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- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
coauthored by Professor Tom Eisenmann and researcher Lisa Mazzanti, is under discussion by first-year students in The Entrepreneurial Manager. Wallace has the opportunity to offer a firsthand perspective and listen as her decision points... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
cases on cluster development initiatives in Costa Rica and Central America. Professor Ketelhöhn holds a DBA from Harvard University; a master's degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Industrial Engineering; and... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
customers on Valentine's Day, so we decided to offer the best customer service ever. We called every single customer and explained that our reshipment would be late. We sent a follow-up letter of apology from me and included a discount... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
to second-line drug regimens, 3.8% had died, and only one patient had been lost to follow up. A costing analysis done by the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative suggested that the model could feasibly be spread to other districts. Dr. Agnes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
entrepreneur who initially thought he’d have a career in the private sector before pursuing academia. He spent the summer between his first and second years as an MBA working as a consultant and discovered he loved the process of... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
were asking important questions and making changes, and West saw companies taking initial steps to address diversity issues, including hiring diversity officers as senior executives. With a focus on diversity, the numbers began to show... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
seminars that culminated in recruiting partners extending job offers to students was an especially meaningful experience because she was a part of creating a life-changing impact for young people from underrepresented communities. It was... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
attributes needed to succeed at Baker & McKenzie? How would the firm's hundreds of partners react? Offers the industry- and firm-specific content necessary for students to explore these questions and more. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Tracking Performance Indicators By: Beveridge, Christiana, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya, and Thomas W. Feeley Abstract—Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and quality improvements View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Southern leaders. On August 19, he drafted a potentially momentous letter to a Democratic politician and newspaper editor, ending the communication with this proposition: “If Jefferson Davis wishes...to know what I would do if he were to View Details
- 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007
quality of the search service offered to consumers is more likely to be degraded (i.e. the probability that consumers find their favorite store in the first round of search is less than 1) when the intermediary derives higher revenues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
(Singapore/Indonesia) and Gojek (Indonesia) soon evolved into similar offerings over time. The critical element of imitation startups is how they adapt to the local market in which customer tastes, buying habits, and willingness to pay... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
growth. Regional industry growth also increases with the strength of related clusters in the region and with the strength of similar clusters in adjacent regions. We also find evidence of the complementarity between employment and innovation performance in regional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" bid valued the assets at $125 million, after a long day... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
he worked with senior managers whom he trusted. They could contradict him. Although he had ultimate veto powers, he let his executives overrule him at times. But they had to convince him of their arguments. Initiatives often came from the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
forthcoming New York: Palgrave Macmillan New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy By: Fredona, Robert, and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. Abstract—This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
many valuable ways that one side can meet its own interests by helping the other side with the other's "internal," "behind-the-table," or "Level II" constituency challenges. Sebenius (2013) offered a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
books on entrepreneurship—offered fresh perspectives for investors after the pandemic and for entrepreneurs looking for funding. What I loved most about this world-class event was that the Angels Conference showcased an extremely diverse, successful set of investors... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
other HBS scholars are essential to understanding the realities of doing business. They provide what Asia-Pacific Initiative director F. Warren McFarlan calls “local content.” For HBS faculty, access to such information has been made... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010
reassignments (transfers) across posts of varying importance to control bureaucrats. High-skilled bureaucrats face less frequent political transfers and lower variability in the importance of their posts. We find evidence of two alternative paths to career success:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne