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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
530,000-square-foot Allston Science Complex — four multistory buildings, due for completion in 2011 — the centerpiece of the initial phase of Harvard’s 300-acre development on the Boston side of the Charles River. Both in the scale and... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
alternative collaborative modes should be driven by a number of factors including characteristics of the technology, the capabilities of the firm, and the distribution of competences in the environment. We develop a set of guidelines for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and liquidity explain the trends before 2008 and the unusual View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 2007
- Teaching Note
Rwanda: National Economic Transformation (TN)
By: Michael E. Porter and Michael Patrick McCreless
Teaching Note to 706491. View Details
- 08 May 2025
- Podcast
Upwork’s Hayden Brown on bridging volatility with contingency
"Freelance by choice" can sound like a rationalization—or putting on a brave face—but has the contract labor market improved for white-collar workers, as more, particularly younger professionals, opt in? A look at the benefits for both sides of the bargain and how AI... View Details
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
therefore money available, with easy credit historically fueling the fire, to risk on new things and new experiences. And the secondary market, from the flea auction to eBay, is well developed so the consumer does not necessarily lose... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
between the structure of a development organization and the architecture of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products are often said to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations from which they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
whose campus occupies 26 buildings surrounded by 800 acres of forest on the northern side of an Appalachian mountain ridge. As he walks the grounds, Marietta points to evidence of what a thriving, diversified economy in eastern Kentucky... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
respondents. Joseph Butler suggests that "It is the responsibility of corporations and governments alike to share knowledge and to work to educate developing nations ... about consumption, pollution, and efficiency." Mark Cox... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
develop an active customer base, focusing on two questions. First, how does the way that customers use the service postadoption to meet their own needs (personal usage) and to interact with one another (social usage) vary across customer... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA
you might not speak the language, work in teams with students you might not know, and develop critical solutions to a business’s pressing issues—in just eight days. That’s the concept behind FGC, a required course for first-year MBA... View Details
- January 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Multinationals as Engines of Growth?
Reviews the issues surrounding estimating the impact over time of multinationals on host economies. Uses a series of short historical case studies, including the role of United Fruit in the "banana" republics of Central America, oil and banking in Iran before the... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Trade; Growth and Development; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Iran; United States; Malaysia; Japan
Jones, Geoffrey G. "Multinationals as Engines of Growth?" Harvard Business School Case 803-108, January 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
- Web
The Green Industrial Strategy Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
have started to view decarbonization as an economic opportunity. They are pursuing strategies to compete in global clean technology markets. How do governments and companies develop strategies that enhance economic competitiveness and... View Details
- Student-Profile
Dafna Bearson
her Bachelor’s degree, Dafna continued as a research analyst at the UC Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy studying these topics. Once she realized she wanted to direct her own research agenda, Dafna decided that a PhD would... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
gathered in Cumnock Hall. The world population is exploding, and resource use is skyrocketing, particularly in rapidly developing nations like China and India, said Nordan, president of the analyst group Lux Research. “If you do that math... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
since the human genome sequence was completed-has changed the way we think about, study, and approach the development of novel therapies. However, these advances in knowledge have so far not been reflected in substantial medical progress... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
IBM: The Corporate Service Corps
By: Christopher Marquis and Rosabeth M. Kanter
Describes the conception, development, and implementation of the Corporate Services Corps (CSC), an international community service assignment for high-potential IBM employees. The year 2008 was the pilot year of the CSC program, and 100 of IBM's best global employees... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Global Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organizations
Marquis, Christopher, and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "IBM: The Corporate Service Corps." Harvard Business School Case 409-106, March 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
- April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
- Teaching Note
Singapore Inc. (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details
- 14 May 2015
- Blog Post
Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students
entrepreneurial efforts at HBS and the university at-large. The more ideas and companies that emerge out of HBS, the more vibrant the startup economy becomes; and that means more opportunities for investors like me to fund and help grow... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The $4 Billion Question
to how the firm does business. “We currently fund every good idea we have,” states Yudkoff in the case. “You would think either we could hire more people to generate more ideas, or we could pursue auction deals. It takes time, though, to View Details