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  • 05 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

technology development and entrepreneurship, leading to less initial migration to the United States and greater return migration. More mechanical explanations may also... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology
  • November 2000
  • Case

UPromise

By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman
Describes the development of UPromise, a company that has developed a loyalty program through which corporate partners can contribute to funds that finance the education of consumers' children. Presents the accomplishments prior to the company's second round of... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Markets; Programs
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Roberts, Michael J., and William A. Sahlman. "UPromise." Harvard Business School Case 801-321, November 2000.
  • 25 Aug 2014
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Working in Tech 4Dev

After spending the first half of my internship in Nairobi, I am now wrapping up the summer at Ushahidi’s San Francisco office, where I’ve been working in a business development capacity to develop a new... View Details
Keywords: Technology
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What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive

By: Ashish Nanda and Das Narayandas
When the going gets tough, professional service firms (PSFs) often get desperate and chase all kinds of business just to keep the lights on. Consultancies, financial services firms, VC/PE firms, and the like offer services and sign up clients they should never have... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Client Mix; Strategic Positioning; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness; Decision Making; Framework
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Nanda, Ashish, and Das Narayandas. "What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 2 (March–April 2021): 98–107.
  • January 2009 (Revised November 2009)
  • Background Note

Adult Life Stages

By: John A. Davis
This note describes basic concepts of adult life stage theory and summarizes Daniel Levinson's research findings on the adult development of men and women. View Details
Keywords: Transition; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Gender
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Davis, John A. "Adult Life Stages." Harvard Business School Background Note 809-097, January 2009. (Revised November 2009.)
  • March 2005 (Revised May 2011)
  • Course Overview Note

Conceptual Overview of Real Property

By: Arthur I Segel and Ann Winslow
Real estate represents the largest asset class in the world. Businesses in the United States have over $8.6 trillion of real estate assets on their balance sheets. Excluding housing--worth $16 trillion in the United States--and corporate-owned real estate, there is... View Details
Keywords: Property
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Segel, Arthur I., and Ann Winslow. "Conceptual Overview of Real Property." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 205-072, March 2005. (Revised May 2011.)​
  • February 2008 (Revised December 2011)
  • Case

Sealed Air China

By: Regina Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
With a 10-year history of doing business in China, Sealed Air was now betting on the country to help propel its growth as a global company. The company identified China as one of the initial investments in the company's Global Manufacturing Strategy that aimed to... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Shanghai
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Abrami, Regina, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Sealed Air China." Harvard Business School Case 308-051, February 2008. (Revised December 2011.)
  • 14 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?

employment, and points to some surprising new developments for working moms. Despite all the upheaval, the changes aren’t all bad. “Children got to see how their moms and dads... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • August 2008 (Revised July 2012)
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The Power to Persuade (Abridged)

By: Michael Watkins, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
This note develops and explains a five-part framework for persuading others to support (or not oppose) a desired course of action. View Details
Keywords: Framework; Management Skills; Negotiation Tactics; Power and Influence; Cooperation
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Watkins, Michael, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "The Power to Persuade (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Background Note 809-037, August 2008. (Revised July 2012.)

    Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

    For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, American companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in... View Details

    • 06 Sep 2016
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    September 6, 2016

    Abstract—This article examines why organic agriculture and food consumption developed more strongly in some countries than others between the 1970s and the 2000s. The focus is... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • August 2019
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    The Allstate Corporation, 2019

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In July 2019, Allstate, the United States’ number-three property and casualty (P/C) insurer, released its second-quarter earnings, which reported first-half revenues of $22.1 billion, up 11.4% year-over-year. Shareholders cheered the top-line growth, but P/C premiums... View Details
    Keywords: Insurance Companies; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Insurance; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Insurance Industry; North America
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    Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "The Allstate Corporation, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 720-366, August 2019.
    • 17 Jun 2012
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    Reform needed in China's fund business

    • 01 Aug 2023
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    As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?

    occur because of policies that conflict with incentives or the ways the incentives are administered. In 1975, Steve Kerr, who would later become head of executive development at General Electric and head of... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • July 2002 (Revised October 2002)
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    Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (A)

    By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
    The Bradley Marquez advertising agency had created a successful niche delivering ethnic markets to their clients, corporate giants like Compaq, Sprint, Texaco, and British Airways. The company was operating in aggressive growth mode when, in 2000, the stock market... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Price Bubble; Human Resources; Employees; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Advertising Industry
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    DeLong, Thomas J., and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan. "Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-005, July 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
    • July 1989 (Revised April 2001)
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    Kanthal (A)

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    Multinational company needs an improved cost system to determine the profitability of individual customer orders. Its strategy is to have significant sales and profitability growth without adding additional administrative and support people. The new cost system... View Details
    Keywords: Cost Accounting; Earnings Management; Cost Management; Financial Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Business or Company Management; Customer Relationship Management; Sales; Business Strategy; Profit; Electronics Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S. "Kanthal (A)." Harvard Business School Case 190-002, July 1989. (Revised April 2001.)
    • 13 Oct 2023
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    Program for Research in Markets & Organizations (PRIMO)

    • May 1986
    • Supplement

    General Mills, Inc.: Yoplait Custard-Style Yogurt (B)

    By: John A. Quelch
    Yoplait's director of new product development is finalizing plans for the national introduction of custard-style Yoplait. Based on the results of a mini-market test and a BASES laboratory test market. View Details
    Keywords: Food; Product Launch; Product Development; Product Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    Quelch, John A. "General Mills, Inc.: Yoplait Custard-Style Yogurt (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 586-088, May 1986.
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    Mallika Sarabhai

    Mallika Sarabhai, co-Director of Darpana Academy of Performing Arts based in Gujarat, India, talks about her initiatives Darpana for Development and Janavak. While Darpana for Development explores how arts can contribute to social change, the department Janavak (The... View Details
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    Buyers, Sellers, Manufacturers in China’s Emerging Market around 1900

    Ever since the economic reforms in the post-Mao period China’s economy as an emerging market has attracted much interest. However, we tend to forget that China was already an emerging market at the turn of the 19th century, if not earlier. This... View Details

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