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- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
interests align? Kash Rangan: At its core, the private sector has always been about value creation—producing goods and services valued by consumers, generating employment, and delivering profits for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
C. Fritz Foley Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Stuart C. Gilson Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Entrepreneurial Finance (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Sabrina Howell Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
it should be a two-way device. "This is not a new idea," Kim clarified. "Many attempts have failed. It primes us for success." Prices of televisions are going down, and the industry as a whole is mature, leaving an opportunity for the Internet to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza
producing, and music marketing learning from her brother’s expertise. Regarding setting the go-to-market strategy for her music, Mendoza took advantage of her experience leading projects. She said, “I applied my consulting skills in mapping out the View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
solutions—and that doing so can open tremendous growth opportunities for their businesses and the country as a whole. Set in September 2015, this case provides a detailed look at Nigeria's poultry value View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
economies. In areas like fintech, supply chain, and agriculture, technology can be used to modernize various elements of the economy and provide value to businesses and consumers. For example, 73% of Egypt is unbanked, having no access to... View Details
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
models? A: I am writing a case on Farmacias Similares, a pharmacy chain in Mexico aimed at the low-income sector. Any medicine on its shelf is at least 30 percent cheaper than in traditional drugstores. It also has a medical clinic next... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
and focus it up the supply chain and let the market forces determine which of the growers, processors, and distributors are going to succeed and be responsive to these market opportunities,” says Kendall. One major opportunity, he says,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
principle is "buyer beware." The dynamics of the financial markets are the attempt of the bank to sell to suspicious investors. In bubbles, the professionals in the Financial Value Chain get too... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
ecosystems, hierarchy is an architectural property that refers to the degree to which transactions proceed in a single direction, from "upstream" to "downstream." It is often assumed that a unidirectional flow of goods in a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
monetize the value they would create? Would investors see as much potential in BCM as its founders? And how would the company's cash constraints impact the strategy in the current economic environment? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
Working PapersEconomic Catastrophe Bonds Authors:Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford Abstract The central insight of asset pricing is that a security's value depends on both its distribution of payoffs across economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
capital, project management expertise and domain knowledge of corporations to work on financing and de-risking the various solutions for climate change. 2. Rather than companies acting individually, we need to engage the whole value View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54899 forthcoming Management Science How Do Sales Efforts Pay Off? Dynamic Panel Data Analysis in the Nerlove-Arrow Framework By: Chung, Doug J., Byungyeon Kim, and Byoung G. Park Abstract— This paper evaluates the short-... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
General Corporation (DG) operates one of the leading chains of extreme value retailers in the United States. 2006 revenues reached $9.2 billion, making DG the 6th largest mass retailer in the country. With... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
two-year research cycle, which focuses on the collaborations between businesses and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). For example, in 1997, the supermarket chain H-E-B expanded its regional base from Louisiana and Texas across the... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009
Agreements in Bio-Pharmaceuticals Authors:Juan Alcácer, John Cantwell, and Michelle Gittelman Publication:In Location of Biopharmaceutical Activity, edited by Iain M. Cockburn and Matthew J. Slaughter. NBER, forthcoming. Abstract As the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
the company's bottom line, as well as the environmental or social impacts of one or more of its value chain partners. Theatre 3 encompasses programs targeted at fundamentally changing the business's... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
Dressing by Number Dressing by Number Ivy Ross Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future Today, though, the case studies are on a multitude of fashion businesses—“fast fashion” chain... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details