Computer Services Industries - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

challenge for firms based in suburban industrial parks. To stay relevant, they need to tap into urban hotbeds, but setting up operations there can be extremely expensive. In his work on global talent flows, Harvard Business School’s Kerr... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

countries. From 2000 to 2004, India’s offshoring industries grew from $4 billion to $12.8 billion, accounting for 6 percent of the increase in its GDP during this period. As founder and chairman of Satyam View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial services experience at Kohlberg & Company serving as a Private... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

of gaming console industry leadership, how should Sony respond to the overwhelming success of competitor Nintendo's user-friendly Wii over Sony's high-tech PlayStation 3? It was August 2008 and Kazuo Hirai, chief executive of Sony View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2009
News

Bright Future for Green Business

Partners — touched on several systemic problems that hold the green tech industry back. One is a failure to think about the interrelationship of resources: You can grow great biofuels, for example, but only if you have an abundant supply... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

decided to write a case study to bring the conversation into the classroom and to business leaders who would be able to direct capital, economic opportunities, and social services to an often-overlooked region of the country." Please talk... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Faculty Books

reveal the mechanisms of advancement and speculate on what this means for the future of leadership selection and development. Science Business by Gary P. Pisano (HBS Press) Why has the biotechnology industry failed to perform to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

Research Centers. For instance, (HBS professor) Tarun Khanna is working with the Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong and the Global Research Group in Boston on a case about a large financial services group. For the interviews at the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

28 May 2019
News

Cure All

How would you advise them? Leemore Dafny: What I’d say is something that holds true in most health care service markets in the United States: You should think about what market position you occupy, how it is differentiated from others’,... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

sector's tilt toward short-term financing was merely the industry responding to a lack of available government debt instruments, such as short-term risk-free Treasuries, that were much in demand by investors during the global savings... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

01 Mar 2007
News

Private Equity under Investigation

underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain’s Financial Services Authority has an-nounced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the problems or risks attributed to... View Details

Keywords: Josh Lerner; syndication; antitrust enforcement; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

peers. Qualitative data offer insights into the social identification processes underlying demographic similarity effects on turnover and promotion in professional service organizations. Working PapersLearning from My Success and from... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

because their market power allows them to charge higher service fees than domestic banks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-025.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Armstrong Investigation Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Benjamin N. Roth Natalia Rigol Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) (also listed under General Management and Marketing) Kash Rangan Benjamin N. Roth Natalia Rigol Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

firm that provides capital advisory services to mid-sized, privately-held companies. Constantini cited his development of a company, Boston Financial, as one of his most rewarding projects. "I was able to do some creative, innovative... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

17 Apr 2024
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

genetic insights. Watch Crop Diagnostix at the 2024 New Venture Competition. 2024 Social Enterprise Track Winner: Solara - Rea Savla (MBA 2024), Vishesh Mehta - Providing an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing... View Details

21 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand

moments," Grinshpun says. "If you can attract and hold the attention of people who otherwise have no interest in your industry or your role – if you can actually get them to move closer to you – you have a 'lean-in' moment.... View Details

June 2008 (Revised October 2010)
Case

Patient Flow at Brigham and Women's Hospital (A)

By: Anita L. Tucker and Jillian Alexandra Berry

Brigham and Women's Hospital challenged a team of physicians to improve patient flow from the Emergency Department to Intensive Care Units (ICUs). One of the team members, Selwyn Rogers, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Brigham and Women's... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Service Operations; Business Processes; Performance Productivity; Conflict and Resolution; Health Industry; Massachusetts

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19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

investors, could provide this commitment mechanism. Common ownership of competitors within industries and long-time horizons in ownership of shares are key characteristics for investors that could act as stewards of the commons. Social... View Details