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- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
compare prices over the web irons out cross-border price differences and expands trade. A poor farmer in India can check commodity prices on the Internet before he sells his crop to the local buyer. Thanks to a progressive decline in data... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
making something from nothing had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today's startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt. A... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
reviews unless you start doing things that are very, very fuzzy. For example, some hotels when you check out they ask how your experience was. And if you said, “Oh it was amazing, I loved it, the staff are so good,” then they give you a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
was the deregulation of industries in which competition had traditionally been held in check by government rules, as in airlines, banking, and telecommunications. The second consisted of the ever-widening effect of new technologies,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
might’ve been something like Competition and Strategy, and it was kind of an open session where the case was on branding, and this company was actually trying to brand lobsters. And I guess for a while they were pretty successful—they had their own submarine to go down... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
George is the finance director for the Post Carbon Institute, a California think tank dedicated to promoting sustainable energy that recently examined the Bakken in its report Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check on U.S. Government Forecasts... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
regime. Similarly, a state governor could also try to renegotiate a deal—but Diaz was now strong enough to confront any individual governor." This self-interested system of checks and balances worked well enough that the Mexican... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
and obtaining his high school equivalency diploma. Blakeman went on to earn a business degree at Ohio State University, graduating with honors. However, he was rejected for the more than 80 positions he interviewed for after background View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
about tax legislation beyond concern over the amount of the check we write each April 15? Yes, very much so. Our tax policies reflect the values that the country stands for. Do we cut taxes on top earners or redistribute their wealth to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
they may be able to contribute to or connect you to someone who can be helpful, go for it. I want leaders to ask me ‘What am I doing wrong, where can I level up?’” —Reed Sturtevant, general partner, The Engine Financials Table stakes: Investment View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
pleased to present this annual showcase of student stories from the LGBTQ+ community and our wonderful allies here at Harvard Business School. Charles Ghati and Michi Ferreol (MBA 2021) Every evening, before heading to bed, I check the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
my intuition. Chad Waite (MBA 1983) OVP Venture Partners Gut Check In 2012, just one year into my VC career at Bessemer, I met a sharp and energetic founder named Nat Friedman. He told me about his company, Xamarin, which helped... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
term. “It is these shareholders who pushed companies to generate returns at levels that were not sustainable. They also made sure high returns were tied to management compensation. The pressure to produce unrealistic profit fueled increased risk-taking. And as the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
employers to check a job applicant’s legal status. He also opposes awarding amnesty and supports building a wall along strategic sections of the U.S.-Mexico border. Edwards’s centrist leanings can also be seen in his votes with the... View Details
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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade
matting, and rice to the United States. The records contain journals, ledgers, invoice books, letter books, check books, correspondence, and accounts current pertaining to the company’s business in China. William Appleton & Co. was... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
checked my email, and saw a message from the editor of Forbes welcoming me to the “30 Under 30.” I immediately shared the good news with my family and had a great day!” What does this honor mean to you, personally and also professionally?... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
Partners: “The list came out at 9 a.m. on the East Coast. I live in LA and so at 6 a.m. my time I woke up to congratulatory calls and text. This was way better than my usual alarm.” Anish Pathipati, founding director, North Island: “I woke up, View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
View from the Top
honest, humble, and setting realistic expectations may be good ingredients. Gadiesh: The public has lost confidence, and the underlying problem does not seem to be the absence of checks and balances, but that not everybody is making them... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
sanctions—are essential whenever demanding performance goals are set and rewards are linked to performance outcomes. A framework is introduced for designing internal control systems to safeguard information and assets. These internal controls provide the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
a series of falsification checks that use information from unaffected portions of the income distribution to improve RD estimates. This strategy improves balance on observables between treatment and control groups, and Monte Carlo... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne