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Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy

By: Bruce R. Scott and Srinivas Sunder

Members of the community decide to try to diversify the economy of Austin, Texas, by welcoming high-technology firms and by augmenting the electrical engineering faculty at University of Texas--Austin. View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Diversification; Information Technology; Policy; Government and Politics; Engineering; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Higher Education; Texas

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26 Apr 2018
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2018 G&WS: Melissa Wooten presents "The Struggle is Real: Black Colleges, Resources, and Respect"

26 Apr 2018
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2018 G&WS: Courtney McCluney presents "Embodied Marginality: Learning through Black Clergywomen's Leadership"

March–April 2024
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How Fast Should Your Company Really Grow?

By: Gary P. Pisano

Growth—in revenues and profits—is the yardstick by which the competitive fitness and health of organizations is measured. Consistent profitable growth is thus a near universal goal for leaders—and an elusive one.

To achieve that goal, companies need a growth... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Strategy; Organizational Culture

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An interview with Michael E. Porter, Lawrence University Professor and Jan W. Rivkin, Rauner Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for Research. View Details

05 Jan 2011
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Rethinking Capitalism

07 Jul 2014
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter on How Corporations of the Future Will Behave

14 Feb 2011
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Egypt's Rebellion, U.S. Competitiveness, and National Service

27 Jun 2022
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Harvard Professor Rosabeth Kanter on What It Means to Lead & How to Be an Effective Leader

Samuel G. Hanson

Samuel G. Hanson is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Economics department. He teaches Finance 1... View Details

Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; federal government; financial services; investment banking industry

22 Mar 2013
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Dell Needs a Rethink and Restart: Lerner

18 May 2023
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Malissa Alinor presents "Just a Race Hire? The Effects of Competency Microaggressions on Workplace Behaviors and Emotion"

31 Jul 2012
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Investor Worry: Global De-Leveraging, Fiscal Cliff

05 Feb 2021
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Because Small Is Big

18 May 2023
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Daphne Baldassari presents "Oscar Voters so White? Hiring Effects of an Evaluator’s Diversity Intervention"

U.S. Congressional Hearing: The World Bank’s Disclosure Policy Review and the Role of Democratic Participatory Processes in Achieving Successful Development Outcomes

Testimony of Alnoor Ebrahim, Associate Professor, Harvard University before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, September 10, 2009, Washington, D.C.

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Michael E. Porter

Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government

Laura Alfaro

Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

23 Nov 2022
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Best non-fiction books of 2022

18 May 2023
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