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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
purchasing costs of the spices by as much as 30 percent, savings it passes on to consumers. The Seeds of Agribusiness In the 1950s, agricultural economics professor Ray Goldberg went to his dean at Harvard Business View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2542242 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 215-037 Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance and is under pressure to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
disproportionately affect the debt financing costs faced by low credit quality firms. As a result, time-series variation in the average quality of debt issuers may be useful for forecasting excess corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008
result does not extend to claim games with more than three agents. However, if nonbossiness is added, then equal division is restored. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-069.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Big Easy, Not So Easy Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
Clubs News Clubs News Setting the Stage for a Latinx Boardroom Push The Harvard Business School Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA), in partnership with the Stanford Graduate School of Business Latino Alumni... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Working PapersThe Seer of Wellesley Hills: Roger Babson and the Babson Statistical Organization Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract Roger Babson was a pioneer of the business-forecasting industry in the United States in the early twentieth century. He built the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Winners & Success Stories The New Venture Competition has been the launching pad for many ventures, and not just from the winning teams. With more than half of Harvard Business School alumni classifying themselves as entrepreneurs at some... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
creation in that era. When my grandfather moved from his teaching position at Tuskegee University, to start the first black technical school in Delaware, he had to self-finance their home as he was unable to access View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
lightweight containers they can easily carry around with them. No wonder that Mixon points to new product development as a cornerstone of Invacare's success. Since he combined $10,000 of his own money with bank loans, a factory sale/leaseback arrangement, and the View Details
- 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14
of people's daily lives, say Rangan and Chu of Harvard Business School and Petkoski of the World Bank. Start by dividing the base of the pyramid into three segments according to people's earnings and related personal needs: 1) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
Editor's note: The economy of Greece is in the depths of despair—a fitting topic for a Greek tragedy. As investor Wilbur Ross (HBS MBA 1961) has poignantly put it, "The country that brought us democracy may now take itself into chaos." We asked three Harvard... View Details
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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard Business School About... View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
bottom line. Some companies have invested time and energy into their CSR programs only after getting burned by bad publicity. For example, Nike suffered from an onslaught of negative press and large-scale protests from those who claimed its contract employees were paid... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
native English speaker, and I have carried those learnings and me into my new role. I'm CEO of Sodexo's US business for one of their lines of activity. So, I think it has made me just a better, more effective, more compassionate leader. Archie Jones, class from 1998.... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
scholars, and business historians. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gjones/papers/Jones%20%20Friedman%20Flyer.pdf The Future of Boards Author:Jay W. Lorsch ed. Publication:Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming This book is a collection of chapters... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
Competition Corrupts Business Practices, suggests that many organizations in highly competitive markets are likely to bend the rules if doing so will keep their customers from leaving for a rival firm. "Competition is generally thought to be good for economies... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
filtration,” Macomber says. “That just doesn't make any sense. It's a cheap way to help people be healthier.” Together with co-author Joseph G. Allen, a professor at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Macomber explores “nine... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912030-PDF-ENG PAREXEL International Corp. (A) Regina E. Herzlinger and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 311-068 Despite severe market turmoil, in 2001, the biopharmaceutical contract... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
StarNight Hotel Construction Bid: Real Time Competition on Schedule, Scope, and Cost Harvard Business School Case 209-067 The case is intended for use with the HBS Educational Technology Group... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
is ever going to leap ahead. The main barrier, according to Pisano, is the lack of integration among costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. In a presentation at the Harvard Business School Alumni Healthcare Conference, held last... View Details