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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
obliterates all competitors, fall so precipitously? Other minicomputer firms were suddenly failing too. How could good managers seemingly turn bad so fast? That was the puzzle. Colleagues suggested exploring the disk-drive industry... View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
its trek through that? Grove: Our last-generation growth has been fueled by a fairly major structural transformation of the computing industry from mainframe, centralized computing to distributed computing, PCs. And that defined the... View Details
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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
deploy capital across a variety of industries and sectors. Modules explore: Module one focuses on the Family, the bedrock of the organizations that comprise the collective Family organization, specifically,... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
caps. "These measures were not put in place because of the concentrated lobbying power of France's consumer lending sector," Trumbull says. Instead, French politicians worked closely with industry and family groups to View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact
Amy Kadomatsu (MBA 1998) believes every student can be an innovator and use technology as a force for good. As chair of the board of directors at Mouse, a youth development nonprofit that empowers students to create with technology to... View Details
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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Exhibition Home Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method The General Shoe Company, 1921 Case Writing & Industry Expansion of the Case Method The Case Method Classroom Teaching & The Case Method Impact on... View Details
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Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
Born and raised in Ghana, Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu saw “the impact that business and the private sector have on developing nations.” After graduating from Ashesi University College, she pursued a dynamic career at General Electric where she... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Rwanda
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Rwanda? Country information and economic data Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): Useful for: in-depth country information covering recent economic... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
the 21st century. “Africapitalism calls on the private sector to make long-term investment in industries that can create economic prosperity and social wealth.” The idea was inspired by Professor Michael Porter and his theories of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsFemale Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Harvard Business School Note 807-018 Examines the extent of and challenges facing female entrepreneurs in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
development cycles and can't respond in mid-project to changing customer needs. But there's a solution to this dilemma, according to HBS assistant professor Stefan H. Thomke and Donald G. Reinertsen (MBA '79) of Reinertsen & Associates in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
development of certain industries coincided with my interest in exploring how local governments can create environments that are favorable to the development of particular... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Christian Bjelland
As president and fourth-generation owner of Chr. Bjelland & Company, an industrial holding company headquartered in Oslo, Christian Bjelland has more than enough challenges to fill any given workday. But over the last decade, Bjelland has... View Details
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Oral History, Business History and Business Archives in India - Creating Emerging Markets
growth of business history in India. Geoffrey Jones (Business History Initiative) discussed the Creating Emerging Markets project and how the oral histories being generated were being used in both teaching and research. Chinmay Tumbe (IIM-Ahmedabad) reviewed how oral... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
where some industries were centralized, has developed a powerful private sector that "seems well positioned for an entrepreneurial outburst." Vietnam, where all View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
the world. Handholding and Strong Medicine: HBS and the Consulting Industry As a young lawyer with degrees from both Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, Marvin Bower (MBA '30) believed that a new kind of professional View Details
- 24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24
divisions. Our two studies allow us to demonstrate that spontaneous within-game dialogue and manipulated pre-game talk lead to the same results. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-039.pdf PublicationsCost Structure Patterns in the Asset Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
design rules. Thus, the computer industry was transformed from a quasi monopoly (dominated by IBM) into a large modular "cluster" of related subindustries, a development made possible by the decentralization... View Details