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- 25 Aug 2022
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The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
From left: Scott Duke Kominers and Charles C.Y. Wang (Image by John Ritter) Cryptocurrencies have been edging their way out of the periphery for the last decade and proliferating as they go: About 18,000 digital currencies currently exist and hit a total market cap of...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
apart from previous books on the subject. The authors aim to strengthen scholarly and policy understanding of Turkish capitalism and the diversified business groups which dominate the economy by providing a deep analysis of the evolution...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun
words of HBS professor emeritus Theodore Levitt. "He said, ŒBe unique, don't compete. If you can get yourself into a dominant position where you have price flexibility, do it, because you'll be a lot happier not having to worry about the...
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Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
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The Levitt Brand
industrial company, providing wood slats to pencil manufacturers; Levitt urged him to form a separate entity to focus primarily on the marketing of a branded, high-quality firelog, which continues to dominate the market. “Ted had an...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
who are no strangers to violent protests, mocked the ruckus with the Twitter hashtag #angrybird in reference to violence meted out by drivers from the dominant taxi company, Blue Bird. The company apologized and atoned with free trips...
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- 01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up
established market channels. Many top-notch sales reps balked at taking on a new company that would compete with the brands they were used to selling. Similarly, many retail outlets weren’t interested in adding a new brand to their already crowded shelves and racks of...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail
government is the problem.” Thereafter, regulatory minimalism and a “market knows best” mindset took hold in Washington and on Wall Street and dominated decision-making for nearly three decades. Lawmakers not only weakened or dismantled...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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Toy Story
industry wouldn’t survive because a certain retailer was dominating the market. She felt somewhat uplifted as she joined the conversation and learned that the time frame being discussed was the 1970s and that the retailer was Sears.
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
been living in an America-centric world in terms of business education and the conduct of business. The most important management practices were being developed at American companies. That’s changing. Although America will continue to be enormously important and a...
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Roger Thompson
- 05 May 2023
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Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and...
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- 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
Detroit’s auto dominance is just like the challenge Silicon Valley is facing to its innovation dominance. We can already see some of this, says Alex. London has become a global capital of fintech innovation, Estonia has become the go-to...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007
party in Boston that raised more than $2,000 for the Irish Hospice Foundation, a nonprofit based in Dublin that supports the development of hospice care. It’s part of an active off-campus life, which is dominated by her love of sports. In...
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race
the orbit of Pluto by Voyager 1 in 1990. “Space may be our deeply-rooted passion, but we all have to temper that so we don’t make bad business decisions,” says Nagaraj. In other words, you need a business plan, not a Star Wars obsession. “Fifty years ago, space was...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 09 Jan 2020
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Your Whole Self
beginning to break my heart was that more and more behind closed doors and in private, folks were telling me that while they had all the external markers of success, they actually did not feel it on the inside. And then in fact more of their own private inner world was...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts
dominating the workplace, the way we think about leadership is changing. Advances in neuroscience can prepare leaders to build a culture of trust and purpose for themselves and their teams. Author Martina Muttke, MD, offers practical,...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution
small percent more is being built brand new). Moreover, the world’s dominant habitation pattern still consists of poor people in emerging nations flocking to urban areas to seek work. Typically, these migrants end up in illegal and...
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- 01 Mar 2006
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The Producers
you do live and die by your taste.” With even the best actors, script, director, and production values in place, generally most movies don’t break even. According to Dominic Ianno (MBA 1995), a former studio executive at Artisan...
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- 01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged
production. Most of that market, says Shen—who oversaw the acquisition of Swedish carmaker Volvo by the Chinese auto giant Geely—is dominated by low-speed vehicles that possess even more limited utility than American compliance cars....
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- 01 Sep 2010
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RX for Change
functioning — or not functioning — outside one’s country. Those differences spark insights. Every organization has its own particular needs and patient population, emphasizes Richard Bohmer. As a result, a dominant model of organizational...
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