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- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
problem. So everything we’re doing is based on providing affordable solutions for our targeted market. It’s a different approach, and not how technology guys typically think.” Kundu would know, as he himself is a technology guy. After... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
investor afford to lose half her money in a downturn? Ten percent? There are so many twists and turns involved that those questions have to be asked in any market cycle. But in today's market, the pain can be felt tomorrow if you make the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Xuezheng, SVP & CFO, Legend Holding Group Lalita D. Gupte, joint managing director, ICICI Bank Ltd.: Microfinancing may look small on her bank’s balance sheet, but it’s the future of developing countries like India. “We cannot afford not... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
expertise, but may have insights and empathy from other clients with whom they work. Therapists are wholly objective, can be very expensive, but also extremely worth it if you are under a lot of stress at work or home. If you can afford... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
respond rapidly whenever necessary. As information technology escalates the pace and complexity of business everywhere, managers can ill afford to operate according to the bureaucratic dictates of the past. As organizations become... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
manager needs to press him or her on the broader implications of that opinion. We can’t afford the separation of business and law. We need to harness the power of both legal and business expertise to compete effectively in today’s global... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
and India, the (B) case provides the answer. In both cases, the company chose to pursue a proactive strategy to enable access at affordable prices. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515044-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
why people aren't consuming. Sometimes they just don't have a job they are seeking to get done. For example, many people can afford to purchase personal computers but choose not to because there are no jobs that are important enough to... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
concept that is working to address food access and food insecurity by offering highly affordable and highly nutritious food in a dignified environment. “Hearing a classroom of my peers talking about food insecurity in the context of the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
contrast, a woman cleaning floors for Apple today works for a service contractor. She can’t afford to take vacation time because of the wages she’d lose, going to school is financially out of reach, and no bonus is coming her way—plus she... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
governments on the cost savings her program can provide. She says Reset is working to scale up toward a cost structure that is more affordable than prison {which in some states can cost more than $100,000 per year per inmate), with... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
watches were being disrupted by high-quality and affordable American products. The Swiss had to figure out how to respond. No matter the outcome, the year 1876 would prove to be pivotal. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
whether the CEOs in their sample simply couldn't afford to delegate key duties to professionals who would be willing to work longer hours—and thus generate better results—than the CEOs themselves. Delegation is prohibitively expensive in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
unique ways that multinational corporations (MNCs) and local businesses are serving the previously invisible BOP market: Nestlé, with its "milk-district model" that encourages supporting businesses to spring up around its dairies in rural India; CEMEX's... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
products’ quality while keeping its workforce small. “We can’t compete with China’s low wages,” Knott says, “but by investing in computer-controlled equipment, tended by in-house-trained workers, we can afford to pay more than the Chinese... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
there I believe we have an opportunity, as much as a responsibility, to help people who don’t have the means, for whatever reason, to afford medicines that, in many cases, can be lifesaving. Last year we delivered to underdeveloped... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
on renewable energy, clean technology, waste management, water and sanitation, food and agribusiness, affordable housing, healthcare, and education and livelihood creation? Is the board ready to incorporate development banking into the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
consumer distrust of domestic infant formula brands that still pervaded China in 2016. Foreign brands, priced at a substantial premium, were strongly preferred by consumers who could afford them. The field of domestic infant formula... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
legendary jeweler but became complacent and lost its clients. Taken over in 2001 by a new leadership team, Mauboussin engaged in a radically different strategy and abandoned its ultra-prestigious and exclusive positioning to embrace a more accessible and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel