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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
find jobs in the nascent Palestinian tech sector. Could these dots be connected, the case asks, as it highlights comments by notable Israeli and Palestinian tech executives and entrepreneurs about the opportunities and complications... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
prices. We’re going to set up an auction mechanism, and we’re going to take the lowest price we can,” explained Mankiw. “Whether that’ll be successful or not is hard to say because these assets are very complicated and setting the... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
issue of making it available to patients across the world, much as it did for its blockbuster HIV/AIDS antiretrovirals. For Erik Musalem, the new general manager of Gilead Mexico, the challenge was complicated by operating in a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
drive-thru. And because our menu had more items than some of the other folks out there, ordering became more complicated—the kitchen became more complicated.” The more complicated things became, the longer the wait times got. But there... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
making the process too complicated and focusing on the BSC process rather than the outcome. Dead Eye Trilogy by Burt Avedon (MBA 1950) An action-adventure retelling of Avedon’s life, chronicling almost 100 years of war and dynamic social... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008
Molded) grommet, was supported heavily by the product development group because it was simpler to design and improved the leak seat. Process development was against using it because it cost more, complicated the manufacturing process, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
complicated organizational know-how, such as the pharmaceutical and electronics industries.) "The FDI that I'm looking at also has gone into industries in which the local entrepreneurs in these economies started out with some... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
control and grew at impressive rates, becoming one of the richest of developed countries. Yet competitiveness in its non-mining sectors declined. Since the financial crisis, additional challenges associated with climate change, minerals taxes, migration, and an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
these questions seem easy to answer. A CEO is the epitome of leadership. He or she exercises ultimate power and is responsible for making the most critical choices facing an organization. However, these questions get far more complicated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
What's different about what the current framework is trying to address than what we've seen before in tax proposals? Desai: Well, it’s complicated because it is a framework; it's a little light on details. Broadly speaking, to its credit,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
changes and justify their ventures in the wake of fundamental redirections in strategy. Ventures initially attain legitimacy and amass resources on the strength of aims that audiences find compelling; later, those early claims can View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
which it may not survive as a going concern. Greatly complicating the negotiations is the significant uncertainty surrounding the value of Delphi's business and the complexity of its capital structure. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
Meaning-making is simply not something that most modern economic organizations concern themselves with. A second reason is that social processes involving meaning-making are complicated phenomena and difficult to quantify using the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
to others. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/314015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 614-007 Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet? The prescription eyeglass lens industry was complicated and highly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
least. –Laura Alfaro Jensen: Slovakia previously had a tax system that wasn't particularly supportive of the business environment: It was complicated and distortive, consisted of several rates, and included numerous exemptions and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
marveled at humankind's resourcefulness and success: The chorus notes that without gills, man has devised ways to travel on the sea. He has invented speech, and plows for the earth. With these accomplishments he secures good things such as food, shelter, the rule of... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
we should think long and hard about that developmental aspect, across disciplines and courses. As Jay noted, How do we teach and educate them to help them as professionals make sound decisions with great integrity? That's a complicated... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
supposed to be bad, and there was little debate about what companies or managers could do about it. For me this just sounded too simplistic. Moreover, the focus on national laws led to policy recommendations that were sometimes too View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6
through a combination of collaborative network building and customized advisory services. CGTI's hybrid business model and dual mission of profit and social value creation complicated the founders' decisions as they considered different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
valuation of $200 million and debating changes to them that will allow them to grow their business. Ensuring that their marketing dollars were being spent efficiently was critical to the data-driven management team and proving to be View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman