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- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda Abstract In their seminal 1985 paper, Katz and Shapiro study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided platforms and direct network effects. We consider systems compatibility when competing platforms are two-sided and there are indirect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
industrial production (Alfaro and Chen, 2014). Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
keep close watch over them. In 2015, Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, highlighted the problem. “A local food safety problem can rapidly become an international emergency,” she wrote in a statement.... View Details
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John Oxtoby
and innovative ideas. I want to learn how the private sector can take ideas and turn them into reality.” For a variety of reasons, HBS became John’s business school of choice. “A number of my Jobs Council colleagues who had attended HBS shared stories about how the... View Details
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Navigating a Career in Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
returned as an HBS Leadership Fellow. For the first few months, I focused on a number of cross-departmental projects for the COO. I then moved into a managerial position on our development team, overseeing seven people working on... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
transactions structured? Lastly, for Wong and his top managers, how will each listing choice affect Gome's future development in the context of the pending market deregulation and expected industry... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
smart, connected product to develop an entire system of products that worked together. How would Honeywell, the mature, industrial company in a basic, mechanical business, compete with the new startup bought... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
developing world. We then discuss how survey techniques can be improved to better measure willingness to pay for urban amenities. Finally, we explain how Internet data is being used to improve the quality of city services. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring Claire Friedman...
development. Now I'm combining my business and creative skill sets in my role as the COO of Casey Patterson Entertainment (CPE), an entertainment company with a focus on premium live and talent-driven series and specials. As COO, I'm helping to build and View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 16 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Seeing Everyday as a New Adventure: Reflections for Father's Day
remember taking a class with my dad at the tech center in my small hometown. When I picked up tennis in middle school, he started playing as well. I am trying to follow this pattern with my own children and am loving developing new... View Details
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Business Track | New Venture Competition
Venture Competition Winner, Business Track: Argus Systems Argus Systems accelerates AI model development for physical AI. Team: Lisa Yan (MBA 2025), Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Play Video duration: 1:32 2025 New Venture Competition... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
market. “Many summer internships were canceled,” explains Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), managing director of HBS’s Career & Professional Development (CPD). “Graduating students who already had job offers saw their start dates delayed,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
food,” notes the low-key Batcha, who was raised on a farm in rural New Jersey and majored in horticulture at Rutgers before coming to HBS. “I believe hunger and famine would be much more widespread today without the changes the seed View Details
- Fast Answer
Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments
black; border-left:none" valign="top"> Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Topics covered include advanced... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
rendered uneconomic by high Israeli costs. At the same time, Israeli firms in industries that have been local, such as most services, can use alliances to begin trade and foreign investment. Any loss of lower-wage job opportunities for... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
http://hbr.org/product/keeping-up-with-the-quants-your-guide-to-understan/an/11177-HBK-ENG 2006 Strategic Management Journal Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies By: Alcácer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung Abstract—Geographically concentrated View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Shell and American Can Company. "All the guys who were making the decisions in the corner offices had advanced degrees," he recalls. "I wanted to call the shots." At HBS, Harris learned about leadership and motivating teams, citing courses such as View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
In late November, a distinguished group of HBS alumni, faculty, and friends gathered on campus at a celebratory dinner to pay tribute to the legacy of the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33). A leader of industry and a pioneer in business... View Details
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Nikki Skovran
which she helped develop an anti-gang task force, took Nikki in yet another new direction. “I noticed a lot of inefficiencies in the way the government approached things,” Nikki says. “I became interested in finding more effective ways to... View Details
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Laura Sandoval
janitor in an auto shop. It took him seven years to get his residency.” Laura seized every educational opportunity she had. At the University of Florida, she considered a career in law, but later developed an interest in marketing. With... View Details