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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
communicated via email to the applicant's HBS email address. Each "round" represents a distinct period in which you may apply, not a succession of steps for your application. You may apply in one round only. Applications received after... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
work-from-anywhere (WFA) phenomenon since 2015. “The idea behind WFA is that it allows workers to choose their own geography, which is distinct from the work-from-home model,” he explains. WFA can also include shorter remote stints, such... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
opportunities, particularly in China, he said, were immeasurable. On the Ground The distinctive realities of doing business in China and East Asia were discussed at two packed panel discussions. On the second day of the conference, MBA... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
Italian firms over a pre-specified week and record the time devoted each day to different work activities. We focus on the distinction between time spent with insiders (employees of the firm) and outsiders (people not employed by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008
maximization by local entrepreneurs. The model demonstrates that weak investor protections limit the scale of multinational firm activity, increase the reliance on FDI flows, and alter the decision to deploy technology through FDI as opposed to arm's length technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
hypertension. The medical condition is not orthopedic care, but several conditions, including spine disorders, hip disorders, and so forth. Cancer care also involves many distinct medical conditions. Aligning an organization's view of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
$300 million. Much of that success was due to the innovative strategy of the gentlemanly Cotsen to focus on a single brand name with an image for safe, mild, quality skin care endorsed by the medical profession, especially dermatologists. As the company's View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
campaigns drew two distinct groups of candidates. While the career advancement campaign attracted a group that had more qualifications and was more technically knowledgeable, the community-focused candidates were deemed more reliable—more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
Lazzarini Abstract In this paper we document the extent and reach of state capitalism around the world and explore its economic implications. We focus on governmental provision of capital to corporations-either equity or debt-as a defining feature of state capitalism.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
smother innovation. Artful and industrial making are distinct approaches and each must be applied in the appropriate conditions. It's important to recognize that artful and industrial making are not mutually exclusive. Artful making... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
auto companies. Nissan and Toyota were already well established, and Honda had to find some way of breaking into the market. It adopted a distinctive strategy instead of copying its rivals. In the book, we note the striking number of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
long-term business confidence, setting the stage for the release of immense economic energy. His programs had helped to shape the distinctive American balance between political stability on the one hand and capacity for economic growth on... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Using the farm tractor as a case study, I show that lags in technology diffusion arise along two distinct margins: scale and scope. Though tractors are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
the issues that will guarantee overall success. Leaders must ask themselves, "Do we have a coherent and distinctive innovation strategy that key managers believe in? Do we have the capabilities to execute? Is our leadership... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
the program using HBS’s distinctive online platform to enable accessibility in an affordable way (each course costs less than $500). “One of the things that we know about the most effective school leaders and business leaders is that they... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
builds. We think that our distinctive competence is operating excellence and the way our people show up for our guests — which isn’t to say that the Hiltons and Marriotts aren’t trying to be good operators. But their niche is distribution... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
General Corporation (DG) operates one of the leading chains of extreme value retailers in the United States. 2006 revenues reached $9.2 billion, making DG the 6th largest mass retailer in the country. With revenues growing at 9% annually over the five-year period up to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
changes to introduce new competitors in the industry, remove contract termination fees, and reduce the payment of interconnection fees between cellular providers, which advantaged incumbent companies and drove up consumer prices. Kahlon applied a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
paper with Harvard graduate students Sonia Jaffe (Department of Economics) and Scott Duke Kominers (Harvard Business School). Carmen Nobel: How can a discount voucher service like Groupon benefit retailers? Ben Edelman: Our paper looks at two View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17
distinction is possible because strategy and business model are different constructs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-036.pdf The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace