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22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

always been alternative forms of loan capital available, including credit unions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), merchant cash advances, equipment leasing and factoring products.... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

centralized and collocated R&D team, are rapidly becoming outdated. Instead, innovations are increasingly brought to the market by networks of firms, selected for their unique capabilities, and operating in a coordinated manner. This new model demands that firms... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

month to receive $25 Volunteering for 12 days and receiving $25 without prior notice Refugees will survey members of their community about how they spend their days. To test whether reducing near-term uncertainty improves well-being, some... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

development of ten additional case studies—all presented in the forthcoming book The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed through Strategic Alliances (Jossey-Bass and The Drucker Foundation). Austin found that... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

02 Sep 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

to communicate with each other at will, then repeated the experiment. The result of increased communication was a significant reduction in inventory swings. The paper resulting from that experiment (and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

believes that all of St. HOPE's other activities—economic development, civic leadership development, and the arts—are interdependent with transforming urban education. Raises questions of growth, including the challenges of replicating a model View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

Distributed Innovation Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Systems of distributed innovation-so-called business ecosystems-have become increasingly prevalent in many industries. These entities generally encompass numerous corporations, individuals, and View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

developed country to default on a loan by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That said, Greece needs help and cannot be abandoned. That help must be found within the European Union, within the euro, and ideally without IMF... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

leverage this source of demand to learn from these experiences and design and develop innovative products. What should GM do? It must aim to achieve a clear transition with the IPO and not be satisfied with only incremental improvements.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

that action is taken to address the problems, and (3) communicating about actions taken. Sixty-nine randomly selected hospitals, 20 of which were randomly selected to engage in the three activities for 18 months, participated in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane: The nature of competition is changing rapidly. Drivers such as globalization, deregulation, and technological change are opening opportunities for the development of new, original business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015

Politics we observe firms working more closely with NGOs and other special interest groups to preempt unfavorable policy choices, react swiftly to crises, and proactively develop socially responsible strategies. In Public Politics, firms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/economic-history/cambridge-history-capitalism-volume-2 August 2013 Science A Better Route to Tech Standards By: Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole Abstract—Technological standards are ubiquitous, whether they allow... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
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ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Sarah Nam, Sisi Pan and Eric Werker

During the summer of 2014, Alan Knight, general manager of corporate responsibility at the integrated steel and mining company ArcelorMittal, observed the unfolding of an Ebola epidemic in Liberia and other countries in West Africa with great concern. On the one hand... View Details

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Polish Agro: Where Do We Grow From Here?

By: Willy C. Shih, Lena Duchene and Daniela Beyersdorfer

By July 2024, Polish Agro had grown into one of Poland’s fastest-growing agribusinesses, with €230 million in revenue, 82 employees, and operations across Northern Poland. The company supported farmers with essential agricultural inputs like fertilizers and seeds,... View Details

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21 Jul 2006
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Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

Electric—described how American business raises public suspicions and loses public support: "[T]he law is not a satisfactory censor," he said. "It functions in the clear light of wrong-doing—things so wrong that the View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

08 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

establishing a mission—and then make sure it’s communicated in a way that is memorable, differentiable, credible, inspirational, aspirational, and simple. Is the organization well managed? “People who give significant gifts dive into that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

may be "found mostly in state and community colleges and not so much in the Ivy leagues." But Hugh Quick commented, "Beware of government interference with schools." One positive example put forward was that of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

25 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

independent developers to build new features. The cell phone has become a lucrative platform for more than handset makers—also in on the party are makers of digital cameras, music services, and organizer software. Not only are existing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

through their enduring features, but less attention has been given to communities as sites of human-made and natural events that occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop a social-normative... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

First Look: July 24, 2007

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

Strategic Alliances

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

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The Future of the Greek Economy

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

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Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

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ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia

Polish Agro: Where Do We Grow From Here?

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

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