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01 Dec 2001
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Q&A: John Quelch

or elsewhere — bring an understanding of international contexts and cross-border issues to their teaching and research. We would like Baker Library to be a truly international resource, and we are looking at Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

offerings with price-insensitive consumers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52177 Fake Discounts Drive Real Revenues in Retail By: Ngwe, Donald Abstract—Prices in a wide variety of contexts are... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

of IGOs that focus on economic issues, but also on those with social and cultural mandates. This demonstrates that relational governance is important and feasible in the global context and for the most risky transactions. Finally we... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Max Wibaux

welcomes the gray areas. "In business, sometimes there’s no black and white – you may have to make decisions with incomplete information. You need to be flexible – you want to get the best outcomes possible within the context of your... View Details

Keywords: CPG

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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

to analyze an emerging market at the level of the country. Second, we examine companies that need to understand this macro view in order to make cross-industry investment decisions as well as navigate the unique contexts of emerging... View Details

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Marketing AI Guidelines | About

Marketing AI Guidelines Context Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a significant impact on the marketing discipline in several areas including content creation, image generation/modification, chatbots, marketing automation,... View Details

13 Jul 2011
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China Boot Camp

case he had been contemplating for inclusion in his fall course, Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements. “The context and contacts I’ve acquired have brought very tangible benefits,” Srinivasan says, adding that the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

assuming that all customers are shoppers leads to overestimating their overall price sensitivity. Big lessons from a simple product In the context of retail gas, which many consumers view as a standardized product, a station’s location... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

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Social Media Guidelines for Faculty and Staff | About

screenshot) and reshared, possibly even becoming public. Additionally, even posts you consider personal or private may be viewed in the context of your HBS role and affiliation and interpreted through that lens. Please be mindful of this... View Details

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Emily Hannenberg

that I loved helping leaders be successful even more." Leading in a business context Emily's enthusiasm for coaching, paired with "a desire to change gears from the military to business," inspired her application to HBS.... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

15 Nov 2016
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China IFC: Global Access, Global Perspective

learned about the complexities of this private/public partnership six months before it opened. Course participant Matt Eisen (MBA 2016) notes that the IFC gave him a sense of the business context and the opportunities in the region.... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Lessons in Leadership

to be able to discern both of these aspects of people and of organizations. One thing Shackleton did very well was to revise, and reset, his objectives as the context changed. As soon as his ship was trapped in ice, he figured out that... View Details

Keywords: Antarctica

28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

forthcoming Management Science The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures By: Hellmann, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman Abstract—We examine the trade-off between efficiency and equality within the context of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015

non-market strategy. While there have been excellent studies highlighting the importance of preemption in Private Politics, political ties in Public Politics, and forum shopping in Integrated Political Strategy, it is unclear if these types of factors are sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

Conclusions. "Teamwork" can refer to many different behavioral processes and emergent states, making it challenging and critical for researchers to develop a theory of teamwork consistent with their research context before... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Apr 2024
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IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details

06 Mar 2025
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IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

14 Dec 2016
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Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

land a Leadership Fellow Position as the Special Advisor to the President at the Kresge Foundation, a philanthropic organization in metro Detroit focused on urban economic development. I will be able to hone my strategy skills within a social sector View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Short Takes

narrowed. "Much of what we teach in management theory is that there is one best way to do things," West observes. To explain the existence of two "best ways," he cites differences in the institutional contexts in which U.S. and Japanese... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

how European debates about political economy were translated with time across the Atlantic in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. Through acts of translation, and in the context of intense processes of international and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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