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- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
time and effort in conserving the mangroves that reside on of its headquarters land just outside of Mumbai. India has an interesting CSR policy, which came up a few times in our conversations with companies. In 2013, India enacted a law requiring that companies above a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
the way businesses get paid, we can change the US economy. Sometimes people look at me like I’m a sandwich short of a picnic when I say that, but I know this can be done. We are on a mission to enable businesses of all sizes to have... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and micro-VC firms whose relatively small size translates into a willingness to proceed at a pace and scale that are sustainable over time. She has also won a fair bit of grant money and is currently... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
others, which is much more difficult to do in developed nations." Starbucks met that challenge by creating a "third place" for the customer between home and office, increasing the size of its stores and adding enticements such as soft... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
unknown entrepreneurs in markets where he saw great potential. Unlike other venture capitalists of the time that focused on finding outstanding entrepreneurs or groundbreaking technology, Valentine took a different approach. He focused predominantly on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
as a group, offering them business and technical advice until they are able to prove themselves and grow to a size that a VC is willing to invest more time and money into ensuring their success. Another worry with the spray and pray... View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
in Teaching Hospitals By: Huckman, Robert S., Hummy Song, and Jason R. Barro Abstract—We consider the impact of cohort turnover-the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size and importance, we had ignored this sector almost entirely in our curriculum. Q: Was HBS alone in not offering a... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
the duration and size of price changes using scraped data collected from 181 retailers in 31 countries. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52241 March–April 2018 Harvard Business Review Why Compliance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
effect of the policy reforms on the entry of startups versus facility expansions by existing firms. We find that the deregulations reduced financing constraints, particularly among small startups, and improved allocative efficiency across the entire firm View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
size and structural issues, the bill relies largely upon the judgment and willingness of regulators and politicians to deal with firms that threaten the "system" and make difficult decisions before a crisis strikes. In light of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
of the cornerstones of motivation is that managers should not dictate people's methods " Tony Murphy issued an interesting challenge when he said, "Folk remedies based on a cookie-cutter, one size fits all diktat just... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
this, in part because the sample size is so small. Several have argued that if we are to tap the potential of people with a variety of backgrounds and demands on their time, we need to rethink work. Among other things, the argument... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
citizens. A study by Daniel Griswold of the Cato Institute of several pieces of research concludes, for example, that in the U.S. immigration has not expanded the size of the "underclass," which he defines as people living... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
or high potential markets that are $10 billion in size in any given year." The bigger the company becomes, he pointed out, the more important it is that the company lays out a very deliberate strategy. Yet the disruptive technologies... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
the ways in which real managers in real firms grapple with significant decisions affecting their businesses. We discuss cases that reflect a mix of professions as well as firms of different sizes and supplement them with additional... View Details
- 27 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
company’s goals are ambitious, it’s unlikely that they will translate to necessary actions to reduce emissions without drastic policy interventions. The government is unwilling to introduce green steel policies, fearing that they will wipe out small and medium View Details
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
who borrowed a little money to invest in a little land. The average size of a coffee plantation in the Soconusco averaged about 300 hectares, compared with an average of 1,000 hectares in other parts of Latin America. But some coffee... View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
on the size of discounts. Some employers are already contracting directly with integrated provider organizations for care of complex conditions such as cancer, organ failure, heart disease, or diabetes. They should expect their health... View Details
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
company to pursue- whether an early stage start up, a medium size company, or a large corporation. You have extensive experience working at a large corporation, ExxonMobil, and helping them navigate the energy transition. Can you tell us... View Details