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Sophia Virani
help me explore." Advantages of a joint degree "The joint degree prepares me to practice medicine and direct management," Sophia says. "The MBA component will refine my thinking—it will encourage me to synthesize...
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- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
brand over another based on their patients' requests? A recent study, Physicians Report on Patient Encounters Involving Direct to Consumer Advertising, focused on one aspect of pharma DCTA: What do physicians think about all of this? What...
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by Manda Salls
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
phones that can speak with your phone, your phone becomes more valuable. "We see that very strongly in information technology. That effect is very important not only in terms of the hardware protocols, but also in terms of virtual...
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by Kenneth Liss
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
with their corporate brands. What exactly does a parent company’s name represent, and how is it perceived in the marketplace? A strong corporate identity provides direction and purpose, boosts the standing of products, aids in recruiting,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
entry) as a means of reconciling non-monotonic incentive responses to competition, effectively manipulating the number and skills distribution of contestants facing one another. February 2015 GfK Marketing Intelligence Review Beyond...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
Fortunes, and Fidelity”—will be a major demonstration of his commitment to service and leadership on a global stage. He calls the summit the ultimate business development, info-gathering, and networking opportunity for US service academy...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
taxes, and this effectively reduces the tax burden on foreign profits. But, to receive the benefits of deferral, Cummins must reinvest the profits in active businesses as opposed to passive portfolio assets. Finally, a number of...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
of an organization," they continue. "How well a business is able to manage and implement the service delivery process has a direct effect on retention of existing clients, and can have a...
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- 01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake
either MAC/OS or Windows 95 from the server without any proprietary network management software." Overall progress has included the implementation of a single campuswide electronic-mail system that is fully compatible with the Internet,...
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by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- August 2009
- Supplement
The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (CW)
By: Willy C. Shih
When L.C. Tu receives an emergency order, he is confronted with a range of production scheduling choices, each of which has unique costs and trade-offs. The case was designed to help students understand job-shop style production and the impact of disruptions and...
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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
nonprofit founders, CEOs, funders, and board members. Effective Fundraising December 15, 2021 A key function of an organization's board is to ensure adequate resources to fulfill the mission. And yet, many board members do not have...
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- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)
diseases in low-and middle-income countries. I am part of CHAI’s Global Malaria Strategy and Financing team, a team that provides direct technical and operational support to countries to strengthen their malaria programs and eradicate the...
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- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
Direct employment in the US Internet ecosystem has doubled in those four years, with 1 million new jobs added to the million that already existed in 2007, according to a recent study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau,...
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- 12 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
strong community. As our base of instructors continues to grow, we are starting to see the network effect of BollyX gaining more brand awareness." What's it like to wear two very different hats at BollyX?...
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Inessa Lurye
homelessness by fifteen percent; in two years, we housed 1,000 individuals and 250 families.” Creative approaches to intractable challenges At Harvard, Inessa is pursuing the joint MBA/MPP because she wants to “learn how to lead more View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
“which is a fancy way of referring to all of the things you don’t have as a new company—products, knowledge, connections, resources.” The most common and effective way to make up for that lack is to find someone who can help you overcome...
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Kwame Owusu-Kesse
senior year at Harvard, he had formed, with two classmates, a social network called "Triumph," which sponsored social events for young professionals and doubled as a fundraising platform for nonprofit causes. "I've always...
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- February 2017
- Case
BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead...
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud and Caroline Caltagirone
In 2017, the co-founders of BlaBlaCar—the world’s largest long-distance carpooling company—reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. BlaBlaCar had reached critical mass and size; yet staying still was not going to be enough to be relevant and...
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Business Startups;
Transformation;
Decision Making;
Values and Beliefs;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Network Effects;
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Internet and the Web;
Transportation Networks;
Transportation Industry;
Web Services Industry;
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Lakhani, Karim R., Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud, and Caroline Caltagirone. "BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead..." Harvard Business School Case 617-050, February 2017.
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
must expect health plans to direct patients to excellent providers, not those provider networks that offer the biggest discounts.” What to do? The most important single change necessary is for employers to...
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- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
on their past favor-trading voting behavior," Malloy says. "So now you know where they stand better than others who aren't looking at these patterns." The researchers plan to continue investigating the effects of social View Details