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- 01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
suggest that it may have another strategy. Last year it unveiled a service that hails rides to the nearest stop on Jakarta’s bare-bones bus system. The development suggests the company may mesh its services with a long-awaited light rail... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21
of such historical accounts but observing that they can (1) bring to light complex realities and subtleties that parsimonious analytic models may neglect; (2) suggest overlooked, non-obvious aspects of the process that merit deeper, more... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
in leading his 2,000-person organization. This case will be relevant for those interested in what it takes to lead for sustained innovation, particularly of knowledge workers like engineers. It also sheds light on how to develop leaders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
about professional ritual, rhythms, and disciplines that underlie the general approach to what they did with the music as well. If you look at how theater ensembles work, there is a notion at the People's Light & Theatre Company, a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
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MBAs on a Mission
logistical coordination with city officials on issues such as parking and access to Dallas’s light rail system. Responding to constant demands for information and decisions can be stressful, she admits, but the challenges are inspiring.... View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7
Camposol has evolved rapidly in recent years and is undergoing the challenges of transforming from family to professional management. This case allows students to consider Camposol’s growth, branding, and marketing strategies in light of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
"best," today's culture trivializes or ignores the age-old human struggle between striving toward that which brings us ever closer to godlike power and voluntarily accepting limits. Then, once in a while, we are offered the gift of reexamining our measures of... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
education for a poor person in Kenya relative to an evening of lighting for someone in India?” says Bannick. “It’s really hard—and ultimately subjective.” With a nascent model and results that are just starting to come in, what impact... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
mention in their next blog post about a topic you’ve been discussing, or perhaps even a guest blog spot. Be creative about how your investors can help shine a light on your brand, product, and team. Product Table stakes: If they can use... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11
examined how decision makers’ own expertise influenced reliance on algorithms. Experts in national security, who regularly make forecasts, relied less on algorithmic advice than lay people did. These results shed light on the important... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5
positioning? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/714412-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-017 The Battle at JPMorgan Chase No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/414017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-006 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
just adopted a "New Growth Path," hoping to create several million jobs over the next few years. Both the finance minister and the head of the Central Bank support the initiative but worry how they can sustain fiscal discipline and control inflation, in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16
financial environment, and possibly for firms in industries with highly liquid assets as well. This result sheds light on the link between financial and economic development. Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007
significantly decreased that rate. The present study sheds further light on the so-called dark side of embeddedness by focusing on who is negatively targeted by having the "wrong friends" at the wrong time. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine . Nadia's mission is to bring light to cultural shadow through storytelling, challenging the status quo through laughter. She is a frequent guest speaker on panels that focus on diversity in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
pay the faculty. Dean Baker told me, “We can hire you for one year, but you’ll need to raise half your salary.” The idea was to get INCAE up and running, with support from the Kennedy administration and USAID. I would be half-time in administration, spreading the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
his analysis of our low-mindedness is right — and right it seems to be in the light of such statistics as he can muster — our craving for entertainment is so insatiable that most of us give ourselves up wholeheartedly to joy-riding,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
unknown but targeted wealthier districts when incomes were revealed. These results shed light on how income transparency shapes preferences for equity and redistribution. We discuss implications for policy makers. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
general purpose (e.g., quality management) to highly market specific (e.g., knowing how to manufacture an airplane wing). To illustrate the potential of the framework to shed new light on traditional strategy questions, the article... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne