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- June 2008
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Bringing the Context Back In: Settings and the Search for Syndicate Partners in Venture Capital Investment Networks
Most existing network-based theories of relationship formation, whether based on homophily or structural constraint, imply that actors form highly cohesive, homogenous clusters. Yet real networks also include many "bridging" ties—isolated links between parties that... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Networks; Theory; Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Growth and Maturation; Size; Geographic Location
Sorenson, Olav, and Toby E. Stuart. "Bringing the Context Back In: Settings and the Search for Syndicate Partners in Venture Capital Investment Networks." Administrative Science Quarterly 53, no. 2 (June 2008).
- May 2018
- Article
Nowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Data from digital platforms have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification and enable new measures of how neighborhoods change in close to real time. Combining data on businesses from Yelp with data on gentrification from the Census, Federal Housing... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, And Changes; Geographic Location; Local Range; Transition; Analytics and Data Science; Measurement and Metrics; Economic Growth; Forecasting and Prediction
Glaeser, Edward L., Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca. "Nowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change." AEA Papers and Proceedings 108 (May 2018): 77–82.
- 2012
- Book
Banks as Multinationals
By: G. Jones
This is a revised edition of a comparative, international study which looks at the history of multinational banks. Researchers from the United States, Japan, Europe, and Australia survey the evolution of multinational banks over time and suggest a conceptual framework... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Banks and Banking; Business Strategy; Geographic Location; Trends; Theory
Jones, G., ed. Banks as Multinationals. New York: Routledge, 2012.
- November 2009
- Article
Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry
Many companies operate units that are dispersed across different types of markets, and thus serve significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion is likely to compromise the headquarter's ability to control its local managers' behavior and satisfy... View Details
Keywords: Market Dispersion; Decentralization; Incentives; Business Headquarters; Geographic Location; Governance Controls; Distribution; Organizational Design; Franchise Ownership; Retail Industry
Campbell, Dennis, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino. "Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry." Accounting Review 84, no. 6 (November 2009): 1749–1779.
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Target List: screen for companies by industry, location, and size | Baker Library
criteria. Click on location to select a particular country, region, state, city, or zip code to add to search. You can also do a proximity/radius search. Click OK after making your selection(s). Click on Activities and Industry to limit... View Details
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Success Academy Charter Schools | Information Technology
Success Academy’s adoption of business principals — high expectations, aggressive testing, spirit of innovation, and experimentation — contribute to positive outcomes for students. Professor Robin Greenwood, on location in Harlem for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Recognizing the Value Proposition
he adds. “I see tremendous opportunity for collaborative partnerships now that the [Harvard John A. Paulson] School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be located adjacent to HBS.” Seizing that opportunity, at the urging of his... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- News
Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze
locations and retailers to provide ‘real world’ ($) rewards to players.” Many alumni see possibilities and potential in other areas: “Augmented reality can definitely revolutionize e-commerce and mobile-friendly brand apps,” said Ameera... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 30 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Cambridge to Nairobi
name of Ushahidi’s headquarters in Nairobi, before heading to San Francisco to work closely with the company’s business development team. Beyond the internship, the environment is full of energy: the Nairobi office is located in the iHub,... View Details
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Zayed Muhammed Yasin
Zayed Yasin spent his summer internship in a location most people would envy: Mayaguana, a small island in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, he was too absorbed in constructing an emergency services site—a project that combined his... View Details
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Session Types | Information Technology
administrators at no charge. I truly love to work with professionals. After twenty years of teaching at HBS, the HBS Live Online Classrooms team is truly the most impressive group of professionals I’ve had the privilege of working with on our campus. Scott Snook View Details
- 24 Oct 2016
- News
Health Care Pioneer Giusti Named McCance Senior Fellow at HBS
partnerships now that Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be located adjacent to HBS.” McCance is well versed in investing in good ideas and is particularly interested in how business... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Time to Trek
homes of HBS students, and met with numerous business leaders and politicians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “Treks really open up the field for students and expose them to industries and jobs in locations that aren’t typically... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
handful more in other locations over the following two years, totaling $100 million in impact investments. Social Finance will work with state and local governments to structure and monitor the funded programs. “Social impact bonds have a... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Anddria Varnado (Clack-Rogers)
Current Position: Vice President, Strategy & Business Development at Williams-Sonoma Location San Francisco, CA Tell us what you’re up to these days. I’m currently leading strategy for Williams-Sonoma, Inc., where I am responsible for... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
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Stamps Reading Room | About
Stamps Reading Room The Stamps Reading Room, located in Baker Library | Bloomberg Center , was made possible through the support of the charitable foundation of E. Roe Stamps IV (MBA 1974) and Penelope W. Stamps and is named in honor of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
Countries 70 Undergraduate Majors Humanities and Social Sciences 35% Engineering 28% Business 24% Natural Sciences 8% Unspecified Major 5% Class of 2006 Median base salary $105,000 Median total compensation $138,125 Leading Job Locations... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
company called MinuteClinic, with locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Baltimore, operates a number of facilities where a nurse-practitioner or physician’s assistant provides an array of basic medical services, from diagnosing and... View Details
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Impact on a Global Scale | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
collaboration and risk taking, Tierney acknowledges—two qualities essential to his past and future leadership of Bridgespan and the Social Enterprise Initiative. Thomas Tierney, MBA 1980 Job Title Chairman & Co-founder, The Bridgespan Group View Details
- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
former investment banker, Apkon found the ideal focus for his passion for film by forming a nonprofit group in 1998 to purchase the defunct Rome Theater, a 1925 historic landmark located near his home in downtown Pleasantville, New York.... View Details