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- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
that friction in the market between what the price is and what it should be, Cohen and Malloy stress the importance of identifying a "catalyst" that will cause the market to catch up. "It's one thing to say I am going to View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
to ask the right questions — ‘Who is buying cashews?' and ‘What is the best way to enter that market?,' for example. It isn't rocket science, it is basic technical help.” While Tierney thoroughly enjoys the opportunity he has to View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
fatigue syndrome (CFS), which for a long time went undiagnosed; battling CFS for some ten years, she could no longer work and therefore lost her health insurance. Her prescription bills alone were $600 a month, and she sometimes had to choose between View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
million. Clay didn’t own the horse, but he makes a standard commission of 5 percent on managing the sale of some 250 horses a year like her. Boarding and sales are two facets of his business, Clay explains; he also breeds his own mares,... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
Advisors, more than 20 enclosed malls have been shuttered over the last few years with another 60 on the endangered list. José Alvarez: Ecommerce has significant implications for the current conception of the mall. We are seeing that traffic is down, so cross selling... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
their own drugs, which violates the spirit of the Anti-Kickback Statute. That statute protects both seniors and the federal government from fraud and abuse, which is rampant in health care,” says Dafny, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
tuition. “They said, ‘We’re not going to buy you a car but we are going to pay for your education.’ It wasn’t until I was older that I really understood the importance of that,” he says. An awareness of how challenging it is for students... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
companies,” says Rogers. The Anglo-Dutch packaged-goods conglomerate Unilever had already bought Breyers. (It would buy Ben & Jerry’s in 2000.) Simultaneously, the Swiss food conglomerate Nestlé began to View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
inside the booth owned by tech startup Barared to do everything from place phone calls to pay bills, deposit money, and buy minutes for their mobile phones. It’s a convenience for her customers, Reyes says: Chimalhuacán has only two bank... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
televisions. But Koç expanded the scope of the brand to include white goods also. That’s an attempt to break into markets that are firmly dominated by companies that have good reputations. Why would a Turkish business (Yildiz Holding) buy... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
activity pales in comparison to what's happening today on the Internet," says Sahlman. "Whereas in the early days of the microprocessor, for example, it was expensive and complicated to buy computers, develop software, and break into the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking price. "The total effect of all that money and lack of focus on the intrinsic economics of... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
single-payer health systems and the 37-page Glass-Steagall Act, which prohibited banks from making risky investments. Deffarges compares that to the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank legislation, which “added immense complexity” to the law. “I was... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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In the News - Entrepreneurship
Think Big, Buy Small, with Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff Re: Richard Ruback & Royce Yudkoff 27 May 2025 New York Times A Vermont Start-Up Was Close to Becoming Profitable. Then the Tariffs Hit. Re: Ebehi Iyoha 02 May 2025 Harvard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Managing Family Assets
could buy into of why it makes sense to work together rather than have them go their own way. And we had to be really good listeners and include everybody in the conversation. What we talk about in our... View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East
There, she arrived at a crucial insight: "CPG brands were spending big on equity advertising, but they could not directly link sales and ad buys to show ROI. I really felt there was a need we had to address – for an ecommerce platform... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Seventy Years Out: Class of 1932 Celebrates Reunions
lives and works. He has three pieces of advice for those who want to avoid spending their life in a foreign country: “Don't stay for more than five years, don't marry a local girl, and don't buy any land.” Having done all three, he now... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
make a large investment decision, such as expanding or buying new equipment. In this “utopian” world, fewer good businesses might fail, and more businesses would have the confidence and financial resources... View Details
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
but, in general, China has discouraged or actively undermined local entrepreneurship in favor of an foreign direct investment-dependent approach, they say. India, on the other hand, is building an infrastructure—however slowly—that allows entrepreneurship and free... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace