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  • October 2020
  • Case

HOPE and Transformational Lending: Netflix Invests in Black Led Banks

By: John D. Macomber and Janice Broome Brooks
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020, the large US corporation Netflix elected to make a "transformational deposit" of $10 million into Hope Credit Union (HCU), a small Black led community development finance institution (CDFI) based in... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Rural Entrepreneurship; Economic Development; Black Entrepreneurs; Economic Growth; Credit; Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Rural Scope; Development Economics; Race; Investment; Decision Making; Banking Industry
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  • July 2007
  • Article

Geographical Segmentation of U.S. Capital Markets

Demographic variation in savings behavior can be exploited to provide evidence on segmentation in US bank loan markets. Cities with a large fraction of seniors have higher volumes of bank deposits. Since many banks rely heavily on deposit financing, this affects local... View Details
Keywords: Age; Economy; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Local Range; United States
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

70 1970 19 Beginning of biotech industry Fiber-optic wire Pong (first video game) UPC bar code Supercomputer Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 19 Software industry booms PC use expands in scale View Details
  • 19 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

bed." After all, every culture has its exclusive cultural rituals. Those who strive to succeed our globalized economy may just be those who can swing a golf club and appreciate a cup View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

late 1970s, when China ramped up its manufacturing production and began to open its economy to the world, its small and mid-sized factories struggled to gain access to the... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

and how it can be reconceptualized without being universalized. A major statement for a wide-open field, this book demonstrates the breadth and scope View Details
  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

nation's social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

with the challenges of scaling up as well as huge opportunities in managing rapid growth. These countries also provide an innovation platform to justify tailoring and inventing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2015
  • News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

more complex world, and to increase our scale and reach to bring our mission to even more people, requires a relentless dedication to innovation." John Hess, CEO View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

Value A transnational brand is the corporate brand of firms that market globally in order to leverage economies of scale View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

continued M&A activity among companies seeking economies of scale and scope and... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • March 2006
  • Case

The Whitesides Lab

By: H. Kent Bowen and Francesca Gino
A significant part of the long-term economic growth in developed economies depends on the translation of scientific research into new products and processes. Focuses on the front end of this value creation stream. The laboratory of George Whitesides has a 30-year... View Details
Keywords: Research; Performance Productivity; Economic Growth; Infrastructure; Creativity; Groups and Teams; Value Creation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Leadership; Resource Allocation
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  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

world FDI in developing countries sharply decline, and it has remained far below pre-1914 levels during the second global economy beginning in the 1980s. This working paper shows how management strategies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

The assumption that industries will become more concentrated as they become more global, that the global economy is a winner-take-all economy, has become common wisdom. But, according to Pankaj Ghemawat and... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

linkages on a strategy map that define and tell the story of the business unit's strategy. Summary Traditionally, competitive advantage came from access to low-cost raw materials, energy sources, or... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

Put differently, there appear to be fewer economies of scale in R&D than there used to be. The way companies define, measure, and reward... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2005 (Revised June 2007)
  • Case

Unilever in India: Hindustan Lever's Project Shakti--Marketing FMCG to the Rural Consumer

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Rohithari Rajan
With liberalization of India's economy and the opening up of markets to foreign multinationals such as Procter & Gamble, the Indian subsidiary of Unilever--Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL)--was under pressure to grow revenues and profits. HLL had a long and stellar record of... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Market Entry and Exit; Business Subsidiaries; Revenue; Profit; Market Participation; Programs; Rural Scope; Poverty; Multinational Firms and Management; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; India
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  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Step Change

companies, a scaling initiative for ventures at the pre-series A stage, and training for individuals managing other accelerators. The effort is a continuation of the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
  • 19 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

strategies at different geographic levels. Assessing the level—global, continental, subcontinental, national, intranational, or local—at which scale is most tightly tied to profitability is often a helpful guide to determining what... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

in states like Massachusetts to be unduly expensive and prevents growers in states like California from achieving economies of scale because... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson