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- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
consumers but exclusively on an online basis. Taking advantage of its low no-bricks-and-mortar cost structure, ING was able to offer generous rates on certificates of deposit. Just four years on, ING is the third-largest holder of consumer CD View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
experiencing slowdowns, investors, entrepreneurs, and multinationals are looking elsewhere. They’ve been eyeing frontier economies such as Nigeria and Pakistan with great interest—and enormous trepidation. Can one find serious growth... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006
restructuring that left the Panigoros with a 34.1 percent equity stake in Medco. Two other large shareholders are now looking to sell their combined stake of 50.9 percent, and have selected Temasek, the Singapore government's investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
indicators in China’s economy have been slowing for some time. In January, the official data for GDP growth was 7.4 percent, the weakest in 24 years and the first time in a century that growth fell short of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
capitalists at a firm and its success. When the individual investment professionals are highly specialized themselves, the marginal effect of increasing overall firm specialization is much weaker. The poorer performance by generalists... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
powerful than the normal academic method of doing research that I will never do that again." Whether it's called crowdsourcing or open innovation, the growth of methods for yoking together groups of experts in various fields to work... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
overall corporate strategy. Fu Ji has enjoyed phenomenal growth as the corporate catering market in China develops. But that growth in the business also entails a transition from a single restaurant to a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
her small-cap growth fund. With only a few days left to place an order for the offering, she had to decide whether to invest and, if so, how much to invest. To make her View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610018-PDF-ENG J.P. Morgan Richard S. Tedlow and David RubenHarvard Business School Case 810-052 An account of J.P. Morgan's remarkable career in government, railroad, and industrial finance. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
responsibility for securing these materials. Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
and elsewhere. Yet the book shows that these entrepreneurs contributed significantly to the growth of environmental awareness among consumers, business leaders, and others. However the Earth's environmental health has continued to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
are in the midst of what is often described as a gold rush. Is there any danger that firms will fly so high that they may spin out of control? A: The book is built around a number of the tensions that are inherent in all businesses — profit and View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
this situation, donations are likely to decline, investment surplus has declined and biotech partners are challenged to finance joint projects as well as their own operations. Beall is striving to find a cure for cystic fibrosis while... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Business School Case 215-026 Longbow Capital Partners Longbow Capital Partners is a value-oriented long/short hedge fund focused on stocks in the energy sector. In January 2011, Longbow had invested in NiSource, a Fortune 500 company that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
obvious place is your own customer base. If you find them there, you should immediately curtail investment in improvements in overserved dimensions because customers will not value them. More critically, you need to consider disrupting... View Details
- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Strategy (TN)
Teaching Note for [809004]. View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316156-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-021 Doctor My Eyes: The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus In early 2010, senior partners at Warburg Pincus met to review a report on Bausch & Lomb... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
organizations have made sizable investments in information technology. They’ve used their IT systems to replace paper records with electronic ones and to improve billing processes, thereby boosting revenue. But so far, IT has been of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007
become major players in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Collectively, these investment decisions could have a major long-run impact on South Africa's economic growth and political stability. South African... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace