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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)
after graduating from HBS. "He struck a chord with me because of the way he could identify and analyze complex problems, then develop implementation plans to solve them." In 1960, Livingston and Fox founded Management Systems Corporation, a consulting View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009
are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-080.pdf Turning Waste into By-Product (revised) Author:Deishin Lee Abstract We determine, in a competitive setting, the optimal operating regimes for a firm that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16
Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
Australia, South Africa, Chile, etc.). Q: What do you see as the major differences between Old World and New World winemakers? A: The Old World market continues to be highly fragmented. The competitive landscape is filled with many small, View Details
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
showing how certain investors spend a lot of time in private meetings with corporate executives—and how this gives the investors an unfair advantage, in spite of Federal regulations that are supposed to level the investment playing field.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
Owusu-Kesse’s original introduction to HCZ came in 2008, during a three-year, post-college stint as a Morgan Stanley financial analyst. Chosen from a worldwide pool to represent the firm in a community outreach initiative, he spent a year... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
Americans—especially those in the business community—do to increase the ability of firms to compete successfully in the global economy while raising US living standards? This is one of the most important questions facing the nation and... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
private sector. She'd been living in New York City when she started the job, enjoying all the city has to offer, but had moved back to Egypt to get a ground-level view of the Fund's work. I didn't talk to Enan again until the summer of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
The book covers key trends and describes how different firms have coped with shifting pressures. It concludes with an assessment of where equity research is headed in emerging markets and the industry's future challenges. Entrepreneurship... View Details
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Commencement 2013 Address | About
just one example, some of you will be going to work in the field of private equity, which has emerged over the last decade as a popular career for MBA graduates. It’s important to recognize that when the people leading PE View Details
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Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design
coursework. That helps our information research staff to understand the context of your question. Research topics Suggested Resources Company/Competitors Capital IQ Profiles and data on public, private companies and investment View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30
selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using detailed US Census micro data on firm-level output, R&D and patenting. The model provides a good fit to the dynamics of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
issue as the founder and CEO of the executive search firm Trewstar, which places experienced and accomplished women on corporate boards. She offers her advice here. What tips do you have for senior female executives looking for a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Wolfensohn Center for Development, a new global poverty research initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is also relishing the opportunity to work with his son, Adam, and daughter Naomi at Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a privately held... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
joined the private equity sector. Westphal took on a role with Providence Equity Partners, founded by HBS alum, Johnathan Nelson (MBA 1983). “The firm covers technology, media, telecom, and education, and I... View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
latest e-commerce enterprise. And in a new MBA elective course he has developed, Large-Scale Investment, Esty examines how private firms structure, value, and finance large, first-of-a-kind (or greenfield)... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
time now many business historians have been moving beyond the walls of the firm to consider the social, political, and cultural place of private enterprise in American society. As I see it, the trick—one... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26
engage in instrumental networking influences how dirty this networking makes them feel. Three laboratory experiments and a survey study of lawyers in a large North American law firm provide support for our predictions. We call for a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
talent in order to remain successful. The authors argue that the source of competitive advantage already exists within every organization and that how a firm creates and uses talent is far more important than how the View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1
problems associated with the profit measures by directing managerial attention to activities that have longer-term consequences on firm performance. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne