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Events - Private Capital Project

regional private capital landscape and how investors might develop relationships and pursue opportunities in the Gulf. The webinar featured Abdulaziz Albassam (CEO, AIMS Investments), Karim El Solh (Co-Founder & CEO, Gulf Capital), and... View Details

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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children from rural regions of Kazakhstan. Established by Kazakhstani businessman and philanthropist Aidyn Rakhimbayev, IQanat...... View Details

02 Jun 2010
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How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

question—possibly requiring more complete or different definitions of strategy, execution, and culture—too great? Are the three dimensions of the questions the right ones? Do they cover all or nearly all aspects of competitive success? How would people in various View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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of a publication Notes/Reference rf= Notes associated with an article Region Code re= Geographic Region codes Section se= Section name Source Restrictor Code rst= Publication source code Source Name sn=... View Details

26 Nov 2001
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How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

some of the learnings from that effort. More recently, we've established pilot sites at Presbyterian and South Side Hospitals, both part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. This work is part of a larger, comprehensive effort being made under the auspices of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

April 2021 (Revised December 2022)
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Capitalism, Slavery, and Reparations

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Cary Williams

The birth of “Modern Economic Growth” constituted a watershed in human history, allowing societies to escape the Malthusian impasse and permanently raise living standards. While the new growth regime had lifted billions of people out of extreme poverty over the last... View Details

Keywords: Reparations; Living Standards; Poverty; Social Issues; Economic Growth; Equality and Inequality; Globalized Economies and Regions; Human Needs

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07 May 2024
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Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

limit climate change now while more comprehensive solutions are developed and implemented. Reducing and removing GHG emissions now is critical, as climate change caused by emissions from human activities is already affecting every region... View Details

06 Dec 2017
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Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

who will effectively threaten their apparent dominance, including in the US.” Alternatives to a marketwide breakup were suggested. Sacha offered that government power could be used to build competition by giving “chances to newcomers.” SC123 commented, “As you see more... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad

Kobe-Osaka region—the second-largest regional market in Japan and one that offered educational institutions with high-quality scientists—Lilly would send a signal to the medical community there that the company was committed to the needs... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

06 Sep 2022
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To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

are, and we’re constantly innovating with our menus and our brands.” What began as a shoestring operation in a single kitchen in Bogotá (“the kitchen was the office, it was the commissary, it was everything,” Azuero recalls) is now a View Details

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

what he called "procedural asides" to demonstrate how the case might be taught in a classroom), the Embraer case also illuminated ways that companies might craft a strategy to balance two spheres of influence: market and non-market forces. Issues Unique To... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

01 May 2020
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Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

things’.” Those working remotely expressed their enthusiasm for it. To the extent it fosters loyalty, it may enhance a culture. Betsy Dickson commented on her move to a remote region this way: “ my employer allowed me to transition to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Career Support - Business & Environment

Fellowships & Internships HBS Summer Fellows The HBS Summer Fellows Program (login required) enables students to explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. The... View Details

14 Sep 2023
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MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

develop our product prototype and formally study the financial impact a digitally-enabled solar irrigation business can have on rural entrepreneurs and their communities. Based on the results of the pilot, we will scale our model to additional View Details

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International Health Economics

By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson

Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Global Range; Economics

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting

the 1800s, the American economy embarked on a long, slow transition from a system in which most goods and services were produced for household consumption or local sale to an economy in which commodities were produced for a larger View Details

23 Jun 2023
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Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

gathered in eight cities and regions to hear the Dean share how the School is on the cutting edge of addressing the biggest challenges facing business and society today. Dean Datar traveled to Chicago, London, the Bay area, Los Angeles,... View Details

22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Jul 2023
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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

United States, but it still has lots of potential outside the U.S. Given my background and my passion for contributing to my home country and the Asian region in general, this role is very appealing to me.” Mizuho has three objectives for... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

made a series of upward and lateral moves that entailed a number of tough assignments across many functional areas. Beginning as the director of regional operations in New England, this manager had profit and loss responsibility for fifty... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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