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- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210027-PDF-ENG VIZIO, Inc. Krishna G. Palepu and Liz KindHarvard Business School Case 110-024 William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, Inc., was proud of his company's success in providing affordable flat screen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and helped launch the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) that was created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). He also served as special assistant to the National Coordinator for... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
get significant tax breaks under a Trump administration, to give more of their supply chain contracts to U.S.-based small businesses. In addition, National Federation of Independent Business surveys show that access to affordable health... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
would our world look like if we could have US levels of electricity available at affordable prices for every person on the planet for 1,000 years?" Lassiter says. "We should be working on nuclear like there is no tomorrow. We should do... View Details
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
company installs, maintains and repairs HVAC systems. CB-Emmanuel – a real estate firm in Queens, NY, the company manages some 3,000 units and develops affordable housing. A next project, Keith said, is looking for partners to provide... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
shipment is little red scooters, with a 60-mile range. In the spring, we’ll have four-wheelers, with nice touches like windows you can operate and with a heater and that have a 60-mile range, and cost us less than those first scooters with a 10-mile range. That’s... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
that we have affordable pathways to all of these occupations, for everyone that is prepared and willing to do the work. It would mean that everyone has access to quality paid work-based learning opportunities. And finally, if we design... View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
GhoomAishwarya Kachhal, PLDA 2015Ghoom is an Electric Scooter and Battery Rental and Subscription Platform, incubated at Harvard Innovation Labs. Ghoom was founded on a simple idea of improving, bettering and empowering the lives of people with convenient, View Details
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Research in Black and White | Baker Library
is very important to work intensively for long hours when I am beginning to see solutions to a problem,” he argued. “You are handling so many variables at a barely conscious level that you can’t afford to be interrupted. If you are, it... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
credit at an affordable rate, they are often forced to scale back operations and lay off employees. This is why it’s important to understand when and if the banks are lending and why, she says. “We need to make the proper measurement of... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
half a percentage point on your account to have what is truly exceptional service? When the bank put branches in Manhattan two years ago, Commerce Bank grew faster there than anywhere else, she said. Other banks can't afford to stay open... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
machine. The grace period afforded people the time to make significant investments like that. The second strand of our work is developing new ways to identify which borrowers have high-growth opportunities. Microfinance often operates in... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
companies that can afford to buy that—but there aren’t millions. And it’s very difficult to price discriminate on something which is a physical asset that you sell. Because if you’ve got effectively the exact same box that you’re selling... View Details
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
afford groceries is the reason we see so much plastic in grocery aisles today. “Despite our best efforts, Gotham Greens is a small company with limited influence in the packaging sector. Changing the landscape requires the collective... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
buses can travel in dedicated high-speed lanes, making the trip much quicker than driving when the roads are congested. The system is not just relegating those who can’t afford cars to buses. More significantly, this is an all-electric... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
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 program of View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
Sustainability Goals. BWC was a set of internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world challenges: energy and climate change, sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
can't afford to motivate their staff with monetary bonuses. Moreover, a growing body of research indicates that corporate workers are very motivated by nonmonetary incentives, such as positive recognition from their peers. (See, for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
gain is nearly as large. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-114.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsU.S. Healthcare Reform: Reaction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Arthur A. DaemmrichHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller