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- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
management services provided by an affiliate network. (Most merchants use affiliate networks to manage the technical infrastructure of the program, but not necessarily the administrative duties.) There are pros and cons to both internal... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
The common language is ASCII, a binary code consisting of combinations of ones and zeros. But your brain doesn’t operate this way. Instead of ASCII, your brain understands sparse distributed representations (SDRs). SDRs are also zeros and... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
apart" with increased training times and more rapid changes in international job markets, according to Michael Lindsey. "We're headed for a two-tier economic society..." says Mike Dorkoski. While Brad Leach opines,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
China's burgeoning agriculture market with its unstated obligation to provide guidance and expertise in food safety, technology, and jobs for rural farmers while still competing against the growing cadre of international and domestic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
25 years of experience in numerous industries, Pritzker founded Vi Senior Living, and cofounded the Parking Spot and Artemis Real Estate Partners. She is a member of the board of Microsoft; chairman of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
board chair. Since that time, he has acted decisively, removing Fritz Henderson as CEO and assuming the mantle himself. Whitacre quickly reorganized the company from top to bottom, cut out layers of middle management, initiated new product development programs, and... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
assuming that these options are mutually exclusive. A review of advertising industry history reveals why internal agencies have long operated in the shadows of their external counterparts and how the former... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
Financials Supplemental Financial Information 2ms page 1 of 2 Revenues HBS funds its operations with cash from three primary sources: MBA tuition and fees, earned income from Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) and Executive Education, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
first salon the following year. The celebrity hairdresser Charles Nessler, interned as an enemy alien in Britain, also escaped to New York under a false identity and built a new business. The 1917 Communist revolution in Russia produced... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
A Business Plan with Spice
saffron fields of Afghanistan as cofounders of Rumi Spice, a company which imports one of the world’s most expensive foodstuffs and markets it to top chefs. “Connecting Afghan farmers to the international marketplace is something that's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
(unlike most of Antares's for-profit partners) that operates in five Latin American countries. It combines microfinance with a primary health platform targeted toward low-income women. The Pro Mujer partnership demonstrates how Antares... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
internally focused manner. Innovation today must be managed as an open system, with a far greater external focus. Q: Which companies today are the best examples of open innovation, and why? A: IBM, Intel, and Procter & Gamble all... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Faculty Books
Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions through Big Data edited by Thomas Davenport (FT Press) This book, a collection of research papers from the International Institute for Analytics, addresses a wide variety... View Details
Marty Blue
Marty Blue is an accomplished Board and Executive Team member with significant leadership experience in technology, automotive, marketplaces, and start-ups. She has a demonstrated history of success in the digital sector and significant View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
Jung Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc., knows a thing or two about reinvention. After taking over the venerable beauty-products firm in 1999, she helped it shed the last vestiges of its “Ding-dong, Avon calling” image and morph into a glamorous View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
tremendously since then and taken on financing from global investors like Brookfield Asset Management and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In 2017, the firm expanded operations beyond India into... View Details
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Working Papers Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison Authors: Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith, and Mengxin Zhao Abstract Purpose—This paper provides a systematic comparison of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
witnessed the company’s scrappy nature, commitment to innovation, and operational creativity. Key Takeaways from the Log 9 Site Visit The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM) course at HBS introduced the Diamond-Square framework as a means to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
to Operational Failures in Hospitals By: Tucker, Anita L., W. Scott Heisler, and Laura D. Janisse Abstract—The performance gap between hospital spending and outcomes is indicative of inefficient care delivery. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital Cities/ABC Joseph O’Donnell... View Details