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- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across U.S. cities with historical settlement patterns for migrants from countries. The instrumented elasticity of export View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
of an Italian design based bicycle manufacturer evaluates if reducing costs by outsourcing would impact its brand. The company was founded in 2005 in Italy by three friends, and in its first five years it had enjoyed steady growth and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
all industries, Calkins inspires his readers to create and deliver effective business presentations and pitches. Master Growth Hacking: The Best-Kept Secret of New-Age Indian Start-Ups by Apurva Chamaria (SELP 1, 2017) and Gaurav Kakkar... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
issue high-headline-rate and more complex products in low-rate environments. Finally, we find that high-headline-rate and more complex products are more profitable for banks, and that their ex post performance is lower. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
exchanges. Shareholder protection strongly predicted exchange success, even in countries with high levels of venture capital activity, patenting, and financial market development. Second-tier exchanges in countries with better shareholder protection allowed younger,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement error and endogeneity. Exploiting a new comprehensive industry-level data set of 29 countries between 1985 and 2000,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
that contribute to a type of corporate practice—those oriented toward social benefits outside the firm. We define corporate social action as those firm behaviors and practices that extend beyond immediate profit maximization goals and are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
entrenched player: Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble, Uber vs. the taxi industry, and so on. “Our cases were necessarily snapshots,” he emphasizes, “but we knew we really needed to be in the moving-picture business.... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high growth. Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya, and B. Ramasubramaniam (Subbu) came together to create BlackBuck, with an aim to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
connections between strategic decisions and impacts on financial metrics, including amortization changes and capital investments 8-10 hrs Module 2 Assessing Strategy Execution Use financial ratio analysis to identify corporate View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
me because I live and breathe it every day and it motivates me to keep on pushing. JH: During his tenure as CEO of Vodafone, Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990) transformed the telco into a truly global organization through organic growth and... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
(vertical integration) benchmark, whenever the marginal product yields higher profits per consumer exposure relative to the average product. Third, the effect of platform competition on search diversion incentives depends on the nature of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
philanthropies New Profit and NewSchools Venture Fund. Harvard Business Review also served as a springboard for new ideas. In the March–April 1997 issue, MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice Allen Grossman cowrote an article... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
card networks, the decline of checks, the rise of stored value cards, and the growth of new payment methods such as PayPal, Bill Me Later, and decoupled debit. This case presents the structure of these payment methods, focusing on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
are held longer than want DVDs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 2022
- Supplement
Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-400, May 2022.
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
strategy. How should Weltman and CS best proceed? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/modern-family-planning-the-business-of-circle-surrogacy/an/714418-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-044 Kiehl's Since 1851: Pathway to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
through a final paper he wrote for his Purpose and Profits class at HBS, Mbanusi became deeply intrigued by another company – Guild Education, an education and upskilling platform. Guild Education focuses on transforming education into a... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
came true. Sales of pajamas more than doubled in 2020 compared with 2019, the fastest growth among clothing categories, while sales of suits and dresses fell. In contrast to popular opinion, sales of bras and pants did not exhibit major... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
forced to consider global competition as a factor in planning. In addition, the wartime disruption of foreign multinationals enabled U.S. companies to profit from the postwar boom without effective competitors in many industries. A more... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat