forecast important common factors in stocks' returns such as those associated with book-to-market, size, and industry.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
Burning Man for the year, and also to remind ourselves that there's a place for honoring our past and honoring the things we've lost as well. Hanna: Now, Burning Man is a nonprofit. But can you talk a little bit about the finances... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-managerial-economics-9780199782956?cc=us&lang=en&tab=overview 2013 pub Infrastructure for Ore: Benefits and Costs of a Not-So-Original Idea By: Wells, Louis T., Jr... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
company she launched in 1993 to build wireless infrastructure in emerging market countries], in which he was also an investor, board member, and advisor. "Howard is perhaps the smartest, most humble, most inspiring, and most ethical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
date—maybe 2002? Before its first funding round, in any case. I told Reed Hastings that everyone would be streaming video in a year or two, so why set up this huge infrastructure around DVDs? He said, “They’re not ready for streaming yet.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
miserable conditions, are inspiring. I was contracted through the Coalition Provisional Authority to help the oil ministry think about strategies for financing reconstruction. In the short term, the options are fairly limited; over time,... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Happens Next in Ukraine?” As attack unfolds, escalation, nuclear standoff among Harvard experts’ worst fears Harvard Gazette Wide range of possible targets for Russian cyber strikes, from infrastructure to smartphones Ex-intelligence... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff
By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details
Keywords: SPACs; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Green Technology; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Rural Scope; Urban Scope; City; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Design; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Strategic Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Germany; Munich; Brazil; United States; Florida
Mojir, Navid, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, and Emer Moloney. "Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff." Harvard Business School Case 522-084, February 2022. (Revised September 2022.)
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
infrastructure presents an excellent opportunity to avoid the pitfalls of complex, restrictive, digital health systems that have evolved elsewhere. We propose here a federated, patient-centric, application programming interface... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
private-labeled digital devices at competitive prices. Yang credited Amazon for the company’s success. In addition to Amazon’s established infrastructure that helped it save on retail and logistics costs, “the key to building high quality... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
is HBS’s research funded? Research conducted by our faculty is financed by internal funds, which in turn depend on contributions from alumni and friends, as well as revenues from Harvard Business Publishing and Executive Education. This... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
organization's external environment. Our review of institutional strategies is focused on emerging market contexts, settings that are characterized by weak capital market and regulatory infrastructures and fast-paced turbulent change.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
prescriptions for companies, investors, and policymakers seeking ways to improve the industry's performance. According to Pisano, the biotech industry's problems stem from its special character as a science-based business. This character poses three unique business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
off if platforms were compatible, the quest for market dominance by competing platform providers prevents them from agreeing to a common standard. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-058.pdf The Economics of Structured View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Faculty & Advisors | MBA
‘88, Engineering, Kettering University Jeff is Chairman of the Board at Qualcomm, also serving as Advisory Director at Berkshire Partners. He serves on the boards of Becton Dickinson, Affordable Care, Halozyme, and FibroGen. He began his career in View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
identified and classified in terms of specifying, allocating, and utilizing capacity. The first two categories reflect challenges faced by infrastructure providers; the last category, challenges faced by airlines. Building Effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
has ever seen. In the past, biographers of Lord Liverpool have not sufficiently acknowledged the importance of his foremost skill: economic policy (including fiscal, monetary, and banking system questions). Here, Hutchinson's decades of experience in the View Details