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  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
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Economic Development in Rural Areas - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

governments and local leaders to address the problem. It’s time to rethink our approaches to rural economic development, drawing on broader learning about the sources of competitiveness in the global economy. More about Michael Porter’s competitiveness frameworks Key... View Details

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
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    Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

    Finance Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students More Local Events Local Community Events Harvard Wyss institute- upcoming events Berkman Center for Internet and Society- upcoming events Harvard Innovation Lab- upcoming... View Details
    • 2021
    • Book

    The Future of Executive Development

    By: Mihnea C Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
    Executive development programs have entered a period of rapid transformation, driven by digital disruption and a widening gap between the skills that participants and their organizations demand and those provided by their executive programs. This work delves into the... View Details
    Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Education Industry
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    • December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
    • Teaching Note

    Women Entrepreneurs and Tech Ecosystems: One City, Two Realities, and Four Diverse Women

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
    Four diverse women entrepreneurs launched their ventures in a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that was part of a shift to a creative technology-driven economy for Miami. Although Miami was rated the #1 U.S. city for startups in 2017, the region contained structural... View Details
    Keywords: Women; Racism; Black Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Innovation and Invention; City; Culture; Miami
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    • Article

    The Effects of Product Line Breadth: Evidence from the Automotive Industry

    By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
    Using a detailed data set from the U.S. automotive industry, we enrich the existing literature on product line breadth with new results that highlight previously unexplored operational aspects of its benefits and costs. We find that expanding product line breadth has a... View Details
    Keywords: Variety; Pricing; Automotive Industry; Marketing/operations Interface; Platforms; Empirical Operations Management; Product Marketing; Production; Management; Auto Industry
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

    By: Asli M. Coplan and Geoffrey Jones
    This working paper examines the origins and development of the Koç Group, which grew to be the largest business group in Turkey. This enterprise was an important actor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Groups; Turkey; Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; History; Government and Politics; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Electronics Industry; Middle East; Europe
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    • July 2010 (Revised August 2021)
    • Supplement

    Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships (CW)

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
    After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital Markets; Cash Flow; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Price; Price Bubble; Contracts; Crisis Management; Market Transactions; Valuation; Shipping Industry
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    • 2010
    • Chapter

    Business Groups in Historical Perspectives

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
    Business groups-collections of legally independent firms interconnected by multiple economic and social linkages that exhibit widely diversified product portfolios-are viewed as the prototypical large-enterprise form in contemporary emerging economies. By exploring the... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Alliances; Groups and Teams; Competitive Advantage; Great Britain
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    The Internalization of Advertising Services: An Inter-Industry Analysis

    By: Sharon Horsky, Steven C. Michael and Alvin J. Silk
    The common perception appears to be that vertical integration of advertising services is more the exception than the rule in the U.S. advertising industry. This study investigates the extent of such outsourcing and examines inter-industry variation in the use of... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Cost; Analytics and Data Science; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Service Operations; Creativity; Perception; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Advertising Industry; United States
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    • September 2001
    • Background Note

    Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States v. Microsoft Corporation

    Analyzes the 1991 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the seminal New Economy antitrust case United States vs. Microsoft Corp., 253 F.3rd 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), which arose out of Microsoft's efforts to promote Internet Explorer... View Details
    Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Software; Intellectual Property; Monopoly; Laws and Statutes; Information Technology Industry; District of Columbia
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    Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

    Property tax revenues – the largest discretionary source of revenue for local governments - adjust at a pace that is inconsistent with property values in the US. We show that this form of revenue smoothing may be rooted in the political View Details
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    Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

    Satisfaction (23) Customer Value and Value Chain (12) Customers (104) Customization and Personalization (3) Debt Securities (1) Decision Choices and Conditions (43) Decision Making (240) Decisions (10) Demand and Consumers (223) Demography (9) Design (10) Developing... View Details
    • 24 Oct 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

    found that the program increased engagement with Black suppliers. “Technology companies can play a role in working toward racial equity,” explains Luca, who has been probing the role technology can play in creating a more inclusive View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage

      Natalie Epstein

      Natalie Epstein is a PhD Candidate in Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on service design strategies for on-demand operations. As the service industry accelerates, she is particularly... View Details

      • 04 Sep 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

      the economy and the environment through creative trades. Although other scholars have written about flawed government decisions and the failure of policymakers to discover wise trades, these writers have typically viewed such problems... View Details
      Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
      • 13 Mar 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

      In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those metrics alone seem to... View Details
      Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services
      • 29 Jan 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      An Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s

      Keywords: by Diego A. Comin
      • 21 Jun 2007
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Merchant or Two-Sided Platform?

      Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Technology