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- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
support and progress in person. After fighting fearlessly for seven years, she passed away in 2011. But MSK has taken steps to ensure her presence continues to be felt. At every Cycle for Survival event, for example, organizers designate... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
hypothesis-test where I could add the most value in Africa’s private sector development. As I leave HBS, I am most excited to see how invested the school has become in increasing the presence of Africa on campus, whether it be the new HBS... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
iPhone 5 or a check. There are many applications that have the ability to offer both communication to the customer and information about the user—location, phone type, even carrier. It could give them a worldwide presence and streamline... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
ship-from-store (SFS), to increase their store productivity and expand their integrated presence across multiple retail channels (i.e. brick-and-mortar store, web, and mobile; also known as omnichannel retailing). The Scale Of The Threat... View Details
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
because they want to smooth consumption growth due to the presence of "habits" that made very costly declines in consumption growth. These forces, however, are not a significant explanation for the observed relationship between... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- Web
Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Western presence on the fringe of the empire resulted from the pressure of profit- minded foreign merchants,” Stephen Lockwood reasons. “It was entrepreneurs like the Heards who stood at these pivotal positions between two worlds writing... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
Asia, and Israel, it has an international presence and a record of big hits that began in the 1980s with companies such as AOL and Apple and continues to this day with investments in industries as diverse as high tech and health care,... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary strategies like "power posing," View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
states, thereby helping increase the incomes of 80–100 million farmer families across the country. However, despite its success, Amul is beginning to come under increasing pressure. Multinationals like Nestlé and Unilever are increasing their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
customers in the West. Critics contend that IKEA is not living up to its own commitments to gender equality. Some threaten a boycott. IKEA must respond. Reissuing the catalog with women included risks running afoul of Saudi censors who can impose harsh penalties. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
supply of VC money and told you to start a viable social network, what would it look like? What would it do differently? SG: I wouldn't build a social network for the masses because I think that space is difficult to capture given Facebook's dominance and the View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
in some of the world's hottest trouble spots—are successful because they go into a situation with a complete presence of mind, responding to and working with whatever is presenting itself in the moment rather than trying to bend it to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless
posits Iyer, is further proof that when disadvantaged groups gain political representation, they feel more empowered. The researchers also examined the impact of women in specific powerful positions (a district council chairperson or state legislator) and found that... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
and a VC fund are the presence of an organized network and the benefits of scale. For these reasons, well-designed networked incubators are uniquely poised to nurture and grow fledgling Internet businesses. View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
since its founding in 1986, exiting from about 30 of them. Rather than spread its wings too far, he added, BC Partners intends to continue to rely on the strength of its local presence and expertise. The growing number of U.S. as well as... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
need multiple eyes and ears on the ground when you’re in a regulatory capacity,” says Jones. “Often, the people who are going to be most knowledgeable are the people who are living it day to day. We try to have presence in as many places... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
corporate governance, such as the presence of engaged independent board members and other measures, is vital for this separation to work well. “But if management is not under shareholders’ control,” continues Viceira, “it may act in its... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
a significant presence of multi-location firms are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that strategic interaction among firms plays an important role in firms' decision-making processes. This paper explores how strategic interaction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
outside innovators? A: The first main advantage is the presence of multiple parallel paths to solve an innovation problem. In both markets and communities, external innovators will explore innovation landscapes that are often unknown and... View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
a player's pay-off from agreement is risky. We find that a risk-averse player typically increases his equilibrium receipts when his pay-off is made risky. This is because the presence of risk makes individuals behave "more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace