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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a business that provides opportunities for others
Patrick O'Connor (MBA 1983), who heads a family-owned real eastate service company, discusses the responsibility of building a company that employs a large number of people. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
The Search for Peer Firms: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?
By: Charles M.C. Lee, Paul Ma and Charles C.Y. Wang
In knowledge-based economies, many business enterprises defy traditional industry boundaries. In this study, we evaluate six "big data" approaches to peer firm identifications and show that some, but not all, "wisdom-of-crowd" techniques perform exceptionally well. We... View Details
Keywords: Peer Firm; EDGAR Co-search; Analyst Co-coverage; Wisdom Of Crowds; Performance Benchmarking; Crowd Of Crowds; Internet and the Web; Accounting
Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "The Search for Peer Firms: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-032, October 2014. (Revised November 2016.)
- January 7, 2010
- Article
Bezos, Chambers Provide Model for Leaders after Crisis
By: Bill George
Keywords: Leadership
George, Bill. "Bezos, Chambers Provide Model for Leaders after Crisis." Management. Wall Street Journal (online) (January 7, 2010).
- Article
Applying the Balanced Scorecard in Healthcare Provider Organizations
By: Syeda Noorein Inamdar and Robert S. Kaplan
Inamdar, Syeda Noorein, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Applying the Balanced Scorecard in Healthcare Provider Organizations." Journal of Healthcare Management 47, no. 3 (May–June 2002): 179–196.
- 01 Apr 2021
- News
‘Focusing on failure provides great lessons for success’
- October 2014
- Case
CreditEase: Providing Credit and Financial Services for China's Underclass
By: Lena G. Goldberg, Paul Healy and Nancy Hua Dai
In 2013 Ning Tang, who in 2006 founded CreditEase as a broker of P2P loans to unbanked individuals and small businesses in China, confronts the challenges of rapid growth and expansion in a changing regulatory environment. CreditEase needs to develop technology to... View Details
Keywords: P2P Lending; HNW Products And Services; Business Growth; Business Start-ups; Government Regulation; Change Management; Credit; Microcredit; Banking; Innovation And Management; Developing Countries And Economies; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Law; Financing and Loans; Change; China
Goldberg, Lena G., Paul Healy, and Nancy Hua Dai. "CreditEase: Providing Credit and Financial Services for China's Underclass." Harvard Business School Case 315-027, October 2014.
- May 2009
- Article
Can the United States Provide Health Care For All?
- 22 Jun 2020
- News
On Track: Health Care, Patient Data, and Provider Performance
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
there’s truly such a thing as a winner-take-all market. While a winner-take-all mentality is widespread among venture capitalists who fund startups, it is commonplace for customers to use multiple platforms in the same market. Farronato noted that in the ride-hailing... View Details
- September 2021 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
Migrante: Using Tech to Provide Financial Inclusion to Immigrants
By: Boris Vallée and Mauricio Larrain
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 221-108. View Details
- July 2021
- Case
Migrante: Using Tech to Provide Financial Inclusion to Immigrants
By: Boris Vallee and Mauricio Larrain
Keywords: Chile
Vallee, Boris, and Mauricio Larrain. "Migrante: Using Tech to Provide Financial Inclusion to Immigrants." Harvard Business School Case 221-108, July 2021.
- 24 Sep 2014
- News
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
- 14 Jan 2024
- News
Business Schools Pushed to Provide a More Responsible Education
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- February 2000 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Signature Security: Providing Alarm Systems for the Countries Down Under
Signature Security, an entrepreneurial company, was created to roll up the electronic security industry in Australia and New Zealand. Signature was created by a team of experienced U.S. managers. Original financing was provided by Clairvest, a Canadian merchant bank.... View Details
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Signature Security: Providing Alarm Systems for the Countries Down Under." Harvard Business School Case 800-254, February 2000. (Revised March 2004.)
- 19 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Search for Benchmarks: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Providing jobs and alleviating poverty by building new businesses
Otso Fristrom (MBA 2008) is investing in businesses with a goal of providing jobs and alleviating poverty. (Published April 2014) View Details
- Other Article
Prize-based Contests Can Provide Solutions to Computational Biology Problems
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Kevin J. Boudreau, Po-Ru Loh, Lars Backstrom, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Eric Lonstein, Mike Lydon, Alan MacCormack, Ramy A. Arnaout and Eva C. Guinan
Lakhani, Karim R., Kevin J. Boudreau, Po-Ru Loh, Lars Backstrom, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Eric Lonstein, Mike Lydon, Alan MacCormack, Ramy A. Arnaout, and Eva C. Guinan. "Prize-based Contests Can Provide Solutions to Computational Biology Problems." Nature Biotechnology 31, no. 2 (February 2013): 108–111.
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership
Even before a weeklong trip to Accra, Ghana, as part of the required MBA course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD), Australian Tim Leach (MBA 2015) knew that exposure to doing business in emerging markets would be an essential element of his... View Details
- February 2021
- Case
Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Norris
In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved some success in their first market, Malawi, and had recently entered Uganda, where business was slower. What did... View Details
Keywords: Solar Energy; Business Model; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Alternative Energy; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Salesforce Management; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Africa; South Africa; Malawi; Uganda
Applegate, Lynda M., Frank V. Cespedes, and Michael Norris. "Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa." Harvard Business School Case 821-041, February 2021.