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- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
to a body positivity rebranding by the lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret. Just two weeks later, the cultural moment was amplified when Hulu released a documentary about an association between financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein...
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by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- January 2008
- Class Lecture
Billions of Entrepreneurs: The Yin and Yang of China and India (FSS)
By: Tarun Khanna
Two emerging nations, China and India, are on the move to wards economic development. They are entering the world economy on their own terms. China's model has received greater attention. India's is a diametrically different model-yin to China's yang-with different...
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Development Economics;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Business and Government Relations;
China;
India
Khanna, Tarun. "Billions of Entrepreneurs: The Yin and Yang of China and India (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 708-812, January 2008.
- December 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Opportunity International: Measurement and Mission
By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter
After a "first career" in business, HBS graduate Christopher Crane becomes CEO of a worldwide microfinance network. The organization's twin challenges are: 1) developing metrics to give it an accurate picture of its situation and impacts, and 2) generating rapid...
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Microfinance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Model;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Financial Services Industry
Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Melissa Tritter. "Opportunity International: Measurement and Mission." Harvard Business School Case 307-067, December 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
- Article
JUE Insight: Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network
By: Abhiman Das, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr and Ramana Nanda
We use data from Reserve Bank of India to study the impact of India's Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on finance-dependent activity. Loan volumes increase by 20-30% in districts along GQ and are stronger in industries more dependent upon external finance....
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Highways;
Finance;
Development;
Infrastructure;
Banks and Banking;
Transportation Networks;
Financing and Loans;
Growth and Development;
India
Das, Abhiman, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr, and Ramana Nanda. "JUE Insight: Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network." Journal of Urban Economics (in press). (Pre-published online September 9, 2023.)
- 2011
- Book
Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business
The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful...
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Business And Society;
Economic Systems;
Economic Growth;
Leading Change;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Strategy
Bower, Joseph L., Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine. Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2011. (Published in Chinese as "Qi ye zai jing ji zhong de jue se," Beijing: China Machine Press, 2012. Published in Japanese as ハーバードが教える 10年後に生き残る会社、消える会社, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd., 2013.)
- June 2016
- Article
Social and Spatial Clustering of People at Humanity's Largest Gathering
By: Ian Barnett, Tarun Khanna and Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Macroscopic behavior of scientific and societal systems results from the aggregation of microscopic behaviors of their constituent elements, but connecting the macroscopic with the microscopic in human behavior has traditionally been difficult. Manifestations of...
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Barnett, Ian, Tarun Khanna, and Jukka-Pekka Onnela. "Social and Spatial Clustering of People at Humanity's Largest Gathering." PLoS ONE 11, no. 6 (June 2016).
- January 2017 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
The Olmos Project: Value Creation and Value Capture
By: John Macomber, Fernanda Miguel, Laura Urdapilleta and Valeria Moy
Private investment in public infrastructure can be encouraged when there are multiple avenues to capture and to share the value created by such a project. Gains in the market value of land adjacent to projects are not customarily channeled back into defraying the...
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Value Capture;
Infrastructure;
Decision Making;
Agribusiness;
Value Creation;
South America;
Peru
Macomber, John, Fernanda Miguel, Laura Urdapilleta, and Valeria Moy. "The Olmos Project: Value Creation and Value Capture." Harvard Business School Case 217-052, January 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy
campaign rare in its scale and unprecedented in its pace. Sizing up the nonprofit world To build a data-driven portrait of Scott’s giving, we began with a list of 1,964 recipients listed on the Yield Giving...
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- 08 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective
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by Geoffrey Jones
- April 2000 (Revised September 2001)
- Case
Peppers and Rogers Group, The
By: John A. Deighton
Can two successful authors build a scalable consulting practice based on their unique view of customer relationship management (CRM)? Should they emphasize strategy or execution? The case describes how Peppers and Rogers grew from two people earning speaker fees to a...
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Customer Relationship Management;
Growth and Development;
Information Publishing;
Going Public;
Strategy;
Competition;
Internet;
Consulting Industry
Deighton, John A. "Peppers and Rogers Group, The." Harvard Business School Case 500-096, April 2000. (Revised September 2001.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 2021
- Report
The Economic Impact of the Market-Making Internet Advertising, Content, Commerce, and Innovation
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
This research about the economic value of the Internet is conducted approximately every four years and highlights the importance of the internet ecosystem, which enables job creation and market-making opportunities. This highly valued, extensive piece of economic...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Digital Marketing;
Innovation and Invention;
Communication Technology;
Social Media;
Advertising;
Value;
Brands and Branding
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "The Economic Impact of the Market-Making Internet Advertising, Content, Commerce, and Innovation." Report, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), New York, October 2021.
- Research Summary
Is there a Relationship Between IT Investment and Industry Structure?
A provocative current argument is that 'IT doesn't matter' in a competitive sense -- that it benefits all companies equally, and so provides advantage and differentiation to none and leaves industry structures unchanged.
As we accumulate a longer history of IT... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
commerce experience. He’ll teach you how to become your own Chief Friction-Reduction Officer and reignite customer growth and engagement. The Power of Instinct: The New Rules...
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- May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
China: To Float or Not To Float? (F)- Alcatel and Strong Chinese Competition
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
The Chinese operations of Alcatel, a global communications solution provider based in France, were faced with strong local competition and a difficult market. It remained unclear how Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were...
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Currency Exchange Rate;
International Relations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Research and Development;
Competitive Strategy;
Horizontal Integration;
Communications Industry;
China;
France;
United States
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (F)- Alcatel and Strong Chinese Competition." Harvard Business School Case 706-036, May 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Case studies were absolutely my favorite part of the program." Kyle RosenmeyerBoise State University Graduate, Engineer, and Photographer Learn how to navigate new leadership challenges as you build or scale...
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- 24 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
more complex world, and to increase our scale and reach to bring our mission to even more people, requires a relentless dedication to innovation." John Hess, CEO of the Hess...
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Educational Services
- June 2013
- Supplement
Montague Corporation: Unfolding the Future in Cycling (Spreadsheet Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Spreadsheet Supplement for Montague Corporation: Unfolding the Future in Cycling (Case #808087). Includes Exhibit 3, Exhibit 5, Exhibit 6, and Exhibit 8.
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Entrepreneurs;
Consumer Products;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Innovation;
General Managers;
Growth;
Growth Management;
International;
Consumer Behavior;
Marketing Channels;
Founding;
Channels Of Distribution;
Bicycles;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Leadership;
Bicycle Industry;
United States
- 2010
- Working Paper
Law and Finance c. 1900
By: Aldo Musacchio
How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world...
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Musacchio, Aldo. "Law and Finance c. 1900." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16216, July 2010.
- February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Artificial Intelligence and the Machine Learning Revolution in Finance: Cogent Labs and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and William Powley
This case examines the intersection of two firms (Cogent Labs—a machine learning software firm in Tokyo; and Google, the technology infrastructure giant) attempting to exploit the benefits of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the financial services...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Finance;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Model;
Applications and Software;
Infrastructure;
Technology Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Cohen, Lauren, Christopher Malloy, and William Powley. "Artificial Intelligence and the Machine Learning Revolution in Finance: Cogent Labs and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP)." Harvard Business School Case 218-080, February 2018. (Revised March 2018.)