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- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
Harvard Business School, Edelman recently wrote about Vectus, Ltd., a Sweden-based PRT firm, on his Web site; a case study is available from Harvard Business Press. Other firms in the PRT business landscape include Advanced Transport...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
more direct international experiences for our students, and for our faculty. One idea might be short study trips that would combine immersion in key regions around the world with individual preparation beforehand and class work or field...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.27.4.65 Working Papers Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We decompose capital flows-both debt and equity-into public and...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Ebrahim has studied or written about in cases that examine approaches to performance measurement. (See "A Case for Performance Management" below; others include the Robin Hood Foundation, Action-Aid International, the Aga Khan Rural...
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Julia Hanna;
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- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
research and courses on sustainable cities, infrastructure, real estate, and his most recent collaboration and co-authored book on Healthy Buildings with Dr. Allen. It is our hope that this SIP serves as the first step among many in formalizing the efforts around this...
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- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
Carlile Publication:Academy of Management Learning & Education 8, no. 2 (2009) Abstract Some in the Academy have questioned the usefulness of case studies in teaching sound management theory (Shugan 2006). Our research and experience...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
Every night on the outskirts of Manila, thousands of people lie down to sleep amid acres of rotting food and industrial detritus in a vast urban dumping ground called Payatas. At dawn, they rise and swarm across a featureless landscape of...
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by Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
— water provision to the urban poor, water education, and environmental protection — that reflect the social issues we can address as a water and wastewater service provider. These programs were carefully planned so that they can help us...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
team that was initially hired by Cleveland's business leaders to study the community's problems. He subsequently served as executive director of Cleveland Tomorrow, an organization of fifty CEOs who delineated new strategies and funded...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
with data about the relative importance of courses and (2) to provide faculty with information about how to improve the curriculum and best advise students. The most salient result is that students were strongly advised to study...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity. Tracking land reforms and urban development nationally and in three cities in one Chinese region, the study reveals...
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- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
For Harvard Business School faculty, summer marks the perfect time to catch up on reading for work and pleasure. We asked six faculty what they're looking forward to digging into over the next few months. Jeff Bussgang wo of my books during the “summer of COVID” have...
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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Europe. And there are folks who don’t want to export the gas—they want to keep it here so America will have this competitive advantage in manufacturing.” Vietor is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration and has written more than 80 case View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
disparity between rural and urban populations widens. Wanda S. Tseng, deputy director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, offered an overview of Asia's current economic strengths and weaknesses. "There are no quick fixes," she...
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- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
three-day school trip weaving woolen swatches on a collection of old-fashioned floor looms. Later that day, he notes, the students will learn about—and even pet—indigenous Appalachian wildlife (including a pink-eyed albino corn snake) before wading into nearby Greasy...
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- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
steadily risen across the company. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/product/how-google-sold-its-engineers-on-management/an/R1312D-PDF-ENG August 2013 Review of Economics and Statistics Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
Depot has studied deeply how to best deploy their assets in order to satisfy the customer in a way that allows for an excellent return on invested capital. They have also paid very close attention to what is likely their most profitable...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
Policy at the School during the late 1960s. In 1970, he took a leave of absence to join Matt Simmons’s (MBA 1967) Boston investment bank, then returned to the School the following year to teach courses in real estate. With Bill Poorvu, a real-estate investor who also...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
coastal areas in West Africa and Sub-saharan Africa. She asks: “How can already dysfunctional governments provide critical water, transportation or education services as the seas rise? The challenges exacerbate urban fragility.” As...
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- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
manage people will not. Study interpersonal relations, finance, and change management.” Joseph Santo (MBA 2017) Business Development, Distributed Energy, NextEra Energy Resources “I work in distributed energy at NextEra Energy, which...
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