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  • 01 Feb 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?

development for the sectors where jobs are being created.” Dolembo suggested a multi-faceted response: “Fund student loans, stop punishing those who get the training at community colleges and share in the investment for these poor kids... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Exchange-Traded Funds at Vanguard (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Steven Vickers
Vanguard Group management, led by CEO John Brennan, was considering whether to launch exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in early 2000. ETFs, first created in the early 1990s, combined aspects of traditional mutual funds and closed-end funds. The US ETF industry had reached... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Market Entry and Exit; Network Effects; Profit; Business and Shareholder Relations; Product Launch; Asset Management; Distribution Channels; Ownership; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

invests significant resources in software such as Java and Linux that IBM does not own in order to integrate many companies' products and services for IBM's customers. Intel invests significant resources in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

because an “I” was not dotted or “T” crossed. They may have access to pen testers or be familiar with compliance requirements for things like PIA, HIPAA, or SOX through other portfolio companies’ experiences; even if it’s just asking when to worry about it vs. holding... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • March 2011
  • Teaching Note

Shenzhen Development Bank (TN)

By: Li Jin and Yuhai Xuan
Teaching Note for 210020. View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Decisions; Investment; Commercial Banking; Growth and Development; Negotiation Deal; Labor and Management Relations; Planning; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; China
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  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

Farming for Fuel

2003, the group fans out to test the idea with some 2,500 farmers in the area; after this outreach, MME has 729 members willing to make the minimum investment of $20,000 and 10,000 bushels of corn annually. For the farmers, MME offers a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

Going Against the Flow

and those of developed countries. When capital is flowing freely throughout the world, there is tremendous growth and opportunity in emerging markets. But when the tap is turned off, you have major crashes and dislocations." Despite his... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
  • Profile

Daniel Schachne

Brazilian sponsors wanted to know about my experience at the NBA." But his enviable experience also inspires another frequent question: "Why do you want to get an MBA?" Making a full-time commitment to personal growth... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
  • Web

Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Buildings & Cities Cities are a key place to innovate to reduce greenhouse gases The world is currently undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in human history. More than half of the global population is... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • News

Embracing Chaos

This is a huge opportunity, but the window is going to close. They have to move quickly." Venkatesan knows his message may strike some as zealous, but he's fine with that. "I'm doing it because I love my country," he says. "We need more companies to come View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 25 Mar 2016
  • News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

commandments by God to serve the poor.” Crane led Opportunity International until 2009, after growing private revenues by 30 percent, compound annual growth rate, and increasing its client base from 375,000 to 1.5 million. He also walked... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

of value and growth indices, and a more general investor, who also has access to Treasury bills and bonds. We find that the mean allocation of equity-only investors is heavily tilted towards value stocks at short horizons, but the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709017 JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth Harvard Business School Case 609-046 Considers the situation facing David Barger, President and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

of inflation increases demand for cost of living adjustments. Frames that highlight flexibility, control, and investment significantly reduce annuitization. A majority of respondents prefer to receive an extra "bonus" payment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Giving Advice

(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a... View Details
  • 29 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 29

discusses the common growth drivers (e.g., school accountability, 21st century skills, and advanced technological innovations) and theories of change (e.g., personalization, access, and productivity) for edtech products and services.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

growth was one of the biggest stories in e-commerce, especially when the retailer attracted $50 million in investment from Index Ventures, a top VC firm that funded other successful retailers such as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

After the Fall

beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, housing prices... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

through its development bank (BNDES), we find a positive effect of those stakes on firms' return on assets and on the capital expenditures of financially constrained firms with investment opportunities. However, these positive effects are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne