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Profitable Souls: Foreign Investment and the Fate of Human Rights

This is a project about foreign investment, about what happens when big multinational firms invest in small, poor, and often nasty places. Typically, most observers assume that this is a largely negative relationship: that multinationals exploit the local population,... View Details

2015
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Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region, covering eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces located around the lakes and waterways that have given this region its name, is what economic developers call a 'macro region'. It is an area of intensive economic interaction... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Regional Policy; Great Lakes; Economic Development; Industry Clusters; Economy; Canada; United States

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30 Nov 2015
HBS Seminar

Soroush Saghafian, Assistant Professor of Public Policy - Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

20 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Chemical

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

growth needs, you have important choices to make regarding your goals. Typically, these are: Improved performance in specific skill areas; General expansion of skills, including the development of new ones, which can contribute to your... View Details

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More Information | HBS Online

and expertise with this advanced certificate. Need Help? Frequently Asked Questions Get answers to your questions about admissions, grading, and more. Request More Information Learn more about specific programs, or sign up for news and... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

well as workshops at the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business. Do I need permission from interviewees to use specific quotes from interviews? You do not need permission. The rights to these interviews have been... View Details

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Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting - Research Computing Services

Kill a job or kill all jobs bkill bkill JOBID bkill 0 View current/pending jobs View specific job View details (long format) of job bjobs bjobs bjobs JOBID bjobs -l JOBID View the output and error files of a job bpeek bpeek JOBID View... View Details

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Diversity and Equity - Alumni

supports both core priorities and new initiatives, and donors have the option to direct their gift specifically to diversity and equity . To learn about other opportunities to support HBS’s efforts in this area, please contact Ellen... View Details

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

specific package so much. At some point, however, you can eliminate a product from your product line and introduce a "new, larger size" container and start the whole process over again. Other ways to defray costs, as mentioned above, is... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Stories 91% gained deeper expertise in specific areas The course content is well designed and helps investors get a basic understanding of what sustainable finance is, its challenges, the path forward, and its key players. Akanksha Davera... View Details

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad

home-base-exploiting site, in which information flows to the foreign laboratory from the central lab at home. (See the exhibit, "How Information Flows Between Home-Base and Foreign R&D Sites.")The particular type of foreign R&D site determines the... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

first-year curriculum. What opportunities can HBS realize from digital transformation? Our aspiration is to expand the reach and accelerate the impact of our work. That’s a bold vision and long-term goal, so we also are focusing on some View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

interesting scenarios occur when there are asymmetries—important differences of motivation or skills. Asymmetries of motivation occur when one firm wants to do something that another firm specifically does not want to do. Asymmetries of... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

specific use of the asset class when he observed that a possible use of Bitcoin could be “hedge funds betting on sovereign debt defaults.” Charles Sabatier III added that Bitcoin is the most secure financial network in the world. “The... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

18 Apr 2016
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Meet the HBS Family Business Club

student led panels. Since HBS does not currently have a class dedicated specifically to family businesses, the club is a great avenue for students to form bonds within the community. It is estimated that over 70% of the world's... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

iLab Resources - Expert Resources You can schedule 1:1 time with seasoned experts to gain valuable knowledge and support. Browse profiles to discover the experts who are the right match for you. You can search by expert type, industry, or area of expertise – View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

companies to build generic solutions for customers across industries. But for challengers, the more they can focus on solving core business problems, the more successful they will be. They can understand customer needs deeply and customize product features based on... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

19 Jul 2023
Blog Post

A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

really attracted to its mission to help children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder – especially the kinder part in this current age.” Although she hasn’t discussed specific projects yet, Mizuho will serve as Director of Strategy for... View Details

10 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points

waiting for a nudge that would push it from winter to spring. I loved these "walking meetings," which we had begun when I was a grad student and continued through our years of working together at the university. While we sometimes had a View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson

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