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- 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007
development as a means of raising the lives of previously disadvantaged South Africans. By 1999, the company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, making 36-year-old Surve the youngest CEO of a listed diversified conglomerate. From... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
Working PapersGrowth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we distinguish different "qualities" of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. We use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
workers in tech” (ages 30 and up). Does younger mean better? This trend in the NFL and the business world begs the question: Are younger workers better than their older counterparts? Research from Wharton Professor Peter Cappelli implies... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
encountered business leaders who were more willing to speak about their strategies on camera. At the same time, we began to understand that video material could be a wonderful means to facilitate the teaching of business in emerging... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
doesn't crowd out other incentives," says Parsons. "I think it's a safe call to say that not many ministers get into the ministry to make a buck, but that doesn't mean a monetary incentive for doing a good job doesn't... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
as breaching those values. Obviously, greater agreement about the values' meanings would have helped to prevent their reactions. At the same time, we believe that leaders should not clamp down hard on how employees interpret corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
often see staged financing in new venture situations. The fourth is sources of financing. While traditional finance courses have focused on classic corporate financing options, we introduce venture capital, angel investors, strategic investors, and other View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
on China in Washington and the disappearance of support for free trade on the US side, and in China, the conviction that Washington is necessarily determined to contain and strangle its rise, means that a return to the era of “strategic... View Details
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
excitement and uncertainty of entrepreneurial life. The case also details the innovative marketing the company created to expand its customer base, the means it devised to cultivate and maintain customer loyalty, and the strategies it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Publications, 2011 Abstract The sole objective of our ontological/phenomenological approach to creating leaders is to leave students actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression. By "natural self-expression" we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10
with commercial institutions to reap benefits from their larger sources of capital and technology expertise? Would that mean compromising his original mission of elevating people from the base of the pyramid? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112006-PDF-ENG Business Intelligence Advisors (BIA), Inc.: Finding the Hidden Meaning in Corporate Disclosures Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-031 Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
Few resources have been committed and decision making is flexible, meaning that other approaches can themselves be tested. Thus, experiments that result in failure should not be viewed as failed experiments. Q: New experimentation... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
Business School and Professor in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Even though Chipotle’s supply chain is shorter, with fewer intermediaries between supplier and restaurant, the use of local suppliers View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
must be “thick,” meaning there are enough participants for the market to thrive. “Pet finding is definitely a thick market,” Exley says. “About 23 million people each year are looking for a new pet. The majority of those individuals are... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 22
company with a strong commitment to the goals of improving the safety of its products and the reliability of its supply chain, the authors of this article suggest that companies have the ability and the means to change their investor base... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
totally on seniority. Japan should try to preserve its view of employees as assets to be nurtured and developed. However, this does not mean that the job has to be for life, and that individual employee performance cannot be rewarded. I... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
meaning and importance of nationalism itself, do not suffice to explain why one country chooses to pull away from Russia, another rushes toward it, and a third tries to do both. The Invention Of Nationalism What is nationalism? Nations,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
through the lens of their mistaken theory, meaning a person may ignore or discard information her mistaken theory leads her to consider unimportant. We propose solution concepts embedding such channeled attention that predict when a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
exit China the right one for Uber? What does this latest reconfiguration of the market mean for China's burgeoning ridesharing industry? What lessons could other tech companies learn from Uber’s experiences in China? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne