Informal Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

most recently as a Middle East expert at Oxford University and as chairman of Falcon Intercapital in Geneva, Switzerland. “Most of the Iraqi Governing Council and Cabinet believe in free market principles and the principles of an open... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

June 2024
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Building Innovation at VINCI

By: Dennis Campbell, Aluna Wang and Carlota Moniz

This case study explores how the VINCI Group, a French multinational operating in concessions, energy, and construction, bolstered awareness and adoption rates of new technologies within the organization. Through its separate innovation hub, Leonard, VINCI aimed to... View Details

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Educators

25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

doctrine, this essay proposes a synthesizing principle: if the deal process involves an adequate market canvass, meaningful price discovery, and an arms-length negotiation, then there should be a strong presumption that the deal price... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

great deal of time in the car." Combining these two things may well make OnStar extremely popular. However, there are several other aspects of OnStar that raise concerns that it might become the 1990s version of Roger Smith's robots. Entering the online... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing

15 Sep 2020
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How To Make Diversity a Reality

deal sources, right? The people, the investment banks, the middle market investment banks who provide deals—and underlying all of that is two critical problems, right? One is there's just pervasive, unconscious bias. It's not intentional.... View Details

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

areas of diversity and inclusion in organizations and in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Recently, Banu contributed her expertise to 2021 UNGPs10+ consultation on the gender dimensions of business and human rights, which is intended to inform... View Details

04 Aug 2020
News

How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

businesses that were going to be a source for good, and that really aspired to both, to profit and to purpose. You know, the whole premise or conceit, if you will, that's sort of taught in business schools, is that the private sector and the free View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

package and used her time to get involved in various volunteer and charity activities while remaining active in her industry. After teaching a course at the annual cable television marketing convention, she founded Allen Strategies, a... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

coordination between sales, marketing, and, crucially, manufacturing. As an egomaniacal, 30-year-old marketing maven, I had been conditioned to look down on the “functional groups” run by people without advanced degrees who got their... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

April 2025
Case

Lisa Su and AMD (A)

By: Joshua D. Margolis, Matthew Preble and Dave Habeeb

This multimedia case study focuses on CEO Lisa Su’s turnaround and subsequent transformation of the technology company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). When Su accepted the top position in 2014, AMD was on the verge of collapse. Su focused on the company’s culture,... View Details

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01 Sep 2007
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Riding It Out

Gisholt gave the go-ahead, the recall came off without a hitch and garnered a warm customer response. “Thank you for your diligence in keeping us informed during this stressful time,” read one e-mail. “It reinforces the wisdom of our... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

while ensuring HBP’s continuing commitment to DEI. McConvillewas part of the team that launched HBP in 1992, and she has been instrumental in shaping the organization’s transformation and growth over time. She served as Chief Marketing... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

timescales not just of days and weeks but of decades—something that can’t be done with gusting winds and fickle sunshine. “We know how much power we’re going to get out of this for the next 40 years,” Smith says. The potential market for... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Ukraine will likely intensify, roiling energy markets further and raising questions about the future of globalization, says HBS Professor Rawi Abdelal. Putin’s iron fist vs. Zelensky’s moral clarity Historian and HBS professor Nancy... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

initiative between MIT and the World Bank, he was sent to the Philippines to work with an informal settlement whose 12,000 residents were to be displaced for a resort. “It was a huge aha moment for me,” Mawilmada recalls. “This time, I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

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