Country Development Strategies - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
News

Research Brief: Bargaining for Better

resolution that satisfies both parties. The Zambian Ministry of Education has integrated aspects of the program into its life-skills curriculum, and McGinn says she sees even wider opportunities. “A lot of the attention in developing... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Jun 2015
News

Leadership on a Global Stage

course correction that took Jefferson to HBS, consulting, state and federal leadership positions, public speaking, and helping organizations around the world develop their leaders. It has been 20 years since Jefferson was leading a Green... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

30 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Cambridge to Nairobi

2010, and they had long been on my list of “dream companies to work for.” In the spring, I reached out to Ushahidi’s Business Development lead, interviewed, and received an offer. A few formals and five finals later, I found myself on a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government; Technology

01 Mar 2011
News

Faculty Books

Banking, and Mark Schanker-man draw on a large, new database (covering a range of countries in varying stages of development) to provide rigorous economic analysis and systematic economic evidence of the impact of open source software on... View Details

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

01 Jun 2009
News

Cynthia Carroll

in enterprise development through our incubator units in South Africa and Chile, which support over 220 freestanding businesses providing jobs to some 13,500 people. In South Africa, I’m also very proud that we have the largest workplace... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
Case

BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future (with video links)

By: Ranjay Gulati, Jan W. Rivkin and Aldo Sesia

By the end of 2015, BlackRock had succeeded beyond any of the early dreams of its founders. The firm remained the world’s largest asset manager, with more than $4.6 trillion under management, and other financial services companies used BlackRock’s Aladdin platform to... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States

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01 Mar 2017
News

HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age

audiences. “We knew we wanted to bring the distinctive features of the HBS classroom — real-world cases and problem solving, active learning, and peer engagement — online,” says Professor Bharat Anand, a member of the initial development... View Details

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

companies that use stealth positioning adopt a covert approach. They conceal the true nature of their products by affiliating them with a different category. This is a powerful strategy for marketers when a category is in some way... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

knowledgeable relationship with them, measured by the number of hours their relationship manager spent with them. The bank attempted to lock the customer into a sole-source relationship by creating an integrated management system. Another company used a similar lock-in... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

choices they had made, the career choices they'd like to make in the future, and how they might actually take control of that and develop a strategic plan. New Path is a six-day immersion in everything you need to know to re-enter the... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

it." Still, companies around the country are managing to pick their way through such uncomfortable territory in an effort to respond to their employees' deeper yearnings. While spirituality is a highly individual and personal matter,... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Feb 1998
News

New Global Research Site Announced in Hong Kong

written. The new operation is intended to support and enrich this activity, making it possible for HBS faculty to develop research in areas such as equity markets in emerging economies, entrepreneurship in the overseas Chinese... View Details

Keywords: Audrey Snee; photographs by Graham Uden

01 Dec 2020
News

Karmic Kickstart

for a significant “rebirth” against my wife’s giving up a highly successful career that she greatly enjoyed. We also wanted to go into a situation where both of us could be highly productive and effective, so finding a country where... View Details

Keywords: transitions; higher education; travel; reflection; cancer; Educational Services

30 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Reunions: Accelerating Climate Solutions with Professor Jim Matheson (MBA 2001)

Al Gore stated nearly 20 years ago, these facts remain “Inconvenient”. 2. We Have Solutions, a Roadmap and Plenty of Opportunity - there exist a significant number of frameworks, solutions, strategies and motivating examples that can... View Details

Profile

Erika Sanchez

the kinds of opportunities they offer. Now I look at the way companies run and how they are aligned with my values.” For her summer internship, Erika will be working in Business Strategy for Danaher in Portland, Oregon. After graduation,... View Details

02 Oct 2000
What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

to satisfy the U.S. demand?" Devdip Ganguli asks, "... will neighboring countries be justified in considering it their right that the privileges be extended to them as well?" It's hard to argue with his conclusion that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2005
News

In the Blood

company to Cargill, and I moved to the farm full time.” Today Three Chimneys employs 140 and encompasses 1,800 acres spread over six parcels of land: four are dedicated to mares and foals, one to yearlings, and the last to the farm’s stallion business. The View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

05 May 2020
News

Innovation Through Experimentation

March 2019 (Revised August 2019)
Case

CareerWise Colorado

By: Rawi Abdelal, Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble

CareerWise Colorado (CWC) is an organization that equips high school students with the skills to build successful careers through apprenticeships. Founded in 2016, the young organization has attracted interest from different groups and civic leaders from across the... View Details

Keywords: Apprenticeship; Nonprofit; Not For Profit; Labor Markets; Skills; Nonprofit Organizations; Education; Competency and Skills; Personal Development and Career; Growth and Development Strategy