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- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
investors; they evolved toward more friendly approaches. Many countries created new incentives for investors and built investment promotion agencies to attract new companies. The causes were several: Better educated and more experienced... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
inputs that are 19 percent cheaper," says Masha. "We get them the knowledge to increase their yields up to three times the national average, and sell their produce for about 37 percent higher than what they can get themselves." When Masha... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
involved in Scranton, a city just over two hours away from New York with the potential to outgrow its punch-line status and draw millennials looking for affordable housing and a higher quality of life. Then, over lunch at Caravia, a... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
persistence of behavior modifications between subjects rewarded with a monetary award with subjects that are exposed uniquely to peer pressure. Using hand hygiene performance data from a California hospital, I find that monetary incentives are associated with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
Markets Authors:Charles Dhanaraj and Tarun Khanna Publication:Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 4 (December 2011) Abstract Economic growth in the Western world increasingly depends on meaningful engagement with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
e-book can be a much richer and deeper experience than anything we’ve seen before.” The implications for education are significant, Olson notes: “If we as a society are concerned about the next generation acquiring knowledge and skills,... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. Ebrahim teaches the required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and chairs the Executive Education program Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. Q: Mario, tell us about Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
identified in the education and skill system, labor market incentives and flexibility, the ability to translate R&D outcomes into economic value creation, and in preparing the economy for the new realities of globalization. Maybe most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
into our theoretical framework. The framework generates a simple test using patent citations that indicates that entrants and small firms have relatively higher growth spillover effects. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
diving in. If we can educate them about it and make it a known and also be able to show them that these challenges that people typically face, we have real solutions to it. We have ways in which you’re going to be able to tackle this... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
sons whose mothers were employed spend more time caring for family members, a much-cited working paper by Professor Kathleen McGinn, Elizabeth Long Lingo (PhDOB 2005), and their coauthor found. Darrell Huntsman (MBA 1998) founded the Corrective View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of higher education, the executive education market is heavily... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
a high margin. That's similar to a fashion brand like Chanel (though fashion brands have higher margins). Acurio is following a portfolio logic, similar to, say, Penguin, which has Penguin Classics and all kinds of genre fiction like... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008
opportunity to see both sides of the issue. When Hrad enters into a contract to create a new accounts payable system for Welsh toy distributor Tegan, the outsourcing firm from the Czech Republic views the project as another step in its progression towards delivering... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
recent graduates, including: Instabase, FreeWill, Spring Health, Ribbon Health, Snackpass, Parade, Fireflies, Reverie Labs, Getaway, Cobalt Robotics, LogRocket, Pavlov (acquired by Coinbase), and Legalist. Prior to his time at GC, Peter worked for online View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
rebalancing in the financial portfolio of participants. These patterns conceal strong household-level evidence of active rebalancing, which on average offsets about one half of idiosyncratic passive variations in the risky asset share. Wealthy, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14
marketing profile and putting measures in place to distinguish BrightStar’s services as higher quality than those of its competitors. A shifting regulatory landscape and labor shortages posed challenges, but BrightStar continued to grow... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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the Higher Education Opportunity Act P2P for more details. Copyright owners who believe their material has been infringed on any of the Services should contact Harvard's DMCA agent as specified at... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
education firmwide. Prior to joining the firm, Elena worked for Inroads, where she led Talent Acquisition for their Northern New Jersey affiliate. She was responsible for placing talented minority interns in organizations like PwC and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
game and that a passive approach is more profitable in today’s market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book... View Details