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- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
he reported directly to the CEO.” More importantly, he got the exclusive rights to one of 3G’s investments: ownership of the Tim Hortons chain in Mexico. With the capital raised, the plan was “to build aggressively” in an alien... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the book: http://www.oup.co.in/search_detail.php?id=145499 Capitalizing on the Underdog Effect Authors:Anat Keinan, Jill Avery, and Neeru Paharia Publication:Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
how accounting captures an organization's strategic decisions. Highlights The Role of Capital Markets Strategy’s Impact on Financials Show Hide Details Concepts Introduction to Strategic Financial Analysis Mapping Strategy into Financial... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
arise primarily from the wave of mergers and acquisitions that continue to alter the balance of power among media firms. The Walt Disney Company, for instance, in addition to owning the American Broadcasting Company and ESPN through the purchase of View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
indices. In a validation test, we find that relative sentiment is correlated with the relative prices of dual-listed companies. Global sentiment is a contrarian predictor of country-level returns. Both global and local sentiment are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
worked for Goldman Sachs for two years, took a six-month backpacking sabbatical, and in 2009 landed an associate’s position with Bain Capital in London. Although he hadn’t really thought about getting an MBA, colleagues at Bain pointed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
in three years’ time. One is on the procurement side, where we’re applying global procurement practices and integrating all parts of the business. The second is what we call Asset Optimization: getting the most out of each and every... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
indices." Technology is a means to that end. Technology, Efficiency And An Aging Population From a macroeconomic perspective, Seifert pointed out, technologically advanced and efficient capital markets will play a key role as... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
of Boston, she had a half dozen jobs (lawn mowing, farm stand, newspaper delivery) by the time she was 15. “Once I learned I could make money and have freedom, I was all about capitalizing on opportunities,” she observes. She attended... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
wealth with them. His parents’ primary assets were their talents, energies, and aspirations to have a better life for themselves and their children. So how did Brin reach a position to cofound Google in 1998? The US educational system... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
they will be able to withdraw their funds at a later date—and at what exchange rate. This happened in Brazil in the early 1990s and in Argentina in the early part of this century, when similar desperate policies were enacted. The experience in South America of bank... View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
organizations such as Harvard University, HBS will not provide funding for political campaign work. Founders of consulting, research, and/or brokerage services, as well as investment funds (including but not limited to hedge funds, private equity funds, search funds,... View Details
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
may benefit from limited developer access. Second, an open platform may lead to higher investment than a proprietary platform. Third, opening one side of a proprietary platform may lower incentives to invest in platform quality. Fourth, the structure of access View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, housing View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
global capitalism are also shown to have been complex. The book demonstrates the unique ability of capitalism to create wealth for societies through innovation, yet also cautions that the history of global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
down from the semicircular banks of seats in Aldrich 9. Price tags (retailers wouldn't have to re-mark them for discounted sales). Billboards. Sheet music (self-turning scores). Eyeglasses with news headlines projected inside the lens... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
micro-interactions, the broad improvisations, and the resulting substantive and relational outcomes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-107.pdf Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and Their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
his third year leading Monaco’s digital transformation, Genta is capitalizing on the country’s strengths in pursuit of this vision to further public service and enhance economic prosperity. “What makes Monaco different is that we have an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
417-051 Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
version first. Launch it to test real demand and to better understand usage patterns and segments. If it is successful, raising more capital for developing the digital shouldn’t be a problem. You can then position a more sophisticated... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell