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- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
Can big companies ride the entrepreneurial tiger to transformation and renewal? Yes, said participants in the panel discussion "Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside" at the HBS Entrepreneurship Conference. But... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- Web
Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
ride or drive here as far as you like, and there is a constant excitement of arrivals.” 48 The factory served as office, storage, home, and place of recreation. The lower floors included the kitchen, treasury, servants’ quarters, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
growing number of students from high-poverty neighborhoods. “Our core mission is to help close the STEM achievement gap among students of diverse backgrounds in Boston,” Pearson explained in a traveling conversation this summer that began on Thompson Island and... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
clear benchmark for other states looking to protect kids’ health.” And, the American Lung Association applauded the announcement, saying: “Close to 25 million kids ride to school every day on diesel-powered school buses that emit millions... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
rides, respectively. As two-sided markets grew to scale, network effects kicked in as more consumers bred more suppliers and vice versa. But how did these platforms ride the second wave of growth? How did they grow from one thousand to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
encourage voter turnout among customers, similar to Facebook's Election Day notifications or Lyft’s discounted rides to polling stations. Support election administration by donating resources such as ballot boxes, office supplies, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
continue mitigating those risks and advancing the technology?” The government is in the best place. They have all the testing. And while it will take much longer done by government, we’re still riding down that cost curve with chemical... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
left the house in three weeks." You know, this conversation style can leave you feeling minimized or unheard. There are others like the “expert.” The “expert” knows more than you do and silences you with her confidence. If you might say, “I'm going to wear a mask on my... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
Press). What does this mean? That governments and DFIs will not be able to ride to the rescue and prevent further degradation in outcomes. Expecting these international actors to fund everything is not realistic. Yet according to Sifma... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
process, helping to train networking professionals to design, build, and manage more complex networks. Aware of just how much was riding on the success of the learning platform, Beliveau-Dunn needed to decide whether to invest heavily in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
going lose about 100 games." She said, "So is your plan to be mad 100 nights a year?" Which was a really interesting insight. So the office does go up and down with wins and losses in terms of emotion because most of us are feisty and competitive and want to win. I... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
classes, beauty products, and eSports offerings. Chairman Lee and VC Lee believe that KCON is a good vehicle for accelerating the Hallyu wave of Korean culture that was still sweeping the globe and riding this wave in promoting CJ Group... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
from here Vive la Madeleine! How vision, perseverance, and many blocks of real Normandy butter created a new model for French manufacturing Complete Table of Contents September 2016 The Taxi Wars of Jakarta How two alumni-founded on-demand View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
argued, the company was "involved in every aspect of the operation"-from how many rides drivers had to accept in an hour to how they had to interact with customers. Two separate class-action lawsuits against Uber and Lyft are still... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
rebrand as Gordon Gekko or Lumbergh from Office Space. No, mon frère, I wanted to emerge as a more Rolodexed, numbers-savvy, overall better business journalist. Plus, I’d be riding out a nasty media-sector slump. Three years after my... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
Uber users who were headed in the same direction share a ride and pay substantially lower fares. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617009-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-035 Partners Group: Ain't No... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne