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Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources

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A comprehensive platform used to screen M&A transactions, analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets, and public and... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

became especially concerned about local air and water quality when their first child was born in 1988. Together, they helped found the Environmental Media Association, designed to encourage writers, directors, and actors to incorporate... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

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IFC: LA/Hollywood

Where can I find entertainment & media industry/market analysis, company data and news? OVERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS IBISWorld
Research reports on a wide range of industries, including Cable Networks, Television Production, and... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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Entrepreneurs’ Fund

month. Said Rumennik, “The Minimum Viable Product Fund, or MVP Fund, alleviates the daunting financial barrier preventing students from building initial prototypes or test products, and encourages them to connect with like-minded peers.”... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

manufacturing operations, new product development, advertising and marketing strategies, and year-end financial statements. The Dewey Library, MIT Libraries and the Thomas J. Watson Library of Business Economics, Columbia University... View Details

19 Jul 2011
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level of specialization in cardiovascular care and the quality of its clinical performance on cardiovascular patients. We find that, on average, focus has a positive effect on quality performance. We then... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2018
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A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

are hospitalized, and 3,000 die due to foodborne illnesses, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The research is detailed in the paper “How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Service

08 Jul 2014
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findings. First, non-financial rewards are more effective at eliciting effort than either financial rewards or the volunteer contract and are also the most cost-effective of the four schemes. Second, non-financial rewards leverage... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

often work directly with the companies they study. I then survey the factors that influence the quality of UGC. Quality is influenced by factors including promotional content, peer effects between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2010
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The Natural World

and net assets of $4.6 billion, with over 119 million protected acres in thirty countries, WSJ.com reported (June 10, 2010). Two months after Tercek assumed his post, the recession hit, delivering a powerful blow to the funding that... View Details

Keywords: Conservation; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

10 Jan 2005
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Professors Introduce Valuation Software

elements of the firm's accounting if they believe that reported data do not capture the economic performance of the company. The model then provides standardized financial statements and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Mar 2014
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When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

has a huge mine of data. Reminds me of the California Gold Rush. The only ones to make money out of it were land owners, shovel vendors, and Levi." Tom Dolembo added: "It's like the financial groundhogs have all come out and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?

According to a report from the University of California Berkeley, “Current carbon sequestration in US cropland soils is only 8.4 million metric tons CO2 Eq. per year, compared to an annual potential of 100 million.” Practices like organic... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

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What are the top resources for nonprofit company/sector research?

These are the top resources that we recommend for nonprofit research: GuideStar Pro: Nonprofit financials (form 990s) for thousands of non-profit organizations. Free alternatives include Guidestar (fewer search... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Show Me The Money — Or Not

Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Related Links The Best-Laid Plans A Growing Drumbeat With a total of $150,000 in cash awards and in-kind legal and accounting services up for grabs, the financial upside of participating in the Business Plan... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Smartphones Get Smarter

When Apple’s Steve Jobs announced a new licensing deal for Microsoft software that makes Apple’s iPhone more attractive to businesspeople, venture capitalist John Doerr (MBA ’76) of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers was also on hand, the New York Times View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Jun 2004
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Redefining Work Life

wanted to define herself by more than her professional status and financial rewards,” reported Business Week (March 29, 2004) in its cover story on Fudge’s departure from — and return to — the workforce.... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

economic effects across geography and industry thanks to the Dun collection’s comprehensive holdings. 2. New York, vol. 216, p. 731, Ibid. Credit reports for women, who were not legally liable for their debts, always made mention of the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

institutional accounts (that are not subject to the reporting requirements) at the exact same quarter-end dates. Moreover, the returns to these cloaked trades continue to accrue over the subsequent quarter and do not reverse in the... View Details