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20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

firms' abilities to innovate and grow. Their paper, released in July, is entitled "Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms." The research concludes that NPEs not only go after the most susceptible, cash-rich targets, but in the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

payload—this one delivered the company’s New Shepard module that someday could give human passengers a taste of space travel—and are destroyed on the way up or crash back to Earth in pieces. With rockets costing tens of millions of... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

August 2013 Management Science The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance By: Eccles, Robert G., Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Abstract—We investigate the effect of corporate sustainability... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-005.pdf The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality (revised) Author:Zeynep Ton Abstract Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Yubo Cui

and its Chinese stakeholders. In a joint venture with BYD Auto, Daimler was determined to develop and manufacture an affordable electric car. “Our goal was to make it a family car, not a luxury toy,” says Yubo. “We worked ridiculously hard to reduce the View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

about computers as ways of making things efficient or lower in cost (through automation). And it's good for that. But the potential for computers to support creative processes is not fully appreciated and is... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

supporting a generative rather than defensive process of masculine identity construction, these platforms may have avoided costs other dangerous workplaces pay for men's masculinity strivings. Our findings... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI - Course Catalog

towards defraying a portion of these costs. Students are responsible for booking and paying for their own round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and immunizations. Students should ensure adequate... View Details

04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

yes, it would be cleaner than having businesses and homes run their own diesel generators—but also so that businesses could benefit from competitive cost factors. First costs were high. Operating View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

30 Sep 2024
News

The Making of a Streaming Sensation

who unexpectedly becomes a supermodel, it was adapted for streaming by executive producer Jeff Norton (MBA 2003). In this episode of Skydeck, Norton talks to contributor April White about process of getting Geek Girl from the bookshelf to... View Details

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

can provide a valuable source of product differentiation. And finally, advances in development tools (e.g., computer-aided design) coupled with a move to more open architectures and technical standards have driven down the cost of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2023
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures

urban Nigerians with affordable financing for clean, reliable energy. We leverage group financing and carbon accounting to lower costs and risk in the energy transition of Nigeria's $14B fuel-based, off-grid generator market. PolyoseBio -... View Details

01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016

respect to designing and maintaining their costing systems, including the need to keep the costing system in line with the business processes of the firm throughout its life... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

the cost of investment in developing countries by at least 20 percent. And yet, companies are mostly silent on the subject. "The thing that struck me is how little information there is on corruption because no one wants to talk about it,"... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

treating platform systems and step processes as mutually exclusive architectures sets up a false dichotomy. Creating any good requires carrying out a technical recipe, i.e., performing a series of steps. Step View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

student: maximum grants will range from $1,000 - $2,000 for eligible expenses, based on student demand and funds available. We expect that you will receive a percentage of your request, based on student demand and funds available. Award View Details

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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog

responsible for booking and paying for their own round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and immunizations. Students should ensure adequate processing time for all... View Details

06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

were making decisions that made them more acceptable to customers given the particular social, cultural, and economic contexts within which they were embedded. Ownership Structure and the Cost of Corporate Borrowing Authors: Chen Lin, Yue... View Details