Business And Poverty - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

Business School professor Richard H. K. Vietor, How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy. Vietor undertakes a country-by-country examination of the unique social,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2015
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Health Care is Every Company’s Business

23 Jun 2016
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Good Health is Good for Business

01 Sep 2015
News

The Business of Love

Illustrations by Istvan Banyai By the standards of the algorithmic, instant-judgment online dating age, Jess Kushner (MBA 2008) and Ken Deckinger have a story fit for an old-fashioned romantic comedy. In 2003, Deckinger was running a... View Details

Keywords: April White

May 2017
Teaching Plan

Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Teaching Note for HBS No. 816-072. View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Alzheimer's Disease; Career Path; Life Science Business

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16 Jun 2015
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3 Secrets to Scaling Your Business

28 May 2019
News

Five Harvard Business School Students Win Dean’s Award for Service to the School and Society

16 Apr 2015
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How Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs Found Success Without Business Training

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Cost of doing business

guides providing information on the local legal and business context, including costs. Site Selection Magazine: Expansion planning information via state, country, industry and... View Details

November 1997 (Revised July 1999)
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Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Mikelle Eastley

Examines the choices Guidant must make in research and development spending and new product development. More specifically, CEO Jay Graf considers the payoffs and tradeoffs of using product development skills that he learned in CPI's core business when applied to a... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Development; Business or Company Management; Management Skills; Research and Development; Business Strategy; Communication; Product Design; Market Design; Organizational Design; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business

ensuring the physical well-being of the library’s priceless treasure of business books and records. “No other business school has a historical collection to rival HBS,”... View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

23 Dec 2010
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How Social Networking Has Changed Business

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Engaging Business with Nonprofits

By: Alison Louie and Arthur C. Brooks

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20 Nov 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones

01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business

protecting Adirondack parks, improving fishing practices—in his new book, Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, coauthored by conservation biologist Jonathan S. Adams. One... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

2012
Other Unpublished Work

Managerial Control of Business Press Coverage

By: Eugene F. Soltes and David H. Solomon

The business press plays a significant role in distributing firm news to investors. We investigate the extent to which managers can influence their firm's level of coverage in newswires and newspapers. We consider three choices under managerial control: press release... View Details

Keywords: Announcements; Governance Controls; News; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry

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September 1996 (Revised May 1997)
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Mobil USM&R (C): Lubricants Business Unit

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The general manager of a Lubricants Business Unit in Mobil's U.S. Marketing and Refining division launched a project to develop a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) for his unit. The purpose was to provide focus for all employees of the unit, enabling it to operate on an... View Details