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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
conditions," Peter Tufano observes. For his part, Fidelity's Johnstone remains bullish about the investment management industry. He sees the currently favorable investment climate, helped by baby-boomer demographics, continuing well into... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
variety of philanthropists, including the foundation started by the late John Walton—to establish a funding operation in Tennessee. The Fund supports CMOs whose schools have performed well on a broad range of metrics, including statewide... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
the balance is always between volume and exclusivity. “Luxury is defined differently by people depending on what they value,” she says. “That’s what people pay more for — goods that are really special, as well as brands and experiences... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
as well as organizations and institutions around the globe, including in his home country of Canada. McArthur’s association with HBS began in 1957 when he arrived on campus from Vancouver. His standout performance in the MBA Program led... View Details
Keywords: Dean
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successful career—and a life well lived The Path Ahead Dean Datar answers alumni questions about his vision for the future of the School My Pandemic Year A view from the HBS campus, in the words and drawings of one student Complete Table... View Details
- 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
cope with the Arab Spring, with war in Syria and Yemen, as well as the threats from Iran and ISIS and continuing friction between Palestinians and Israelis. The key to these issues is Vision 2030—the plan his son, the Crown Prince, has... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
faculty chair of the HBS Gender Initiative, discusses with Kanter the genesis, key insights, and influence of the book—as well as its relevance in the #MeToo era. Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at HBS. —Zeenat Potia... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 09 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 9
developing the $20 Stanford-Jaipur knee, BMVSS has assisted over a million people in its lifetime of 44 years. As the founder, Mr. D.R. Mehta, thinks about the financial sustainability of BMVSS, he must devise a strategy that will sustain its human impact View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
with enormous increases in wealth, as well as dramatic rises in the longevity, of humanity. Yet capitalism too has had its dark side. The book contains multiple examples of the amoral nature of global capitalism, from opium trading in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1
features of each technology and asks which forms of online marketing the company should prioritize in the future. Discusses similarities and differences between online and off-line marketing, as well as issues of marketing campaign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010
this case examines how Singapore has achieved such stellar success throughout its history, from independence through 2008. The case discusses the different policy choices the Singaporean government has made as well as how the government's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
will play a much better game. It’s no different with entrepreneurship.” A second breakthrough was establishing that entrepreneurial activity is not limited to start-ups but can take place in existing organizations, old or young, big or small, and by teams as View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
have been pleased with his legacy in this respect. Its possibilities are exactly what he wanted for himself. Kiechel Photo courtesy HBP Walter Kiechel III A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School as well as HBS, Walter Kiechel... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
efficiently. High-volume manufacturing — unless the product is too expensive to ship — will continue to migrate offshore. “If there’s any market that’s going to do well in the global economy, it’s transportation,” he adds. Manufacturing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
that means core elements such as water, transportation, and roads, as well as access to seeds, fertilizers, and new training and technology. But any funder will be confronted with a situation where a potential grantee says, 'We'd like to... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
on the role of integrated design and the intensive team-based "charrette" process in Terrapin's consulting work as well as on the design trends of biophilia and biomimicry. The case focuses on the sustainable redesign of 111 8th... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
stakeholder capitalism, highlighting that you can do well by doing good. Most recently, the pandemic has pushed many businesses to lead from a place of purpose and with humanity. Joly shares how so much of what he initially learned about... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
haunting benchmark not only for Exxon-Mobil but for global corporations at large, which have since become keenly aware of their exposure to this type of episode. Shell was also deeply affected by the 1995 dispute with Greenpeace over Shell's disposal of its Brent Spar... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
globalized world. During the late nineteenth century both countries flourished as major exporters of commodities to the industrialized nations in North America and Europe. Argentina did so well that it became one of the richest countries... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5
process improvement in interdependent service settings: increasing process capacity at one step in the process can increase demand at that step, as well as for a subsequent shared service, and both can result in an overall negative impact... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne