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- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
that gentrification can ruin neighborhoods by forcing out existing businesses that serve the needs of the locals. “We found that changes in the local economy—such as a new coffee shop opening—can predict gentrification,” says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
and diversity, representing a new pride and interest in ethnic and local beauty ideals. The tremendous growth of skin lighteners in India and East Asia is one sign of this trend. While global companies are concerned that the core... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
(forthcoming) Abstract We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi-natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in developing countries, GiveDirectly transfers cash directly to the poor. As experiments have shown this approach to be an effective and efficient way... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2016
- Case
Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Corporate Social Responsibility; Emerging Country; Teaming; Public-private Partnership; Inter-organizational Relationships; Collaboration; Strategy Implementation; Agricultural Commodity; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Public Sector; Supply Chain Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Learning; Partners and Partnerships; Private Sector; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Enterprise; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Haiti
Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey. "Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 616-040, January 2016.
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
findings. Indeed, he believes the data suggests that local eateries are starting to siphon off customers from the "Big Boys." Why? The Applebee's and the T.G.I. Friday's of the world have been safe bets for diners because their... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
the number of jobs held by independent contractors has remained steady, fewer entrepreneurs are choosing to start ventures that require significant startup capital—and those are the same businesses that are typically rewarded with higher returns. In addition,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
as a result, but also avoiding disasters. The ice cream and other foods businesses were built patiently by the acquisition of one local firm after another, and their melding into the Unilever model.... View Details
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
examine the link between corporations and community by showing how corporate density interacts with the local social and cultural infrastructure to affect the growth and decline of the number of local... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
uses examples and stories from dozens of high-performing managers and entrepreneurs. Is there one person, one quote, that you think most brilliantly captures the spirit of Think Outside the Building? Kanter: Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe’s, who founded... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
decision-making “Minds”—Ideal Point Mind, Market Comparison Mind, Local Comparison Mind, and Image Mind—lead to very different outcomes and behaviors. We have developed the 4 Minds framework to serve as a diagnostic tool to help identify... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
described her organization as “mission-focused, values-based (contained in the Girl Scouts Promise and the Law), and demographics-driven” (her code word for diversity). She once described to me a teeter-totter, writing a “$24 million expense budget, millions of... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
innovative activity across borders and to allow U.S. multinationals to form new affiliates abroad without the support of local joint venture partners. Thus, this paper points out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
Since 1953, the regional bank Credito Emiliano has accepted curious collateral for small-business loans: giant wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Known locally as Credem, the bank is the subject of a new Harvard Business School case... View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
learning more advanced coding. Build shared platforms like the United Nations Development Programme’s Accelerator Labs. This network of small teams exchange information to combat a range of problems, from food shortages in Zimbabwe to... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
years. The British merchants also sometimes formed locally registered firms, especially in British colonies where the company legislation was modelled on Britain, which mobilized the pools of capital accumulated by resident Europeans in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
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
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
other countries outside China such as Germany and Sweden before local contagion even started, allowing precious time to acquire personal protective equipment before it became scarce. Second, since the company was able to foresee large... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
years later another colleague relies on Amazon for delivery of dog food to a remote location in Maine at a price comparable to the local supermarket.) There is no question that Bezos has built a retailing... View Details