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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced
local farmers. Mission: Chaku’s sourcing model helps Ghanian farmers mitigate crop loss, which can run as high as 40 percent because of processing and exporting challenges. Okrah lived close to those farmers in Kumasi, an agrarian region... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
becomes even smaller. Just as we pointed out earlier in the context of how much time modern people spend indoors, once again the building industry discussion has missed the key 90 percent—the impact of the big expense, the people.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
widely held beliefs. First, conventional wisdom holds that the country’s coastal region is the best place to find successful businesses, said Oberholzer-Gee. In fact, for two decades the government officially encouraged foreign investment... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
immigrant who shrewdly spotted an opportunity in the nascent steel industry and became one of the richest men in his adopted country. Carnegie's era also saw an unprecedented explosion of branded consumer goods, among them Ivory Soap,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
Williams had nearly $8 billion in sales. The oil industry is becoming more competitive in part because of such cast-off purchases by companies like Williams. Stay Home. For many companies, it still makes a lot more sense to grow... View Details
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- 15 Mar 2022
- News
History’s Future
Courtesy Amr AlMadani Millennia ago, the AlUla region in northwestern Saudi Arabia was a thriving commercial and cultural center, a stop on the trade routes that connected the spices, silks, and other luxuries of Arabia and the East to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
responsibility. "We're trying to teach these kids not just about the game but also about life," says Tatum. The next step in developing the market—which Tatum notes has one of the youngest populations of any region in the world—is an NBA... View Details
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- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
several hours that night to do it. I wanted to present an honest understanding of what I thought his gifts were and what he might do with them. Within a week he had signed on.” Bradley’s uncanny ability to see talent and immediately intuit how it can be leveraged is an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste
annually. “A single ton of circuit boards contains the same amount of metal — copper, gold, and other elements — as ninety tons of commercial-grade ore,” explained Bradoo. “Using existing scaled-up mining industry technologies, our goal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
and sales management, spoke on the subject “Specialties vs. Commodities: It’s Not All about the Price.” He is pictured with Philadelphia Club chairman V.J. Pappas (MBA ’76, at left) and Robert Bristol Collins (MBA ’91). Health Industry... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Vietnam
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Vietnam? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Finland
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Findland to help me with FIELD Global Immersion? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related View Details
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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)
current company, industry and region reports. Includes full-text of Harvard Business Review. Factiva - For information on competitors and their products, search this database of business and news... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
industries for decades. And even though Mustapha and his sons had earned a reputation as hard workers, there was only so much they could produce within a system that left farmers either chronically undersupplied or dealing with bags of... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
built his family’s New Jersey–based industrial distribution business over 15 years (to sell to a Fortune 50 company), and then as a consultant to family businesses and international investors. “We’ve witnessed countries mount concerted... View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
export-driven economy to one centered around knowledge industries and services and a growing consumer class. “It took a week or so to recover afterward, but I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way,” HBS associate professor Suraj... View Details
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Advertising expenditures & budgets
How can I find the advertising expenditures & budgets of a particular company, industry or country? Advertising Expenditure Forecasts
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Stereograph Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details
- 24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
Four alumni ventures from distinctly different industries and geographies have been chosen to pitch at the 2017 alumni New Venture Competition on April 25 on the HBS campus. This year's finalists were selected from among 17 high-caliber... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
example, while Korea has a great education system, its industry structure is still rather inefficient. The Asian financial crisis induced a healthy shakeout, and now private equity firms are very active there. The more challenging View Details
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