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- 01 Oct 1998
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Going Against the Flow
founding Pactual. Over the years, Jakurski has learned that successful investing in Brazil requires intimate knowledge of the country. The two most prominent kinds of outside investors, he observes, are "offshore portfolio managers, most... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
roles of Europe and the United States in promoting the flow of capital across national borders. Investor Protection: The Czech Experience When TV Nova launched as the first privately owned TV channel in post-Communist Czechoslovakia, few... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
How migration makes the world brainier
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
How AI shifts enterprise decision-making into self-driving mode
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Younger Black Knowledge Workers BIO As global leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, the prospects for mitigating the impact of climate change do not look very good. A detailed new analysis from the Rhodium Group, as reported by Axios.com,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
corporate investment decisions. Corporate investment, she notes, is often more driven by available cash flow than opportunity, which doesn't follow logically - if cash isn't available for a prime investment opportunity, external financing... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
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Can Farming Save the Planet?
individuals, foundations, and endowments to invest in conventional farmers as they go organic. “We're a little bit like the Uber of farming, in that farmers have the knowledge base and the skills and all of the equipment necessary to do... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
the decision-making process. From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, by Yves Doz, José Santos, and Peter Williamson, focuses on a new breed of global company — the metanational — that is turning the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
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Strategists analyze market forces—great strategists also look beyond the market
Traditionally, corporate strategists define industry structure, competitive positions, resources, and knowledge flows as the key sources of competitive advantage. Within these sources, they look for areas of... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
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Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
more sophisticated information streams from bank transaction data, tax payments, and industry comparables. This same data feed can not only promote better credit underwriting, but it can also enable small business owners to be more View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
sponsored buyouts are typically more informed, more hands-on, and more interventionist than public company boards. There are several reasons for this: Private-equity boards typically have the advantage of in-depth due diligence that precedes a buyout, and they use this... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
explained, humans across cultures share predilections ranging from choices of habitation sites to preferred colors and visual forms. "In twenty or thirty years," Wilson said, "our knowledge of human nature will make today's View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Commitment to Leadership
employers. As we approached the end of the 20th century we began to question whether the course content was right for the new millennium. Were we developing the kind of leaders needed for our increasingly dynamic global knowledge economy?... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
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Health Care’s New Frontier
athenahealth was operating 13 practices and achieving 50 percent revenue growth. The only snag was cash flow. “It was almost impossible to get claims paid reliably or to keep track of the basic information flow among practitioners, labs,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
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Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
effectively. That kind of open communication and self-examination is key to overcoming the silent killers. Concludes Beer, "The current competitive environment requires high levels of teamwork at the lowest possible level in the organization. These employees have... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2015
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Rebooting Europe
Europe are crippling startups that are increasingly looking outside the EU for both funding and a safe haven to launch their businesses. “The United States is a country where you are able to transform knowledge into products, and I think... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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Security Chief
explains. “They were very entrepreneurial and had great niches. And now we have to pull all of them together to act as one company.” He reels off a trio of management challenges: retaining valued workers whose knowledge and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
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Road Work
Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Twin brothers Kenny and Sean Salas (both MBA 2015) grew up with firsthand knowledge of what it takes to be an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
Joseph Stiglitz offering remedies for income inequality. Drawing on a historical study of the ebbs and flows of the US economy, he proposes ways to grow the economy faster, which will benefit everyone on the income spectrum. Harp by Nidhi... View Details