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- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global scale. “Over time, my interest... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
politics of the global economy—about how firms prosper by understanding those politics, or fail by misunderstanding them. Understanding the politics of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30
onerous when outsourcing the monitoring and enforcement of government regulation. In this paper, we argue that the considerable moral hazard associated with private regulatory monitoring can be mitigated by understanding conflicts of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
their understanding of global business practice. “Without support for research, we wouldn’t have the insight to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. It enables us to tap into new methodologies... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses
notes that immigrants helped launch 25 percent of US tech and engineering companies between 1995 and 2005 and generated 450,000 jobs in 2005. Such contributions, Ghadar says, could help America climb from its current No. 5 spot in the World Economic Forum's View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 18 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context
projects, I obtained both practical and theoretical understanding of the challenges and opportunities on the continent. In my first year, I traveled to Morocco for my FIELD Global Immersion and learned about... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
opportunity amid countless obstacles. The sale of ed tech products has been on the rise in recent years—with an estimated $150 billion in global expenditures on digital learning in 2018, a number predicted, pre-pandemic, to double by... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
covers many of the most important issues currently facing business - strategy, innovation, customer focus, global trends, leadership for change, strategic alliances, compensation systems, and community responsibility. Kanter¹s enduring... View Details
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Equip our students to become leaders for racial equity. - Advancing Racial Equity
not only with HBS’s mission and values but also with our educational aims and heritage. HBS has long been a school of general management, focused on training students to understand and influence complex systems. Changing the systems in... View Details
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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
website for full details on IFCs and be sure you understand the Course Policies and Course Fee & Financial Aid . Visit IFC Financial Aid for a quick assessment to determine your eligibility and process or contact finaid@hbs.edu for more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
government or semigovernment agencies? Collecting and analyzing these data may be useful in the classroom and in understanding the impact that the School has had in this crisis. Peter Jensen (MBA ’79) Morgan Hill, CA Financial Crisis... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
Bedford, Massachusetts in the 1800s, where we saw the roots of the venture capital industry. Then, of course, we found ourselves in Silicon Valley, where so many of the brands that shape our daily life got their start in humble garages. Silicon Valley has been the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
global-poverty problem, which is what IGD has done, is an important step that the public sector would be wise to study. One thing stands in the way: lack of a broad-based understanding in the business community that ending extreme View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
2015 Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a View Details
- 30 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Leadership That Defines you – Reflecting on my Time at HBS
inspire change on a global scale and challenge our understanding of society. Two months ago, I graduated from Harvard Business School. It still feels like a dream that I was even admitted. I feel so blessed... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
Design Rules: The Power of Modularity (Volume 1) by Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark (The MIT Press) Today's fast-paced global economy often seems to operate as an independent force, but its products, firms, and markets are all derived... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
assumptions that countries can accumulate reserves and borrow internationally using their own currency. As opposed to traditional sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
Enroll Now Key Concepts Design a defined, service-driven value proposition Understand sustainable pricing, the service-profit chain, and customer journeys Motivate employees to deliver exceptional, mission-aligned services by leveraging... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21
civil society scrutiny that activates these firms' latent vulnerability. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,484 public companies in many industries, headquartered in 38 countries, during 2005-2008, when environmental disclosure increased among... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne