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- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
questions with the tools generated by the innovation of past decades, including the relationship between money and power, commerce and politics, exchange and social status. Its effort is to find new ways of exploring how institutions,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and the Internet
Internet commerce partners. Rather than make trade-offs, they have rushed to offer every conceivable product, service, or type of information. Rather than tailor the value chain in a unique way, they have aped the activities of rivals.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
commerce, to greater and lesser degrees depending on the country. "This law is seen as deriving from direct, divine command," said Vogel. "This is important to grasp." Frank E. Vogel Executives who understand the basic tenets of the Islamic religion... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
and consumed within its boundaries, regardless of supply, demand, or efficiency considerations. Cannabis cultivated in California, which has five to six outdoor growing seasons, can’t be sold in Massachusetts, which has only two outdoor growing seasons. Interstate... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
- 24 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet
allowed all areas to gain access to the riches provided by electronic commerce and data-enabled media. Technically led growth enabled rich areas to gain more than other areas, even when everyone was growing–largely in part because they... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
focus are strategic issues, not only sales management tasks. Consider: when commerce resumes, what’s the impact on your business from shortening selling cycles and accelerating time-to-cash by one week, two weeks, or more? If you don’t... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
files restored. (Just as with commerce around pornography in the early days of the internet, digital currencies seem to attract some people operating on or beyond the edge of legality.) Bitcoin is mined in “farms” that, according to one... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
sight of professional obligations beyond serving the interests of particular clients does not invalidate this more general truth. Once a professional loses sight of the larger social benefit that his or her work is intended to provide, the line between professional... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
economic development. Spreading prosperity through the gappon business model It is less Shibusawa’s track record as a serial entrepreneur than his views on the purpose of business that have attracted renewed interest. The Confucian philosophy of the old feudal regime... View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
packages and devices via a software bill of materials. In April 2018, the leaders of the US Congress House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Linux Foundation, acknowledging the critical importance of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the Rubble
have been obvious even without the devastation we have just witnessed. First is that the new economy never was all that different from the old. In the ancient, heady days of the Internet boom, it became fashionable to declare that the physical bonds of View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
her course for Harvard MBA students, Managing Service Operations, which explores interactions between firms and customers. Defy Conventional Wisdom Commerce Bank entered a mature industry where the overall level of customer satisfaction... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
securing specimens from a new set of actors in the commerce in cadavers. These actors are legal entrepreneurial ventures that have been operating for more than a decade in the United States; they cater to domestic users and international... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
participants’ health care costs by 60 percent on average over five years. Taking first steps Some businesses, especially smaller firms, may feel less ability or need to invest in community health. Working in a coalition with other local companies through chambers of... View Details
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
electronic commerce than in the B2B segment, since industry standards for characterizing color and fabric are more familiar forms of communication for business partners than for individual consumers. Compounding the difficulty in... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
funds, and their locations. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-076 Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee The case highlights the role of minority chambers of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
coaxial, twisted pair, microwave, cellular and more—and an equally dizzying array of networked appliances, content and commerce sources and industry players. What will the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure look like 10 years from... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
Ronald Reagan's vision of a shining city on a hill. "The world of commerce has never seen a brand insult its way to market share leadership" Superficially, Trump's call to make America great again offers a similar aspiration.... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop and innovation on the rise, the economics of cosmic... View Details
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
such a rich trove of information." Lurtz's research has revealed a patchwork of entrepreneurial effort that contradicted common conceptions about agriculture and commerce in that era. Much credit for the expansion of Mexican export crops... View Details