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- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
take control again over those assets." At the same time, Guide Dogs did not maintain any direct control or share in any of the value that might be created through these entities. Guide Dogs also partnered with local governments, who... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
International is increasingly cognizant of the need to adapt to local contexts—as evinced not only by the India entry strategy but by changes in merchandising policies, clearer definition of decision rights, and even the astonishing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
state law to exempt 38 square miles of property from most state and local regulations. It allows Disney to collect taxes, follow its own building codes and provide emergency services for its six theme parks and resorts in the area. So now... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
International Health Economics
By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson
Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details
Egan, Mark, and Tomas J. Philipson. "International Health Economics." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19280, August 2013.
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs. Learn More Our Difference Sustainable Investing will equip you with the insights, frameworks, and skills to evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG)... View Details
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MBA Program - Alumni
the School is preparing future leaders for the demands of an ever-changing world. HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund HBS’s first student-run Impact Investing Fund focuses on local BIPOC-led and -owned small businesses that have... View Details
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
previously relied on their local networks to find viable candidates. Now, with a few online searches, they can identify ideal potential employees around the world. “If I’m a company, I can just say, ‘Show me everybody who knows how to... View Details
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
an understanding of common leadership styles, and explore how you can unleash the potential in yourself and others. Access Your Free E-Book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or a small View Details
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
years later another colleague relies on Amazon for delivery of dog food to a remote location in Maine at a price comparable to the local supermarket.) There is no question that Bezos has built a retailing juggernaut, one that is capturing... View Details
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Rclone - Research Computing Services
Software Tools Rclone 2ms About rclone Many people use a web browser to transfer files between local and cloud storage. In comparison, Rclone is a robust command-line utility for synchronizing and transferring files to and from cloud... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
second chance. We are responsible for and witnesses to permanent and irreversible damage to our climate, and it is our collective responsibility to respond. As business leaders, we must collaborate with governments at the global, national, state, and View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
tightly: performance evaluation and risk management. Everything else is managed loosely, and local leaders get an enormous amount of discretion in figuring out how to get things done. Change leaders need to be prepared to give the same... View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services
Tips for Choosing RAM: If your code runs on your local machine, start by asking for the same amount of RAM or less (for example, if your laptop has 8GB of RAM, try asking for 8GB). If you are loading in native binary data files, ask for... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
http://hbr.org/search/613053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-107 Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait Ibrahim Dabdoub, the group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the bank. Under his... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
reckless gambling of assets. Its hubris was to attempt to commoditize electric power, water, and broadband, despite what Salter called critical points of difference from natural gas. (Electric power and water are politically sensitive at the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
Group, Google, REI, and UPS. All of this sounds like an answer to a "trickle down" philosophy of economics fueled by government favoritism for the most affluent. My introduction to the concept occurred long before I read the book. On a visit to a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
created by the swift expansion of local and wide area corporate computer networks (LANS and WANs) and the privatized Internet brought a second Japanese challenge in the early 1990s. Critical here was the development of the workstation... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which governments owned and ran... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Organizational and Geographic Drivers of Absorptive Capacity: An Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical R&D Laboratories
By: Francesca Lazzeri and Gary P. Pisano
Scholars and practitioners alike now recognize that a firm's capacity to assimilate and use know-how from external sources—what Cohen and Levinthal (1990) called "absorptive capacity"—plays a central role in innovation performance. In recent years, a common strategy... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Industry Clusters; Knowledge Acquisition; Pharmaceutical Industry; San Francisco; San Diego; Massachusetts
Lazzeri, Francesca, and Gary P. Pisano. "The Organizational and Geographic Drivers of Absorptive Capacity: An Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical R&D Laboratories." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-098, April 2014.
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Kristen Forbes, "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises" (November 2008). Ranjay Gulati : Elected a fellow of the Strategic Management Society in 2009. Josh Lerner : Second Place Winner... View Details