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Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth

By: Diego A. Comin and Bart Hobijn

In the aftermath of World War II, the world's economies exhibited very different rates of economic recovery. We provide evidence that those countries that caught up the most with the U.S. in the postwar period are those that saw an acceleration in the speed of adopting... View Details

Keywords: Hardware; Country; Business Cycles; Globalized Economies and Regions; Economic Growth; Welfare or Wellbeing; War; Technology Industry; United States; Japan; Europe

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14 May 2012
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Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

business services team effectiveness, and overall case experience. It is becoming part of the culture—the future of BCG." The Cycle Of Responsiveness: The Root Of The 24/7 Habit The reason PTO can be so effective for both... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

Enhance understanding of the legal life cycle of a start-up including structuring and financing issues, tax considerations, founder/investor conflicts, liquidity and exit issues; and Consider what’s customary and fair in various... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q2) - Course Catalog

receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages of the venture's life View Details

09 Dec 2020
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How to Fix America

HBS alumni and a faculty member were among the respondents. Kwame Owusu-Kesse (MBA/MPP 2012), CEO of Harvard Children’s Zone, writing with the organization’s founder, Geoffrey Canada, suggested that, “[i]f we are going to break the cycle... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Cast of Characters

new Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death, Chu brings a modern sensibility to the DC Comics seductress: “I thought it was time to update her as a smart scientist with more powers, character complexity, and antihero aspirations.” THE NAVY... View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Apr 2014
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A game-changer for migrant students

whose young lives were spent as migrant farm workers. Although Curiel was able to go to college, a basic education for children who live by the cycle of fruit harvests is often out of reach. The nonprofit helps migrant students prepare... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Reducing Risk with Online Advertising Fraud is fairly easy in... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2001
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BOOK: Ruling the Waves

by Debora L. Spar (Harcourt) In her new book, Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet, HBS professor Debora Spar looks back over the centuries and examines how revolutionary technologies,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 1998
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Generation Next

"Since well before biblical times, the basic unit of commerce has been the family," explains HBS senior lecturer John A. Davis, coauthor of Generation to Generation: Life Cycles of the Family Business, who helped create the program.... View Details

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Ben Seipel

seizing a post-graduation, pre-child-raising opportunity to cycle across the country. When they return, they plan to settle in Boston where Ben has accepted a sales development role with Google, and Kate has found a law firm position.... View Details

Keywords: Tech

11 Dec 2018
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Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

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StarMedia: Launching a Latin American Revolution

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Jon K Rust

By the fall of 1999, StarMedia had sprinted to a sizable lead in the race to acquire Latin American Internet users. Its pan-regional, horizontal portal was the first to target Spanish- and Portuguese-language speakers on the Internet, registering 1.2 billion page views... View Details

Keywords: Private Ownership; History; Risk Management; Business Cycles; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; Media; Emerging Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Web; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry

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13 Feb 2006
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The Hidden Market for Babies

telegraph, the radio, and so forth) that had been every bit as radical in their time as the Internet had become in ours. I argued that all of these technologies had gone through cycles of commercial expansion and political response and... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

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Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Creating a Value-Based Health Care Delivery System: Implications for Policymakers Reduce regulatory obstacles to care coordination and integration across the care cycle like the Stark and anti-kickback laws, HIPAA, and EMTALA Create a... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Enjoying the Chance to Reconnect

embracing the responsibility of contributing to the virtuous cycle at HBS.” Chun has designated his 5th Reunion gift for innovation, a passion that currently drives his work with entrepreneurial media and Internet companies at Thrive and... View Details

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Jon Schechter

tech that takes a long time to come to fruition, something that requires engineers from different disciplines, more complex development cycles and research.” View Details

Keywords: Tech

14 Jul 2010
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The Concerts in the Chapel

the piano bench, and he’s proudest of having persuaded several famous performers to come to the chapel: Christopher Hogwood played the extremely soft-volumed clavichord surrounded by the audience in circles of chairs; Michael Chance, a countertenor, sang Franz... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

19 Nov 2010
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The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

where this trust has been badly damaged. We've reached a place that feels like a vicious cycle, where nothing progressive is going to happen. Somehow, we have to turn this cycle in the other direction, and restore business to a place... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

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The Field Method | MBA

The Field Method Bridging the knowing-doing gap As a complement to the case method, the field method enhances our capacity to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. The idea behind these complementary methods—case and field—is to provide a View Details

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