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The Impact of Intangibles on Firm Growth

By: Stefano Denicolai, E. Cotta Ramusino and F. Sotti

Persuading users to try new technologies continues to be a problem confronting organisations and technology vendors alike. To better understand the process of new technology trial and adoption, several theoretical models have been proposed, of which the Technology... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Technology Adoption

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July–August 2004
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How CEOs Manage Growth Agendas: A Commentary

By: Ranjay Gulati

Keywords: Management; Growth and Development; Communication

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July 2002
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How Serial Acquirers Turn No-Growth Into Growth

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Growth and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions

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01 Jun 2006
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HBS Annual Report Details Strong Financial Growth

fellowships. On the operating expense side, employee compensation represented more than half of all expenditures, increasing 10 percent to $153 million. This growth reflected a 29.5 percent University-wide increase in employee health-care... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

25 Aug 2018
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Growth of online retail is changing inflation

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Innovation Key to Job Growth in America

August 2018
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Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company

By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani

Lord Hobo Brewing Company accounts for its inventory process as it prepares to create its first set of professional financial statements for investors. View Details

Keywords: Inventory; Start-ups; Craft Brewing; Investing; GAAP; Brand Management; Accounting; Working Capital; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Business Startups; Business and Shareholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston; New England; United States

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28 Nov 2017
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The no-excuses way to manage healthcare growth

23 Sep 2016
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Innovating childhood education for America's future growth

May 27, 2020
Editorial

Stable Democracies Better at Fostering Economic Growth

By: Ashish Nanda

Differences across countries in how the COVID-19 pandemic has been managed have led some to raise the broader question of whether democracies are necessarily a good way to organise a society. Research findings clearly show that compared to autocracies, democracies... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Government and Politics

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July 2025
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Extraverts Reap Greater Social Rewards from Passion Because They Express Passion More Frequently and More Diversely

By: Kai Krautter, Anabel Büchner and Jon M. Jachimowicz

Passion is stereotypically expressed through animated facial expressions, energetic body movements, varied tone, and pitch—and met with interpersonal benefits. However, these capture only a subset of passion expressions that are more common for extraverts. Indeed, in... View Details

Keywords: Passion; Personality; Extraversion; Scale Development; Perception; Personal Characteristics

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13 Feb 2025
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IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India

across the country. The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India When you hear the phrase “coal-fired power plant,” what images come to mind? Smokestacks View Details

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From Planning to Growth and Beyond: A Cross Industry Analysis of Entrepreneurial Priorities

By: Myra M. Hart, C. Brush and P. Greene

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Plan; Business Growth and Maturation

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03 Jun 2019
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Collaborations, not tax breaks, are better for growth

23 Aug 2021
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New Chair of 205-Year-Old Swire Looks to China for Growth

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Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? (joint with Andrew Charlton)

By: Laura Alfaro

In this paper we distinguish different qualities of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. Establishing the quality of FDI, however, is a difficult concept. Quality, that is the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth, is a combination and... View Details

October 2023 (Revised June 2024)
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Catalent: Catalyzing the Next Era of Growth

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Kevin Emancipator

Catalent's newly appointed CEO, Alessandro Maselli, experienced the highs of the pharmaceutical contract development manufacturing (CDMO) space during COVID-19 while helping Moderna and others bring vaccines to market quickly and safely. After rushing to add capacity... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pharmaceutical Industry

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September 2011
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Driving Profitable Growth at US Auto Parts

USAP faces extraordinary opportunities to change the way that automobiles are serviced in the US by selling parts at fair prices though online channels. View Details