Publications

March 2021 (Revised December 2021)
Case

Cedar Environmental: Innovation vs. Corruption in Lebanon?

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Youssef Abdel Aal

The case follows Ziad Abi Chaker, founder and CEO of Cedar Environmental, as he weighs options for how to grow the company in the face of growing economic and political instability in Lebanon in 2019.

Founded after the Lebanese civil war, Cedar... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

the lower end of the seven peer schools tracked by HBS and amounted to 14 percent of the School's total revenues. Harvard Business Publishing Four of HBP's five market-facing groups—Harvard Business Review, Higher Education, Advertising, and Press—delivered... View Details

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

Africa, especially for communities that aren’t connected to the grid. I am always drawn to how developing and emerging markets can approach these challenges while fostering economic growth and leapfrogging... View Details

February 1985 (Revised September 1988)
Case

Komatsu Ltd.

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Reviews and updates the structure and characteristics of the earth-moving equipment industry presented in the companion case, Caterpillar Tractor Co. After revealing that CAT has suffered major financial losses during the period from 1981 through 1984, the case... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Machinery and Machining; Price; Growth and Development; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Industrial Products Industry

12 Jul 2016
First Look

July 12, 2016

Schreger Abstract—Government forecasts of GDP growth and budget balances are generally more over optimistic than private sector forecasts. When official forecasts are especially optimistic relative to private forecasts ex ante, they are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

declined or held flat, and return on invested capital (ROIC) has suffered dramatically. This decline in ROIC has been exacerbated by the significant growth in store square footage before the recession. Retail store count exploded through... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

City ICIC is a nonprofit research and strategy organization and the leading authority on U.S. inner city economies and the businesses that thrive there. U.S. Cluster Mapping Project The U.S. Cluster Mapping Project is a national economic... View Details

18 Apr 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets

Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. There, I collaborated with both private and public sector clients across various industries in Africa, focusing on speeding up private sector growth and thereby contributing to the wider View Details

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

first-place co-winner of the 50th Anniversary McKinsey Award for the best article of the year in Harvard Business Review for "When Growth Stalls" (March 2008) with Matthew S. Olson and Seth Verry. 2007 Laura Alfaro : Named Faculty... View Details

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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online

resume and signal to employers how committed you are to professional growth and lifelong learning. To earn a Certificate of Specialization, you must complete three courses from your selected Learning Track within 18 months. HBS Online... View Details

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51635 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital By: Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

haves and have nots. Economists point to the rapid increases in economic growth and productivity in China and India in relation to more developed economies as evidence that a more level playing field is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

2018 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences By: Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner, eds. Abstract—Immigration policy is one of the most... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

December 2019
Case

Noiler

By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred

In 2019, Nigerian entrepreneur Dr. Ayoola (Ayo) Oduntan is accelerating distribution of Noiler, a genetically optimized breed of poultry, to smallholder farmers across Nigeria. The bird was bred to be productive as a source of both meat and eggs and to thrive in the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Poverty; Health; Growth and Development Strategy; Nigeria