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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
to cover; the patient population to be included; any exclusion criteria. Q: What is the best method for selecting a medical condition? A: When selecting a medical condition to examine via TDABC, the primary consideration should be... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
the largest countries by population in the world. "Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe will be responsible for a growing share of our business," he asserts. "To drive top-line growth,... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
exercise in amateur psychology? An effort to project the values of one group of managers who are on their way to "making it" onto the population of managers as a whole? Or is it the bedrock of a useful exercise in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
advantage of the inner city, though, comes not through the income of residents but rather what he called "income density"—a high population living in close quarters within any individual area. Inner cities can also boast... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Management Training Program: 1945 - 1955 | Baker Library
Management Training Program still functioned as a separate entity from the Harvard Business School MBA degree program, but HBS faculty now taught almost all of the courses at Radcliffe. The student population included college-educated... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
the seminar also confront pressing global problems, including poor nutrition and obesity, food waste, population growth, and feeding the world’s hungry. “Tackling these challenges centers on leadership,” observes Alvarez. “The... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
that having this distinction, people look at me differently, especially as a woman. It forces me to be a role model. It gives me a status I have to respect.” Being a woman in a male-dominated industry has provided Herlaut a unique perspective. At HBS, she was part of a... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
Alfaro, is more sanguine. She notes, "The Latin American population is young and optimistic. Despite the problem of income inequality, the potential is there. If the economies and the infrastructure continue to improve, and access to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
disparity between rural and urban populations widens. Wanda S. Tseng, deputy director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, offered an overview of Asia's current economic strengths and weaknesses. "There are no quick fixes," she... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
services and become part of the formal financial system, is considered a key prerequisite for lifting these populations out of poverty and for driving economic growth. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
the future of his home, Abu Dhabi, one of the emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The tiny, sandy, and dry emirate with a population of 1.5 million, only 420,000 of whom were citizens, was nestled upon nearly 10% of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
ahead. But they had virtually no experience in the roles of government and private sector in creating a dynamic economy. Putting Myanmar in perspective, it's the size of Texas, and it has a population of 54 million-- same as California... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
this activity: Egypt's population is approaching 110 million, the highest in the MENA region, with about half of its citizens between the ages of 15 and 45 and the range of mobile-phone penetration well over 90 percent. The market to meet... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
extensively about Native Americans and is one of the "good guys," Keen says. In the past, academics would sometimes claim to be more of an expert on indigenous populations than the people themselves. Keen says Walker was before his time... View Details
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
you note in the book, only 10 percent of the world's population live in countries considered totally democratic. Does democracy need a marketing campaign? If so, who should run it? A: No one is marketing democracy. The Carter Center... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report
Curve Diverse boards (and leadership teams at large) are not just more reflective of the populations they serve—they’re better positioned to spot emerging trends and navigate complex challenges. As Boris Groysberg and J. Yo-Jud Cheng... View Details
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
governance issues that have slowed economic growth, especially since the global financial crisis. Having suffered heavily from COVID-19 in part because of its large elderly population (Italy has one of the highest life expectancies in... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
of Buenos Aires’s population was foreign born, and it could be regarded as one of the world’s greatest global cities.” Today, the city is a decaying shadow of itself and Argentina as a whole has fallen prey to ineffective institutions,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
through the 1960s. Combining Equal Sacrifice with Utilitarianism better represents the preferences that people hold in the population at large, according to Weinzierl, and makes the theory's recommendations align much better with the... View Details