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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
public finance, but it has been largely set aside in the modern theoretical approach to optimal income taxation, where welfarist objectives dominate. A prerequisite for that gap to close is the clarification of what benefit-based income... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
benefit-based taxation, in which an individual's benefit from public goods is tied to his or her income-earning ability, can be incorporated into modern optimal tax theory. If Lindahl's methods are applied to that view of benefits,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
of modern Chinese professionalism; the implications of professionalism as an import in China; the impact of socialism, the developmental state, and the rampant commercialism on the professions in China; and the feasibility of liberal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
innovations never been invented or adopted. Book: http://www.nber.org/books/lern11-1 Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan Authors:Nicholas, Tom Publication:International Economic Review Abstract Japan's hybrid innovation system during the Meiji era of technological View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
offer convenience, decent prices, or an okay shopping experience. Even very good is no longer good enough. To win and keep customers today, retailers must be nothing short of remarkable. Packed with case studies from some of modern... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
million well-off shoppers and 463 grocery stores in key U.S. markets. Whole Foods could absorb Amazon’s technology and process expertise to modernize and reduce its operating costs, which were among the highest in the industry. For... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
units enlisted to work with portfolio companies? How could the fund be structured to reflect Saudi Aramco's role in modernizing the economy of Saudi Arabia? The case provides a vehicle for discussing the basics of corporate venture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
Android OS and associated Android Market, the case considers potential benefits and pitfalls of each, as well as touching on the reasons that other longer standing platforms, such as RIM's BlackBerry platform, are less appealing to modern... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
others. Result: Carnegie Steel became the low cost, high quality producer of a commodity vital to the creation of the modern world. Carnegie sold his company to J.P. Morgan, who used it as the fulcrum for United States Steel, in 1901.... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
demands of increasingly sophisticated Chinese consumers is a more complicated challenge. One approach Chinese manufacturers are using is to acquire companies around the world in order to get fast access to the technologies they need to View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey By: Coplan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This working paper examines the origins and development of the Koç Group, which grew to be the largest business group in Turkey. This enterprise was an important actor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
John Weber In his new book, The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (Harvard Business Press), Walter Kiechel III (MBA ’76) traces the rise of modern management consulting from the 1960s to the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
company owe the people and groups, particularly the weakest and most vulnerable, that may be left behind as the company moves forward?" Down the Road That movement forward, inevitable and inexorable, becomes ever more pressing and demanding in the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
and investments to modernize the Bureau of Internal Revenue, expand and improve small-scale, community-driven development projects in rural areas, and rehabilitate a secondary national road in Samar province to increase commerce and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
lean into the other, designed by Israeli architect Moshe Safdie. “You want to create a modern face without losing what makes us special—because you can’t re-create that,” he says. The city’s historic buildings and the local color of areas... View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
715-039 The Great Divergence: Europe and Modern Economic Growth No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715039-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-060 Building the Digital Manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
high-tech entrepreneurship from three path-breaking entrepreneurs who emerged as CEOs of huge global companies. Their approaches to formulating strategy and building organizations offer unique insights for start-up executives as well as the heads of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
the dimensions of human behavior, decision making, and judgments in carrying out the work of the modern corporation. A most fortuitous event in starting the project was the engagement of our research assistant who has a theater academic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
can be valuable in understanding and addressing the complex challenges that they face when coming to and trying to “make it” in modern America. As a first-generation Mexican American who grew up in Los Angeles, most people think of me as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
philosophy, behavioral science, and corporate law, and shares practical advice. Experts J.S. Nelson and Lynn Stout cover a wide array of essential topics including the legal status of corporations, major ethical traps in modern business,... View Details