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- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
to Latin America. “In Latin America, only 6% of the population buys online and as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a lot of benefits,” Dzodan shared. “The model for Facily is that we let people get together so they can... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
took the form of new community bank creation by local bank professionals. Our results show that acquisitions in communities lead to new bank foundings, and that this pattern is particularly pronounced when the acquisitions are by out-of-town banks and when there is a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
initiatives goes to organizations that are structured to support specific groups of recipients, often with sophisticated solutions. Such organizations rarely reach the broader populations that could be served by simpler alternatives.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
determine the equilibrium supply chain structure. These operational tradeoffs arise as a result of the geographic constraints posed by the availability of arable land and the spatial population distribution. We model the interdependent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
Parliament: “I was an independent member and every time I wanted to speak on an issue I was allowed to speak. So whether it was on framing the national slum policy or whether it was the domestic violence against women act or whether it was the View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
into an ambitious Financial Inclusion Program to serve previously unbanked rural populations through a rapid expansion of its branch network and the use of nonbank business correspondents? In addition, should the bank commit part of its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
heterogeneity does not address the similarity critique of discrete-choice models. Although IIA may technically be broken in aggregate, the mixed logit model allows neither a given individual nor the population as a whole to behave with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
value-added products like yogurt. The entry of large multi-brand retailers like Walmart and Carrefour in the Indian market threatens to squeeze Amul's margins and undermine its low-cost distribution network. India's large young rural View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
increased immigration would help reverse current trends. As he put it, “Those folks tend to be younger, with growing families which require furniture, food, clothing. Our ‘native’ population is aging and doesn’t earn or spend as much.”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
possible that Walmart is just too big to pursue its business model in the longer-term future? This is not a trivial question. Walmart, as the world's largest private organization, has a bigger population than several United Nations member... View Details
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
and its efforts to establish Humanitarian Assistance for Neglected Diseases (HAND), a corporate social responsibility program focused on treatments for diseases that typically affect too small a population to warrant the attention of drug... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
Cicero’s “journey-mapping” studies show that agencies sometimes inadvertently provide contradictory services to the vulnerable populations they support. The firm’s findings have led to “improved coordination among service providers,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
outside the power structure. I'd like to see a few self-indulgent female millionaires run for office! Is the United States ready for a woman in the White House? Currently, about 75 percent of the population is willing to have a woman as... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
the pinstriped, power-brokering world of Wall Street. “I never took it as an insult.” Seated in a conference room with an expansive view of the Hudson River, O’Neal recalls that work was hard to come by in Wedowee, population 750, and the... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
penalty to the LGBTQ community, to becoming a non-English speaking 1 -year-old construction worker in the suburbs of Seattle. From being in the 2% female population in my master’s program to being one of three female plant managers (out... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Africa produces 20 percent of Africa's GNP, an astounding figure considering its population of 41 million represents less than 6 percent of the continent. "South Africa is a regional superpower," echoes HBS associate professor Robert J.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
buildings 10 miles east of Mexico City that is populated by some of the country’s poorest citizens. Over the past two years, though, market days have been busier than normal at the store—all thanks to a little silver service booth just... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
its start in Parma, Italy, in 1899, when the great-grandfather of current CEO-owner Francesco Mutti canned and sold tomatoes to an illiterate rural population that identified the product by the two lions on its label. Even from the start... View Details
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
annual awards dinner grows, the word is starting to get out. What is not yet recognized is that inner cities mirror the future of the U.S. economy. Inner cities are disproportionately populated by minority groups, which reflects the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
to the belief, now firmly lodged in public consciousness, that high environmental standards are not just desirable but their birthright. To set the stage, Reinhardt reminded the group that pollution is not a new phenomenon in human existence, nor is fear of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace