Emergent States - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2019
News

Tech for the People

help San José partner with innovative tech firms to address high-impact civic challenges. He knew the city had worked with Airbnb to make emergency housing available after the recent disaster, and he reasoned, why not establish a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

Profile

Tony He

wanted a career with strong social impact. However, I was unsure about which field or kind of work would suit my interests. At HBS, I took courses about emerging markets, worked with a professor to conduct research in development... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Sep 2008
News

Seeing Things Others Don’t

genius is arguably the best fund manager of our time.” A contrarian who likes to uncover and then make big bets on emerging trends invisible to everyone else, Heebner said he feels most confident “when everyone else thinks I’m nuts.” His... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Mar 2008
News

Creativity from Many Angles

legitimacy and identity in the emerging field of satellite radio. A panel discussion moderated by HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett that included Scott Cook (MBA ’76) of Intuit, Mark Fishman (AMP 163, 2002) of Novartis, Kim Malone Scott... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
News

Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy

September 2005 and was about a month away from its announced plan to emerge from Chapter 11 when Whitehurst visited the campus. Observing that a key to any turnaround is identifying the problem correctly, Whitehurst explained that Delta... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

August 2018
Case

MISHA: Modernizing the World of Shisha

By: William R. Kerr and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in 2017 with two of the five co-founders of MISHA telling the company’s CEO Michal Portz that they believe it is time for the global venture to shut down its operations and cease investments. Portz and another co-founder believe MISHA can still... View Details

Keywords: Innovation And Management; Entrepreneurship; Private Sector; For-profit Firms; Business Strategy; Decision; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Market Entry and Exit; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Qatar; United States

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29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

deliver this extra-added value service." Electronic Health Records Promoted In 2014, health care spending in the United States exceeded $3 trillion and was expected to reach $4.5 trillion by 2020. To reduce health care costs and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

01 Jun 2008
News

Immersion Program Digs Deep

business executives,” he notes. “It was very useful for learning about how to do business in emerging markets.” Limor Moshkovich (HBS ’09) served as one of the immersion’s student leaders. “Wherever I end up doing business in the world,... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

joint decision of holding sovereign debt and reserves, we construct a stochastic dynamic equilibrium model calibrated to a sample of emerging markets. We obtain that the reserve accumulation does not play a quantitative important role in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Paul Lenehan

of cold calls." Tribes and technology For his EC year, Paul would like to pursue a field study "in a 'tribe' with a similar passion for emerging media. In particular, I'd like to look at online video and see how traditional... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

the very "soul" of e-business in a rapidly emerging e-culture. E-culture, she writes, "involves better ways of leading, organizing, working, and thinking." It is an environment in which individuals must evolve if they are to become... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Portrait Project

Anjali Thakkar

“Time of death: 4:57am.” This was my first experience losing a patient. Around 4am, I was falling asleep, despite the constant din of the Emergency Room, when the Code Blue alarm sounded. I dashed out behind my team, and when we arrived,... View Details

Fast Answer

Historical Research - India

Service (FBIS) FBIS is a United States government agency which translates the text of daily radio and television broadcasts, newspapers and periodicals, government statements, books, and other sources of unrestricted information... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Faculty Books

activity that affects world peace, the last two decades have seen the emergence of negotiation and conflict resolution as an area of research of intense importance in law, government, and business. In this book, Professor Bazerman has... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

tools can be applied. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50595 in press Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Cognitive Fatigue Influences Students' Performance on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

agencies focused on development projects and private-sector growth in emerging economies often seen as too risky for most investors. But this new assignment was something else entirely. “I have a phenomenal job and I’m living in a safe... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "It will revolutionize how medicine is practiced," he states simply. "Right now the doctor listens to your heart with a stethoscope and maybe draws a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

24 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

Millennium" (Case 299-084) Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207105 Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd Harvard Business School Case 807-113 Fabindia is a for-profit Indian retail company with the View Details