Monitoring - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

Answer: Where can I find information on small and/or private companies? Industry ABI/ProQuest
Business Monitor International Industry Reports - Click "Browse" and in the "Industry and Market Reports" section,... View Details

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

thousands of children in his native country. He went on fact-finding missions, acquiring intel from Vanessa Kirsch, CEO of New Profit, a Boston-based venture philanthropy fund supported by the Monitor Group and HBS professor Michael... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2017
News

A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

offset a decades-long slump in output. BCG finds that consumer preferences in different countries shape different purchasing habits: Kenyans prefer to purchase coffee and tea at supermarkets, while Ethiopians prefer kiosks. Learn more about hot drink markets in Africa... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

ideas was one of the most useful things I learned." Ideas with Promise Johnston identifies these as new growth areas—and they're about more than just health care: The "quantified senior"—wearable self-tracking and monitoring devices for... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

16 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 16, 2007

costs. Whether it encourages looting depends on other institutions, particularly those that create incentives to monitor directors. We examine Mexico's banking system, 1888-1913, in which there was widespread related lending. We find... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

from a distance because they have reliable, local partners to advise and monitor the new venture." In their paper, Stuart and Sorenson posit that these ties are more likely to form between VC firms in the context of certain events,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

02 Aug 2004
What Do You Think?

For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

an entire group of lower level functions and staff." Rich Lanza pointed out that "(Section 404) is a necessary step ... (but) more continuous controls monitoring is needed that independently analyze company databases daily for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

uniqueness in the transferable utility (TU) case. Our main result is an extension of the definition and the existence and uniqueness theorems to stochastic games-discounted or undiscounted. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2022
News

Vision: Into the Breach

customers or provide them with credit monitoring and other services; they also may be exposed to potential litigation. “We help you find out what happened and stop the attack. We figure out if you have any legal obligations and pay for... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 Sep 2020
News

Saving Grace

could transform pension investing—or even society at large. Frank Chapman signed on, as did his wife, who had a half-dozen different accounts of her own. Now the couple can set up contributions, monitor their investments, and use drawdown... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

performance on real-time dashboards, making monitoring less onerous. “Small-business owners tend to focus on their customers, and on their products and services,” Mills says. “They often don’t have time for the accounting and paperwork.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

don't know enough about the human brain to make hiring judgments based on monitoring activity within certain parts of the brain, or about the people who plan to use neuromanagement or about their motives I caution you to be careful what... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

financial reform legislation, the gap in small business credit data was recognized and a specific provision was included to allow for more credible monitoring for small business access to bank credit. Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

29 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

tracking whether a person smiles, grins, or breaks out in laughter. Continuously measuring smile responses and facial cues allowed the team to determine a person's interest in viewing the ad and their intent to purchase the brand. The ad watchers were View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

and how to more carefully monitor (and when necessary ride herd on) the partners on whom their virtual model depends. And they need to drive this process deep into their supply and production chains. One useful framework for accomplishing... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!

and only incinerating non-recyclable combustible waste. Flue gas cleaning systems are used to limit emissions from the combustion process, and continuous emissions monitoring and a high-tech control room enable close oversight of... View Details

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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA

emergency-response monitoring that enables seniors 65+ to live more independently. Early on, the students learned that in Argentina, the attitudes of young people towards seniors were often negative and that many seniors led very solitary... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

they exercise, and then monitor it for visual cues indicating when, what, and how much to drink. Hydration can dramatically affect athletes, says Nix founder and CEO Meridith Unger (MBA 2010), a former college basketball player and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

factories to "produce" them. Second, they often have to. A wide range of actors are typically involved in monitoring and shaping an organization's decisions; these parties want a say in what the organization does, and their own agendas... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco

06 Jan 2011
What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

it "government must be able to monitor and regulate Internet activities that adversely affect people's safety and welfare." Few were convinced that technology itself would provide more than temporary defenses. The use of the... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

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