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  • 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8

granted a U.S. patent for a "flying-machine," which changed the industry irrevocably. While American manufacturers diverted resources from science and technology to patent wars and legal disputes, European aeronautics advanced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508046 Enterprise Culture in Chinese History: Zhang Jian and the Dasheng Cotton Mills Harvard Business School Case 308-068 This case focuses on the legal and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

farm that produced olives, including Kalamata table olives. Alexandra had invested in the expansion of her farm in anticipation of the evolution of her market from domestic trade in Australia to international export. There was, however, a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53636 Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Using the farm tractor as a case study, I show that lags in View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

  Working PapersNone this week   Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Customer Loyalty Programs That Work

19th century, took the idea a step further, rewarding customers with stamps that could be traded in for a variety of items. American Airlines introduced the next evolution of the customer loyalty program in 1981: the frequent-flier mile... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Retail
  • 06 Dec 2018
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something else—my passion’s in neuroscience and brain theory,” he told her. “The objective was—as soon as he could—to get back to working on the brain, and I had to buy into that to be his CEO,” says Dubinsky. Numenta is the fulfillment of that promise. The company’s... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg
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orientation Analytical thinking Comfort with ambiguity Applied expertise Measurement-focused What makes it challenging to work in Baker Library? Constant evolution in the information industry and scholarly publishing A shift to a more... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

  PublicationsForeign Direct Investment and Growth: On the Role of Complementarities, the Search for Mechanisms, and the Potential for Linkages Authors:Alfaro, Laura, and Matthew Johnson Publication:Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization Abstract This paper examines... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

  PublicationsHas the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Publication:The WIPO Journal: Analysis and Debate... View Details
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

construction technologies, residential and commercial buildings remain stubbornly energy inefficient. This book looks beyond the technological and material aspects of green construction to examine the cultural, social, and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 01 Dec 2020
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In Review

those with no experience get ready (thank heavens for the early investments we made in HBX, now HBS Online). Our IT team did wonders to get everyone the technology and connectivity to teach, learn, and work from home. Staff across the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1

Evolution as a System of Governance, due for publication November 2009. The purpose of this monograph is to put forth an original concept of capitalism as a system of governance, including a theory of how it functions at any point in time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007

  Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member of the Technology and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

that priming relevant networks (e.g., family or friends) makes products associated with those networks more attractive. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/anik norton.pdf The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2025
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Challenge Accepted

mistakes. And the amazing thing of that technology evolution was that in three months we did it because everybody did their job, probably 300 percent of the speed and depth of what they thought they were... View Details
Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

been fanciful given Mibanco's preeminent role in Peruvian microfinance, which has made it the country's fifth largest bank. The case examines why Mibanco is on the block, while also relating the evolution of Edyficar and its own... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5

likelihood that non-compliant practices are detected, and the likelihood that detected violations are punished. However, the type of regulatory regime-compliance-based or "pay-to-pollute"-and three important cost thresholds also drive firm response: i) the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel