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2003
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The Development of the Cluster Concept—Present Experiences and Recent Developments

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

This review presents an overview of the current research on clusters and cluster-based economic development. It is organized in three parts: First, it takes a look at the conceptual foundations of the cluster approach, discussing the definition of clusters, the... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Clusters; Development Economics; Performance; Framework; Knowledge Sharing; Policy

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26 Feb 2018
News

Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade

Erik Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is general manager of crop marketing for the Farmers Business Network in California. In this video, he describes how the organization is helping transform the agriculture space using data analytics and View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Short Takes

A summary of selected new research by HBS faculty. Diversification Best Bet in Emerging Markets In today's era of global competitiveness, companies in the industrialized world have slimmed down their operations in order to focus on doing... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

professor and Dean of the Faculty, provided a brief outline of the landscape as well as thoughts on how to view the proposed bailout. Lecturer Nicolas P. Retsinas, Director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, then gave a brief history of housing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

at PPG, shared his views on the company, his career, HBS and leadership in a roundtable conversation with the audience. It was fitting that one of the oldest manufacturers in the city was represented at the meeting, according to HBSA of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2014
News

Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy

Bookalokal can capture many midsized markets where it will confront fewer rivals, it will be in a strong position to eventually partner with big-city victors to create a shared platform that allows travelers... View Details

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Katy Lankester

entrepreneurial, but large enough to matter. That led me away from pharma and devices, to payer, provider and services. It also helped me identify what type of role I was interested in, because the courses exposed me to areas from View Details

Keywords: Health Care

22 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: 3M

3M’s Business Development, Sales and Marketing functions. Members of this leadership development program lead individual internal consulting projects across the company’s 27 divisions to drive growth and profitability through a variety of... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Mar 2005
News

Ideas: Books

finds that while before 1930 the Colombian government granted United Fruit generous concessions and helped repress labor unionism, after 1930 the company, responding to growing nationalism, a stronger labor movement, and increasing demands from local leaders for a... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

Customers value some of the most powerful brands in the world primarily for their "cultural value": They provide imaginative resources that people use to build their identities. These are what Harvard Business School professor Douglas Holt terms identity... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement

Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Success; Books; Demand and Consumers; Power and Influence; Economic Growth; Ethics; Knowledge Sharing; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Fair Value Accounting

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01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

intent on what Gotsch and her colleague, a senior capital markets consultant at Accenture, had to say—or more precisely, what they had come to ask: Where, exactly, do you look for new and innovative financial technology? The response was... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni Are Integral to HBS

Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa On the final day of Africa Rising, a course about business in Africa taught by Professor Caroline Elkins, Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s (MBA 1980) emotions were running high. “I had that sense... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

on MBAs. Here’s a closer look at three of this year’s offerings. Investing for Impact Professor Shawn Cole, Finance, and Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi, General Management A rapidly growing share of asset owners and managers are making... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

to tackle more complex tasks like pruning and picking. The Question: For now, AGR is focused on nailing the initial market fit, Andersen says, but at some point he’ll have to face the question of empire building. Other companies have... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

20 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All

tells them so. What if those “original prices” stores base their discounts on aren’t real? That’s the question Donald Ngwe asks in his new working paper, Fake Discounts Drive Real Revenues in Retail. An assistant professor in Harvard Business School’s View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Retail

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Income distribution: countries

Where can I find statistics of income distribution for countries? Use World Development Indicators Select desired countries. Select series, Income View Details

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IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment

make next year. Go-to-Market Strategy The company shared that green hydrogen demand is expected to grow 30-fold by 2030. However, this market growth is only achievable if demand creation is successful. In... View Details

12 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?

groceries and stocks have to do with public health? Quelch believes, for one thing, the market for public health could learn an important lesson from these other markets: There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all solution, largely... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

research shows that in the 10 cities with the largest Airbnb market share in the US, the entry of Airbnb resulted in 1.3 percent fewer hotel nights booked and a 1.5 percent loss in hotel revenue. The paper,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

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