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  • August 2008
  • Article

Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

By: William R. Kerr
This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Ethnicity; Production; Integration; Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Employment; Performance Productivity; Entrepreneurship; Change; Developing Countries and Economies; Immigration; China; United States
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  • 29 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives

Giovanna Abramo (MBA 2022) spent the last three years prior to HBS working at Bain & Company in Mexico City where she worked on performance improvement, strategy, and operational model redesign projects across industries like consumer... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

and high levels of press freedom. We further demonstrate that suppliers perform better when they serve buyers located in countries where consumers are wealthy and socially conscious. Taken together, these findings suggest the importance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

level. The global community tends to look to governments and multilaterals during public health crises, but in what contexts can the private sector be better equipped to act and in what ways? ArcelorMittal (AM), an integrated steel and... View Details
  • 05 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 5, 2006

challenges of economic development in Africa and in other low-income countries. The case provides a brief political and economic history of Rwanda, but focuses on the country before and after the genocide. A description of government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Feb 2017
  • News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

passing over it of the loyalty to country and alma mater and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs. In that spirit, Fieldhouse, the director for Emerging Businesses... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the preview: http://hbr.org/2010/06/change-for-changes-sake/ar/1   Working PapersLimits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Hussain, who have all influenced her work. Ganavya holds graduate degrees in performance (Berklee College of Music), and ethnomusicology (UCLA). She is currently doing her PhD (Harvard), studying Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry.... View Details
  • January 2025
  • Teaching Note

Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service

By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-007. The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Business Model; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Profit; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
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  • 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

Business School Case 707-012 Clearwater was trying to market value-added products in a traditionally commodities based industry while facing supply uncertainties and regulatory, environmental, and foreign exchange challenges. Clearwater... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

added. Witnessing the hidden work performed on their behalf makes customers more satisfied, more willing to pay, and more loyal. It can also make employees more satisfied by demonstrating to them that they are serving their customers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

distance where he could perform surgery. The consequences can be equally severe in technology companies: for instance, in 2001 Doron Kempel was forced to resign as the CEO of SANgate Systems after just three months when a judge determined... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 29 Apr 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

Let's face it: in most cases, the stock market knows what it's doing. With millions of people performing their homework and investing money in stocks they hope will pay off, it's hard for any one person to beat the market in a big way.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

demonstrated the negative effects on decision-making under distress. We are conducting a series of experiments to better quantify the impacts on service operations and to identify ways that the operating design could improve both the customer’s experience and the... View Details
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes expressed his aversion to Chapter 11 proceedings for companies trying... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Alumni News | Bookshelf

how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a growth blueprint, production... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 03 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 3

Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011 Abstract Social enterprise organizations (SEOs) arise from entrepreneurial activities with the aim to achieve social goals. SEOs have been identified as alternative and/or complementary to the actions of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Terms of Use | HBS Online

Harvard Business School Online. Harvard Business School Online may choose not to offer any credential or other acknowledgment for some Programs. In addition, Harvard Business School Online may decide in its sole discretion whether to provide a record concerning a... View Details
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

business schools. The upshot was the rise to global prominence of firms based in the Rest, including Foxcomm, Huawei, HNA, Cemex, and TCS. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52975 The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Q&A - Mark Fields

have confidence. If you perform the appropriate due diligence up front, then you can be confident that you’ll make the right decisions, no matter where you are. What are some of the business issues you’ve dealt with? Cost issues, an... View Details
Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing