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17 Jan 2020
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Going the Distance for Investment Excellence

undergraduate at Princeton University, Cameron majored in economics with a minor in finance and spent much of his senior year at the university’s interdisciplinary research centers, The Bendheim Center for... View Details

30 Jun 2015
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risks. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45672 Mums the Word! Cross-national Effects of Maternal Employment on Gender Inequalities at Work and at Home By: McGinn, Kathleen L., Mayra Ruiz Castro, and Elizabeth Long Lingo Abstract—Our... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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January 2019 (Revised July 2022)
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Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy

By: Forest Reinhardt, Gunnar Trumbull and Mahima Rao-Kachroo

Founded in 1963 by Bhavarlal Jain (Bhau), who believed in “providing solutions for every problem,” Jain Irrigation in 2018 had a global footprint and $1.1 billion in revenue. Bhau had insisted that his business add value to farmers' lives and promote sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; India

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19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

McElheran Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between market position and the adoption of IT-enabled process innovations. Prior research has focused overwhelmingly on product innovation and garnered mixed empirical support.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?

According to poll findings released by Pew Research Center in November, among nearly 12,000 US adults, around seven in 10 say tipping is expected in more places today than it was five years ago. Only about a... View Details

Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette

19 Dec 2023
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15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

president of engineering and research at Google and the founding managing director of the Google Center in Israel, explains how Google uses AI and machine learning to tackle some of the biggest challenges... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Jul 2011
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Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

them to be more intuitive and divergent thinkers. Either you have it or you don't. But does research really support this idea? Our research confirms others' work that creativity skills are not simply genetic... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

27 Oct 2009
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survey data from India and Indonesia, we first show that financial literacy is a powerful predictor of demand for financial services. To test the relative importance of literacy and price, we implement a field experiment, offering... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2008
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JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

all that changed. HBS associate professor Robert Huckman, professor Gary Pisano, and research associate Virginia Fuller tell that story in "JetBlue Airways: Valentine's Day 2007," a case taught in the MBA course Operations... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

07 Jun 2011
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expect others to do more than we do to solve energy problems. We then propose ways in which these biases could actually be used to our advantage in steering ourselves toward better judgment. Finally, we outline the key questions on the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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FL 16 of 37 Ashley Forystek Positive Pathways Transition Center Orlando, FL FL 17 of 37 Julie Giordano Sebring High School Sebring, FL Subjects: Grade 10 pre-IB U.S. History/Economics/Government, Grade 11 and 12 IB History of the Americas... View Details

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The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Disclosure; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India

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Polaroid Timeline - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working... View Details

09 Jan 2012
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Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

them." Alcácer advises companies to consider sending an advance team to live in a target locale to research the market and business models before expanding. Another problem with following competitors: an increasing risk that those... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge... View Details

Summer 2021
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The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016

By: Muhammad H. Zaman and Tarun Khanna

This article examines the evolution of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Cipla towards producing drugs that met the quality standards of European and U.S. regulators. It employs new research in Cipla’s corporate archives, the Creating Emerging Markets database, and... View Details

Keywords: Cipla; Pharmaceuticals; Drug Quality; Generics; Quality; Standards; Information Technology; Cost; Organizational Culture; Business History; Pharmaceutical Industry; India