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- June 2002 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
The Netherlands: Is the Polder Model Sinking?
By: Huw Pill, Marie-Laure Y Goepfer, Mathijs Robbens and Ingrid Vogel
The Netherlands suffered economic crisis in the late 1970s and early 1980s, despite (or perhaps because of) its access to North Sea gas. In response to mounting inflation and unemployment, a tripartite agreement between employers, unions, and government was reached in... View Details
Pill, Huw, Marie-Laure Y Goepfer, Mathijs Robbens, and Ingrid Vogel. "The Netherlands: Is the Polder Model Sinking?" Harvard Business School Case 702-051, June 2002. (Revised June 2014.)
- June 2001
- Teaching Note
Coordinating + Managing Supply Chains: Course Overview Note TN
By: Ananth Raman
Describes the MBA elective course on supply chain management at HBS. Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains focuses on the managerial aspects of supply chains. Acquaints students with practical issues in a variety of supply chains and then identifies barriers to, and... View Details
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A growing body of strategy and management literature emphasizes the importance of non-market strategy, not only as a stand-alone strategy but also as a part of integrated strategy in dealing with frequent regulatory change and political/regulatory actors and agencies.... View Details
Climate Change is Going to Transform Where and How We Build
As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. Mortgages written on homes in exposed locations are being shed by banks and absorbed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,... View Details
- 2010
- Book
The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal
By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a... View Details
Keywords: Political History; For-Profit Firms; Development Economics; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Ship Transportation; Panama; United States
Maurer, Noel, and Carlos Yu. The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal. Princeton University Press, 2010.
- 11 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs
- Research Summary
Building Capabilities in Professional Service Firms
One of the most distinctive aspects of professional service firms is that the vast majority of the people who work in them are directly involved in serving clients. Long-term success in a professional service firm requires obtaining and developing the right... View Details
- March 2024 (Revised June 2025)
- Teaching Note
CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub
By: Frank Nagle and Maria P. Roche
This teaching note is the companion to case N9-624-010 CoPilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub, which takes place in late 2021. The case briefly describes the history of both GitHub and Microsoft with a particular focus on open source software (OSS)—software... View Details
- Fast Answer
Patent search: license agreement
although it did not reached the critical mass of sellers and buyers needed to make it a real option for building a market place for patent assets. Tip: you may conduct a quick... View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
many firms can improve. And if we can get people to manage better, we think they can keep more employees and be more successful.” Through social interactions with other hands-on managers, founders can discover not only why they should use... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Logging In - Research Computing Services
VNC running Stata on the cluster looks like running Stata on your desktop, for example. An additional application to run X11 (a long-established Unix graphics windows system) such as Xming or XQuartz is not... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor
students then receive 20 percent of the profits over five years in the form of scholarship funds. Late last year PD got a celebrity boost when Bobo met former Yankees star Alex Rodriguez at a Jennifer Lopez concert in Las Vegas. A-Rod and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
low. Unconscious processes require less energy and may operate unhampered when energy is low. Therefore, we propose that whereas low blood glucose levels impair conscious thought, this is not the same for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
frontier technology and therefore do not need to attract foreign investment to innovate, so domestic saving does not matter for growth. A cross-country regression shows that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?
Wikipedia, the free, crowd-sourced encyclopedia that since its inception in 2001 had rapidly become the new go-to source for knowledge. “Most of the topics of content we are dealing with on a daily basis do View Details
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the... View Details
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Your Unique Personal Brand Whether you're looking for career direction, in career transition, or seeking a promotion, a strong personal brand can build your confidence, your focus, and accelerate your career trajectory. In this workshop... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
John Hickenlooper. It provides encouraging evidence that for the large percentage of students who are not headed to college, apprenticeship can provide a satisfying transition to well-paying jobs in finance,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
are ready to apply. With every minute of learning, my company was better off and was setting a course for success. Andrzej Buks Vice President at Dakota Guardian Trust Assess opportunities and learn how to better determine what View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries