Emerging Industries - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper contributes large-sample evidence to an emerging discussion on open innovation and firm strategy. We ask why a startup should participate in an open standards community. We propose four ways that... View Details

15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006

joint decision of holding sovereign debt and reserves, we construct a stochastic dynamic equilibrium model calibrated to a sample of emerging markets. We obtain that the optimal policy is not to hold reserves at all. This finding is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

information about the risk of future economic crashes and deserve more scrutiny from policymakers, economists, and regulators. The paper emerges after years of persistent inflation and mounting interest rates, and amid close scrutiny of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Mar 2003
News

Naina Lal Kidwai

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s (HSBC) investment banking and securities business in India. She was selected as one of 2002’s fifteen emerging “Global Influentials” by Time magazine; in 2000, Fortune magazine named her the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Sep 2008
News

Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead

rebrand as Gordon Gekko or Lumbergh from Office Space. No, mon frère, I wanted to emerge as a more Rolodexed, numbers-savvy, overall better business journalist. Plus, I’d be riding out a nasty media-sector slump. Three years after my... View Details

Keywords: Roben Farzad; journalism; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

by advances in communications and information technology and dramatic improvement in global logistics, fueled the outsourcing of jobs to emerging markets. More jobs disappeared as American companies opted for automation, which replaced... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

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Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his first and second years at HBS: He loves to build... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Global Perspectives

Understanding Southeast Asia’s New Business Frontier From cosmopolitan Bangkok and Singapore to the Sumatran rainforest, participants in the June 2017 HBS faculty immersion explored the diverse industries of Southeast Asia. “This region... View Details

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

unclear whether there is a business model that can turn Wi-Fi into profit. A panel of telecommunications industry pioneers came together to talk about the larger issue of the competitive landscape in broadband wireless, but most of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

16 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company relationships, and technological expertise all matter in our new knowledge-based enterprises.—... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Feb 2022
Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

co-founder, director, and CEO of Natural Order Acquisition Corporation, facilitated discussions and presentations from more than 20 guests, including entrepreneurs, investors, activists, policy makers, doctors, and industry professionals.... View Details

03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

decade has seen the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fall of communism in Russia, the opening of major mines in Canada, and the emergence of a worldwide movement against so-called "blood" or "conflict" diamonds.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Syngenta Tomato Vision - Blog - Business & Environment

Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2024 IFC India 2024... View Details

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Van den Ende Rozen - Blog - Business & Environment

Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2024 IFC India 2024... View Details

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

In the severe economic, social, and scientific turbulence churning at the dawn of the twentieth century, people were eager for any semblance of stability and predictability. From this need for certainty emerged a group of entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
Case

CarPoint in 1999

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Gillian Morris

Updates events in Microsoft CarPoint through the end of 1999, focusing on CarPoint's strategic alliance with Ford and on competitive developments. View Details

Keywords: History; Business Model; Transportation Networks; Alliances; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Auto Industry

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March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
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MTN: Unlocking Value While Driving Socioeconomic Progress

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha

On March 10, 2021, Ralph Mupita the new CEO of MTN Group, Africa's largest telecommunications company, presented the group’s 2020 annual results and unveiled a new strategy to “drive growth and unlock value.” Despite MTN’s leadership in most of its markets, the... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Goals and Objectives; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Financial Management; Information Technology; Corporate Finance; Telecommunications Industry; Africa; South Africa; Ghana; Nigeria

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31 May 2011
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First Look: May 31

and D. Hofmann Publication:European Business Review (May-June 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.francescagino.com/uploads/4/7/4/7/4747506/grant_gino_hofmann_europeanbusinessreview_2011.pdf Winning in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

Readers also benefitted when, in 2008, we began to publish HBS faculty working papers—often the first expressions of emerging ideas on the cutting edge of management research. The most popular paper looks at the dark side of goal-setting,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne