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- 01 Oct 2020
- News
What is stealing your time in 2020 - and how to get it back
- 19 Aug 2019
- News
Why “Tell Them Something They Don’t Know” Is Bad Advice in B2B Sales
- 06 Aug 2019
- News
When Government Spending Is a Moneymaker
- 07 Jan 2012
- News
Avoiding Innovation's Terrible Toll
- 20 Jun 2017
- News
Bank Relationships and Index Rules
- 22 Apr 2015
- Video
HBS Fellowships: Diversity in the Field
Eight Business Books to Challenge Your Thinking
We hope our readers are able to enjoy plenty of downtime this summer, as leisure and rest are an important part of preventing burnout and allowing ourselves time to develop new ideas.
We’ve rounded up recommendations for eight books that have held our... View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
spent several years unlocking the power of school ties, studying how these social connections affect important decisions and, ultimately, help shape the economy. Their research shows that it's possible to make better stock picks simply by...
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- Research Summary
Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations
Michael C. Jensen's research is aimed at obtaining a clearer
understanding of how the 'organizational rules of the game' affect a
manager's ability to accomplish his or her goals and how the rules can
be structured to resolve problems and increase productivity. ...
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Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governance;
History;
Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Service Industry;
Turkey
Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Special Issue on Business Groups around the World. Business History 58, no. 1 (2016): 69–88.
- 2011
- Working Paper
Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
By: Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger and Se Yan
Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50 percent of the world's population...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Early Childhood Education;
Government and Politics;
Wealth and Poverty;
China;
India;
Russia;
Brazil
Chaudhary, Latika, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger, and Se Yan. "Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-083, February 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations
By: Diego A. Comin, Mark Gertler and Ana Maria Santacreu
We develop a model in which innovations in an economy's growth potential are an important driving force of the business cycle. The framework shares the emphasis of the recent "new shock" literature on revisions of beliefs about the future as a source of fluctuations,...
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Keywords:
Business Cycles;
Economic Growth;
Asset Pricing;
Technological Innovation;
Mathematical Methods;
System Shocks;
Technology Adoption
Comin, Diego A., Mark Gertler, and Ana Maria Santacreu. "Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of Output and Asset Price Fluctuations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-134, May 2009. (Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy.)
- Web
Podcast - Business & Environment
Institute’s Shipping Decarbonization Initiative 09 MAR 2022 | Climate Rising Ingrid Irigoyen, Director of the Aspen Institute Shipping Decarbonization Initiative, discussesthe importance of decarbonizing global maritime shipping, the...
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- 2024
- Book
When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day
By: Archon Fung, David Moss and Odd Arne Westad
Democracy is often described in two opposite ways, as either wonderfully resilient or dangerously fragile. Curiously, both characterizations can be correct, depending on the context. When Democracy Breaks aims to deepen our understanding of what separates democratic...
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Fung, Archon, David Moss, and Odd Arne Westad, eds. When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day. Oxford University Press, 2024.
- 15 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices
- Web
1.5 Attendance - MBA
General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information The MBA Program is a fully immersive, in-person, two-year educational experience and a student’s class attendance and participation are...
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- August 2021 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Data Science at the Warriors
By: Iavor I. Bojinov and Michael Parzen
The case explores the development and early growth of a data science team at the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team based in San Francisco. The case begins by explaining the initial rationale for investing in data science, then covers a debate on the appropriate team...
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Keywords:
Data Science;
Digital Marketing;
Analysis;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Sports Industry;
San Francisco;
United States
Bojinov, Iavor I., and Michael Parzen. "Data Science at the Warriors." Harvard Business School Case 622-048, August 2021. (Revised February 2024.)
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Global Ambition
them in the various places they’ve lived. “We’ve had a lot of contact with our HBS friends since graduation,” says Chew, noting that the people they met at HBS—including each other—are extremely important to them. A Platform for Success...
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- 03 Oct 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Cartels and Competition: Neither Markets nor Hierarchies
Keywords:
by Jeffrey Fear
- Research Summary
Technology and Knowledge Transfer in the Evolution of China’s Machine Industry
This work-in-progress provides a historical perspective on the role of foreign companies as providers of machinery equipment and facilitators of technology transfer in China from the last decade of the 19th century to the early 1950s. The project focuses on...
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