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- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
as part of the company's social license. Could significantly more value-for the company, host governments, and local communities-be created by leveraging the company's core operations, such as increasing the amount of goods and services... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22
locally headquartered Fortune 1000 firms between 1980 and 2006. Results show that philanthropic spending fluctuated dramatically as mega-events generally led to a punctuated increase in otherwise relatively stable patterns of giving by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
even distributing condoms. It maintained a high standard of corporate ethics. It was effective at building contacts with local business and government elites, primarily through localization of management.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
are affected by local factors. Thus we might have declines in real estate values in places where the local population is aging and there is no younger population to replace them. View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
billings of the largest 500 firms or so. By contrast, Silk and King analyzed data from the US Census Bureau that includes revenue from some 10,000 agencies of all sizes, over half of which are small and serve local rather than national... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
important when a competitor began offering products at a steep discount. Engineers lobbied their companies against buying those products because the competitor lacked a similar social platform.) Start-ups can also employ social strategy. Yelp, which posts... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
comes to resolving the inherent tensions between headquarters—where the focus might be on standardizing products to drive down cost—and subsidiaries lobbying to adapt products to meet the specific needs of a local market. Making The... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
sector, the quality of hospital management seemed to improve when there were many local competitors. "The drivers of good quality in hospitals seem to be similar to the drivers in private firms—in manufacturing and other non-hospital... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
Incubator established an advisory board of external experts committed to helping incubatees. Softbank partnered with strong local companies in various countries, allowing the newly formed E-Loan operations to use those connections to... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
since its founding in 1986, exiting from about 30 of them. Rather than spread its wings too far, he added, BC Partners intends to continue to rely on the strength of its local presence and expertise. The growing number of U.S. as well as... View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
humble beginnings as a local Chinese dairy company, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group has become one of the largest dairy companies in the world. To achieve this, Yili has aggressively expanded its footprint overseas including building the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
Communist Party (CCP) has used the land supply as a key instrument of macro-economic regulation. The article draws on local and central documents to track, first, how, during the 1990s, land became the CCP's central means of macroeconomic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
that entailed the creation of "pilot agencies" that would serve as vehicles to bridge between sources of leading-edge technology (predominantly sourced from overseas) and the commercialization to be carried out by local firms.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
discounted prices. That has the effect of stratifying consumers by their sensitivity to price, with bargain hunters willing to literally go the extra mile, and less sensitive customers going to the local mall. By making discounted... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
platform that connects pet owners with pet sitters and dog walkers; Rob Infantino, CEO and founder of OpenBay, which connects car owners with repair shops; Elsa Sze, founder and CEO of Agora, which facilitates online town hall meetings for View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
and an hourly countdown clock. Trouble was, the launch violated eBay's well-established corporate project-development processes. When the treasure hunt began, 10 million contestants logged on, crashing the local servers. Justus, eBay's... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
that leaders matter. Certainly, many leaders (especially the successful ones) make this claim—just have a look at the business section of your local bookstore. But social scientists who systematically study leadership generally agree with... View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
higher quality employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in consistently hiring people aligned with company values, it can also neglect unit managers’ knowledge about which individuals would best match View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne