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- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that a young company named PureCircie manufactured from the Stevia plant, could be used in beverages, foods, and as a table top sweetener in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
case:http://hbr.org/search/713020-PDF-ENG Inkaterra Comin, Diego, Rohan Gopaldas, and Diego RehderHarvard Business School Case 713-022 The case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru, and the different strategies the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
impact in a way he hadn’t in his last job. He likes to tell the story of being at a social event not long ago when a young child, maybe 10 years old, approached him. “He reached out to me and said, ‘Mr. Williams, I just want to thank you... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 23 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.
Jialan Wang and Jeyul Yang of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Benjamin Iverson of Brigham Young University. “The drop in business bankruptcies is particularly striking given reports of widespread permanent business... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
—it's the challenge of leading a major company in the turbulent global economy. A longtime executive at Monsanto and BFGoodrich, Price believes that the turmoil caused by forces such as consolidation, overcapacity, and technological... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
Authentic Leadership. "Everyone inside and outside the company is watching what they do. It is imperative that they stay focused on their True North as it sets a standard internally for principled business behavior and will make... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
13% “I was sexually assaulted by my client and my company stood by me. I had to take time off for that but not because of anything that happened within my company. I came back to work after 4 months and moved out of sales and into HR. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
realized how different brand perceptions could be across various cultures and countries. Through multiple customer interactions, we synthesized our findings to develop real short term and long-term strategies for the company to pursue. My... View Details
- Article
Tread Lightly Through These Accounting Minefields
By: H. David Sherman and S. David Young
In the current economic climate, there is tremendous pressure—and personal incentive for managers—to report sales growth and meet investors' revenue expectations. As a result, more companies have been issuing misleading financial reports, according to the SEC,... View Details
Sherman, H. David, and S. David Young. "Tread Lightly Through These Accounting Minefields." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 7 (July–August 2001): 129–135.
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
the late 1970s, taking with it a number of smaller U.S. enterprises. The latter were acquired by Japanese companies and Europe's Philips. In the same brief historical period, from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, the Japanese industry... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
responding more quickly and effectively to the pandemic than their government was, demonstrating the faith that consumers have in their brands and the companies that stand behind them. 86 percent of surveyed consumers view their brands as... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
especially on high-income young workers and (2) lowers average taxes on all young workers relative to older workers when private saving and borrowing are restricted. Finally, I calculate and characterize the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
Tanzania. Now based in Kigali, Rwanda, Ngoyi finds her global experience is a good fit with her current role. In May 2022, she was named CEO of the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA). A $670 million investment fund and subsidiary of Afreximbank, FEDA provides... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in 2019. Egyptian digital payments... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
innovation, connection, and freedom. In the past decade, it has fallen almost entirely under the control of a very small group of companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook. In Read Write Own, tech visionary Chris Dixon argues that the... View Details
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
evidence that borrowers, and particularly young borrowers, were less credit-constrained in markets where banks enjoyed more market power. Interest rates on consumer borrowing decreased more sharply with age in competitive markets than in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
such as investment banking. Consequently, many companies are actively discouraging their best young people from leaving lower-level positions for business school, arguing that their odds of success are... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Economics , January 2020) with William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev. Ebehi Iyoha : Winner of the 2021 Young Economists' Essay Award from the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) for... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
for young firms and those in larger projects, and (3) proportion of cross-institutional publications increased significantly more three years after funding for all three sample specifications. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
with his young family. In October 2009, as they prepare for their departure to India, he reflects on how to spend his time there and whether and how to pursue the several business opportunities that have already emerged. The opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace