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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
entrepreneurs of the time. The interviewees speak on a common set of themes including their development as entrepreneurs, strategies for identifying opportunity, and leadership. The South Sea Bubble, 1720 Explore one of the most extensive collections in the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
decided to take a chance on the four-day workweek. Carbonell and Bernard were very clear that this was an experiment, and they reserved the right to walk it back at any time if it wasn’t working. A few months into the trial, they sent out an View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
What can companies today take away from the experience of myriad multinationals in the United States? A lot, says HBS professor Geoffrey G. Jones, a specialist in business history and international business. In the following e-mail... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
proposal involved changing a basic design feature of LinkedIn by allowing members to contact each other without intermediaries for a fee. Fewer members would avail themselves of this feature, but those who did would be willing to pay as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or fraud. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909006 Distribution at American Airlines (A) Harvard Business School Case 909-035 American Airlines sought to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
dissertation, the World Bank, the International Corporate Governance Network, the OCDE, and so on were promoting this principle as a way to overcome the abuses of managers or controlling shareholders who expropriated small shareholders or... View Details
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IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog
by meeting and working with other young Africans in the area. We will reflect on a changing international environment marked by COVID, the decline of globalization, a possible global recession and a new Cold war ignited by the Ukrainian... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
accuracy of daily sales forecasts. We collaborated with an online apparel retailer to assemble a dataset that combines (1) detailed internal operational information, including data on sales, advertising, and promotions, as well as (2)... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
global business, with international stars such as soccer players Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry as well as tennis star Roger Federer being particularly sought-after endorsers. Q: What was the evolution of using athletes to promote... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
International in the early 70s, is that right? FL: Yes. We decided to use our precious capital to make a toe hole position in a troubled airline. And the most trouble at that time was Texas International, the smallest of the 18 airlines.... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
people, trying to get them to trust you. And the more authentic that bond is, the better leader you become. And it's that simple. You don't have to come up with any other fancy formula. And as soon as I internalized that, it totally... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
has yet to be realized. A report by Ocean Energy Systems, an offshoot of the International Energy Agency, found that between 2009 and 2019, global energy production from wave and tidal sources increased from 5 to 45 gigawatt-hours, or... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
When E-Loan executives wanted to launch international operations quickly, they relied on Softbank's worldwide operations, which include incubators in Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. For example,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
technical, and skilled employees to support growing international business. For Jordanian, Egyptian, and Palestinian companies, cooperation with Israeli firms, and with each other, is even more strategically attractive. Companies can... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
PublicationsRepublic of China at 60-An International Assessment Author:William C. Kirby Publication:Harvard University Asia Center, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
the owners. And they just out of the clear blue made an offer to me to be a consultant, to leave the partnership, become a consultant for them in international marketing. They never had a marketing department to basically license their... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
business with, an evermore diverse domestic and international customer base." READ MORE HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector How the Ron Brown Award Was Born READ MORE HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector How... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlinger. “This is not a field for mile-wide, inch-deep managers” On October 4-5, Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, hosted the international conference,... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
internal competition — trying to look better than other people. All of these forces are extrinsic motivators. They may get people to perform in the short run, but they lead people to feel that they're not doing their work because of their... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
even when we control for factors prominent in the last decade's cross-country studies of financial development. The findings indicate that inequality-perpetuating conditions that result in political instability are fundamental roadblocks for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne