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Help - Alumni
region or a particular industry. Baker Library Can alumni use Baker Library? The Baker Library team partners with alumni throughout their learning journey. We strive to provide comprehensive services and resources to alums to support...
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Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship
our global Entrepreneurs' Summit, regional Roundtables, and smaller forum groups (Rock Councils). Visit our Showcase to see the HBS entrepreneurs who are currently members of our Rock 100 community. Read More Rock Summer Fellows Rock...
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Asia Pacific - Global
research, but a full range of MBA and Executive Education student programming. Through their ongoing work they have developed important links with governments, academic institutions, and corporations within a region that is assuming an...
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The Three Levels of CSV - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Three Levels of CSV Reconceiving Products & Markets Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain Improving the Local & Regional Business Environment The Three Levels of CSV Companies can create economic value by creating societal value....
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Michael Montelongo
Michael Montelongo is a Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum that shows how to effectively design, manage, and improve... View Details
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
shining a spotlight on the significant diversity of enterprises in our region and the important role played by family businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit shaping local economies. The Center has had the honor of turning some of the...
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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Competitiveness & Economic Development Why are some nations or regions more prosperous than...
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- 2023
- Article
Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
This review article seeks to build bridges between mainstream African history and the more historically oriented branch of the ‘new’ economic history of Africa. We survey four central topics of the new economic history of Africa—growth, trade, labor, and inequality—and...
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Keywords:
Economic Growth;
Trade;
Labor;
Equality and Inequality;
Development Economics;
History;
Africa
Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa." Journal of African History 64, no. 1 (2023): 38–61.
- December 2020
- Supplement
Video Interview with Maxeme Tuchman
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Female Entrepreneur;
Racism;
Sexism;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Diversity;
Gender;
Race;
Prejudice and Bias;
City;
Culture;
Miami
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Joyce J. Kim. "Video Interview with Maxeme Tuchman." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 321-702, December 2020.
- October 2020 (Revised April 2021)
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Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural...
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Keywords:
Female Entrepreneur;
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Inclusion;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Racism;
Sexism;
Start-up;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Diversity;
Gender;
Race;
Prejudice and Bias;
Innovation and Invention;
City;
Culture;
Miami
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women." Harvard Business School Case 321-083, October 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- November 2020
- Article
Barriers to Hospital Electronic Public Health Reporting and Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: A Jay Holmgren, Nate Apathy and Julia Adler-Milstein
We sought to identify barriers to hospital reporting of electronic surveillance data to local, state, and federal public health agencies and the impact on areas projected to be overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using 2018 American Hospital Association data, we...
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Keywords:
Electronic Health Records;
Public Health;
Syndromic Surveillance;
Pandemic;
COVID-19;
Health Pandemics
Holmgren, A Jay, Nate Apathy, and Julia Adler-Milstein. "Barriers to Hospital Electronic Public Health Reporting and Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 27, no. 11 (November 2020).
- February 2018
- Case
EmQuest: Travel Distribution in the Digital Era
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Gamze Yucaoglu
EmQuest, Emirates Group’s travel distribution company, must decide what to do with its contract with the global distribution system it uses, Sabre. Since its founding in 1988, EmQuest was servicing travel agents in the MENA region by providing a connection to over 400...
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Keywords:
UAE;
Decision;
Business Model;
Competitive Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Change Management;
Emerging Markets;
For-Profit Firms;
Competitive Advantage;
Travel Industry;
United Arab Emirates
Lakhani, Karim R., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "EmQuest: Travel Distribution in the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Case 618-040, February 2018.
- 1994
- Article
Three-dimensional Finite Element Modeling of a Cervical Vertebra: An Investigation of Burst Fracture Mechanism
By: Kevin J. Bozic, J H Keyak, H B Skinner, H U Bueff and David Bradford
Finite element modeling was used to study the mechanical behavior of a cervical vertebra under axial compressive loading. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) model of a mid-cervical vertebra using inhomogeneous material properties was generated from...
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- 2009
- Other Paper
Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries
By: Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Andrew F. Newman and Harald Fadinger
We examine how trade policy affects firms' organizational choices. We embed a model of firms' vertical integration decisions into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. In the model, integration decisions are driven by a trade-off...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Policy;
Ownership;
Business and Government Relations;
Vertical Integration;
Boundaries
Alfaro, Laura, Paola Conconi, Andrew F. Newman, and Harald Fadinger. "Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries."
- March 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Help the World See: Self-Sustaining Eye Care in Belize
In 1992, Help the World See (HTWS), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to improving eye care in developing countries, established permanent, self-sustaining eye care clinics in Belize in conjunction with the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired (BCVI). The...
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Keywords:
Conflict of Interests;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
Belize
Dees, J. Gregory, Jaan Elias, and Jeffrey Orenstein. "Help the World See: Self-Sustaining Eye Care in Belize." Harvard Business School Case 897-142, March 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- January 2013
- Case
Luotang Power: Variances Explained
By: Robert Simons and Craig Chapman
The general manager of Luotang Power, a coal-fired power plant located in central China, reviews annual results before a meeting with the board of directors. He thought the company performed well during the year and both plant availability and fuel economy had improved...
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Keywords:
China;
Financial Statements;
Management Accounting;
Variance Analysis;
Environmental Regulations;
Incentives;
Electric Power Generation;
Contracts;
Valuation;
Energy Generation;
Accounting;
Performance Evaluation;
Energy Industry;
China
Simons, Robert, and Craig Chapman. "Luotang Power: Variances Explained." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-533, January 2013.
- November 2014
- Article
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen
The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of...
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Keywords:
Agglomeration;
Agglomeration Economies;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Manufacturing Industry
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen. "The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms." Journal of International Economics 94, no. 2 (November 2014): 263–276. (Revised April 2014. Also NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15576. See Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-043 for longer version.)
- September 2014 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
La Ribera Health Department (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy...
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Keywords:
Health Care;
Health Care Financing;
Health Care Industry;
Health Care Operations;
Health Care and Treatment;
Operations;
Business Model;
Government and Politics;
Programs;
Innovation Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Health Industry;
Europe;
Spain
Herzlinger, Regina E., Emer Moloney, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "La Ribera Health Department (A)." Harvard Business School Case 315-006, September 2014. (Revised March 2021.)
- February 2009 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
JWT China: Advertising for the New Chinese Consumer
By: Elisabeth Koll
This case analyzes the business strategy and expansion of JWT China from the late 1990s to 2008. As part of the world's fourth largest marketing communications network, JWT China grew into one of the largest integrated communications companies in China operating from...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Business and Government Relations;
Business Strategy;
Expansion;
Advertising Industry;
China
Koll, Elisabeth. "JWT China: Advertising for the New Chinese Consumer." Harvard Business School Case 809-079, February 2009. (Revised September 2010.)
- August 2008 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly!
By: Willy C. Shih
The establishment and growth of AMD's Dresden, Germany manufacturing site illustrates how processes develop in an organization and how those processes get institutionalized into a unique culture. Located in the Free State of Saxony in the eastern part of Germany (the...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Industry Clusters;
Business Processes;
Organizational Culture;
Semiconductor Industry;
Europe;
Dresden
Shih, Willy C. "AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly!" Harvard Business School Case 609-004, August 2008. (Revised December 2010.)