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    Location Choices under Strategic Interactions

    The literature on location choices has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics. However, most industries with a significant presence of multi-location firms are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that strategic interaction among firms... View Details
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    The Case Method Classroom | 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 Research & Curriculum View Details
    • 18 Apr 2024
    • Blog Post

    African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets

    What are your post-HBS goals? How will you leverage your time at HBS towards that end? Post-HBS, I am dedicated to making a global impact by advancing the private sector in Africa, a passion I plan to explore through a summer internship.... View Details
    • 28 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

    the Harvard internal competition, the Kumulus team competed in the Global MIINT Semifinals and Finals against 40 other MBA programs vying to receive a $50,000 investment in their company. The competition was judged by a panel of... View Details
    • 28 Mar 2024
    • Blog Post

    IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

    across the country. On January 15th, 2024 we had the opportunity to visit EcoWorld, a 7.5 million square feet commercial development in Bangalore as part of the 2024 immersive field course on India’s path to decarbonization (see Figure 1). While buildings are a... View Details
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    the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

    Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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    Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity

    leaders and leaders from other underrepresented groups. To seed these discussions, we will partner with members of our global alumni network who hold key positions in these firms. Also in Executive Education, we will pursue programs that... View Details
    • 27 Aug 2013
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    Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market By: Paik, Yongwook, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how patent wars affect firm strategy. We hypothesize that, as patent wars intensify, firms shift their business foci to markets with weak... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Feb 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

    communicate with each other on the large-scale—particularly, the global scale—necessary to share such information.” Security of individual accounts. Of the 10 most-used software packages in the analysis, the CII team found that seven were... View Details
    Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer
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    Investing: Risk, Return and Impact (MBA)

    By: Shawn A. Cole

    This is an investing/finance course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for... View Details

    • September 2024
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    Topaz: Navigating Governance, Legacy, and Change

    By: Christina R. Wing and Carla Larangeira
    Since its founding in 2011, the Garza Sada brothers and their father positioned Topaz among leading family offices in Monterrey, Mexico, with several assets under management. Topaz aspired to have a transformative impact across multiple Mexican industries. An industry... View Details
    Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Family Business; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Education Industry; Energy Industry; Latin America; Mexico
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    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in a Tanzanian Mobile Money Field Experiment

    By: Jason Acimovic, Chris Parker, David F. Drake and Karthik Balasubramanian
    When workers make operational decisions, the firm's global knowledge and the workers’ domain-specific knowledge complement each other. Oftentimes workers have the final decision-making power. Two key decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these... View Details
    Keywords: Employees; Decision Making; Training; Performance Improvement; Money; Mobile Technology; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Services Industry
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    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Digital Agility: The Impact of Software Portfolio Architecture on IT System Evolution

    By: Alan MacCormack, Robert Lagerström, Martin Mocker and Carliss Y. Baldwin
    The modern industrial firm increasingly relies on software to support its competitive position. However, the uncertain and dynamic nature of today’s global marketplace dictates that this software be continually evolved and adapted to meet new business challenges. This... View Details
    Keywords: Information Systems; Software; Architecture; Modularity; Agility; Coupling; Applications and Software; Design; Decisions; Performance
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    Business Opportunties in Climate Adaptation

    By: John D. Macomber

    This is a Short Intensive Program or SIP at Harvard Business School.  It’s an optional student offering prior to the formal start of the Spring semester the following week.  SIPs tend to cover new material on current topics, to be less formal than the HBS Case Study... View Details

    Keywords: Resilience; Climate Risk; Climate Impact; Fire Protection; Insurance Risk Exposure; Hedge Fund; Public Health; Public Health Measures; Climate Change; Adaptation; Infrastructure; Real Estate Industry; Transportation Industry; Insurance Industry; United States; Africa; Latin America
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    This is set of utility functions written while working on “Organizing the... View Details

    • 2011
    • Article

    Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China

    By: Christopher Marquis, Jianjun Zhang and Yanhua Zhou
    We develop a framework to analyze the closing gap between regulation and enforcement of environmental protection in China and present a number of resulting implications for doing business there. We identify three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory... View Details
    Keywords: Framework; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law Enforcement; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Alignment; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Motivation and Incentives; Management Practices and Processes; Competitive Strategy; China
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    When Batteries Meet Hydrogen: Dual-Storage Investments for Load-Shifting Purposes

    By: Christian Kaps and Simone Marinesi
    Power systems account for nearly 40% of global emissions. As the world tries to reduce emissions by increasing renewable penetration, storage technologies are playing an increasingly important role in matching variable renewable supply with demand. Batteries have... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Transition; Utilities Industry; Battery Industry
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    Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

    thinkers. Francesca Gino : Winner of the 2019 Thinkers50 Talent Award. Ashley V. Whillans : Received Honorable Mention for the 2019 Dissertation Award from the International Positive Psychology Association. Ashley V. Whillans : Named a HGHI Burke View Details
    • 19 Oct 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

    School, is an expert on global supply chain and co-wrote an HBS case study, revised in 2019, on Dollar General, one of the largest dollar store operators, shortly before it was acquired by New York investment firm KKR. Shih discusses the... View Details
    Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail
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    2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    Curriculum Matthew Weinzierl & Professor Debora Spar (PMD 62) + More Info - Video Recording – Less Info - Video Recording How can we best prepare students to navigate an uncertain world? How do we make sense of the changes in American and View Details