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- 24 Apr 2014
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Driving economic growth and job creation
"Our focus was first on stabilizing the economy for small business, and then on creating an ecosystem that fosters entrepreneurship and allows small businesses to do what they do best—grow and create jobs," said Mills, a long-time venture... View Details
- 24 Mar 2016
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A Fitness Industry Innovator Powers On
rebranding the club, and those that followed, as 24 Hour Fitness—would alter the industry forever, with 24 Hour Fitness growing to 420 clubs, 20,000 employees, and over $1 billion in annual revenues. “In the fitness industry, there are very major View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
but increasingly, it seemed to Massie, many big businesses lacked a moral compass. Putting his newly acquired business knowledge to work, Massie developed the Project on Business, Values, and the Economy at Harvard Divinity School. He is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
investment (FDI) in China has been viewed both as evidence of a Western desire to gain a toehold in the country and as confirmation that China’s economy presents increasingly sound investment opportunities. But in his new book, Selling... View Details
- 28 May 2019
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Broken Link
internet was in the computer lab,” Marwell says, “and it was really hard for teachers to integrate technology into their curriculums.” While the American economy was being transformed by 21st-century high-speed internet, Wi-Fi, and a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
Capitalism Constrained: Public Policy and the Manager, examines the role of the state in five economic sectors: energy, communications, transportation, health, and the environment. "Deregulation, with roots in the U.S. political economy... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
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Stick with Plan A
markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the global economy is increasingly digital, billions of cash-based buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
breakup of nations continues: The economic crisis and the concentration of the knowledge economy in a few cities creates enormous incentives for regions to cast off. They begin by demanding ever-greater control over their taxes and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
transaction prices and bank deposits — that carry stiff penalties if violated. What are the attitudes overseas about U.S. enforcement efforts? The perception is widespread in developing and transitional economies that the West, including... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
and in a few cases by economies of scale. The Chemical/Chase merger is an example of the latter; there was so much overlap in back office costs and overhead that the new entity will save hundreds of millions in those outlays alone." The... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback
managing partner with Accel Partners in Palo Alto, California, and chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, representing some 450 venture-capital and private-equity firms. An improving economy helped boost total... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
Fellow at HBS who founded the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, where he and Iansiti are codirectors. “With the spread of digital technology, the economy has become much more connected in a massive network,” says Iansiti.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Jun 2017
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Is the Real Estate Market Going to Collapse?
startups need office space!) From the interview: LAT: Experience teaches us that the real estate market is cyclical, and we’ve been on the upswing for years now. Is it time for a downturn? Sultentic: We expect the economy will sustain... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
On Eve of Transition, Alumni Conference Set for Hong Kong
significant challenges to multinationals, in part because the role of government in the economy is still more pervasive there than in other parts of the world." But, he adds, as the world's fastest-growing economy, China is a land of... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Dec 2000
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Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
high-tech-driven economy and his role as president of the Harvard Business School Club of Taiwan. "If you have a good idea, there is venture money available," he continued. "You don't have to come from a rich family or have an extensive... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
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Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect
The creation, commercialization, and scaling of science-based enterprises will be a crucial segment of the global economy in the decades to come. Harvard Business School—through its educational programs, the research of its faculty... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
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A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
Tom (MBA 1969) and Patricia Barry It was a given in Tom Barry’s family that, having done well in math and science in high school, he would pursue a degree in a related field as a student at Yale. But during his junior year, the Ohio native jumped at the chance to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
Value Shift by Lynn Sharp Paine The Support Economy by Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxim Value Shift by Lynn Sharp Paine (McGraw HIll) Were it not for the years HBS assistant professor Rakesh Khurana spent Enron, WorldCom, Arthur Andersen,... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
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Into the Light
More than 1.2 billion people worldwide live without access to electricity. Another 2 billion have limited electricity, just a few hours of often unreliable power a day. “It’s really hard for most of us to imagine a life without electricity,” explains Nicole Poindexter... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
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Entrepreneurship at HBS
last fifteen years, entrepreneurship is "the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources currently controlled." Given the dynamic forces at work in today's economy and the intensity of worldwide competition, the lessons of entrepreneurial... View Details