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- 2013
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850
By: G. Jones
This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently...
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Institutional Change;
Political Economy;
Emerging Economies;
Developing Countries;
Industrial Development;
Culture;
Human Capital;
Economic History;
History;
Wealth and Poverty;
Business History;
Emerging Markets;
Globalization;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Manufacturing Industry;
Mining Industry;
Service Industry;
Latin America;
Asia;
North and Central America;
Africa;
South America;
Europe
Jones, G. "Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-076, March 2013.
- August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case considers Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane’s data driven and, in baseball circles unconventional, approach to winning games over the duration of the long Major League Baseball season. Beane’s critical approach to crafting strategy within his...
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Keywords:
Data Analysis;
Metrics;
Data Science;
Analytics and Data Science;
Analysis;
Measurement and Metrics;
Competitive Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Sports Industry
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "The Oakland Athletics: Strategy & Metrics for a Budget." Harvard Business School Case 118-010, August 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- July 2020
- Article
Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare
By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We investigate the link between hospital performance and managerial education by collecting a large database of management practices and skills in hospitals across nine countries. We find that hospitals that are closer to universities offering both medical education...
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Keywords:
Management;
Hospitals;
Mortality;
Education;
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Improvement;
Business Education;
Management Practices and Processes
Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare." Review of Economics and Statistics 102, no. 3 (July 2020): 506–517.
- Research Summary
Environmental Management
Forest L. Reinhardt is exploring the strategic and operational problems of firms in environmentally significant industries. His book, Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management (published in 2000 by Harvard Business School Press),...
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- November 2010
- Article
Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link
By: Nitin Nohria
This article discusses the weakening connections between business growth and job creation. The industrial economy of the 20th century ensured that growing firms would need to add workers, but the increasingly globalized and information-based economy of the early 21st...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Economic Growth;
Jobs and Positions;
Employment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Welfare;
Value Creation
Nohria, Nitin. "Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010): 44.
- 26 May 2022
- HBS Case
Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?
expectation that a company will have a position on social and political issues." A Harvard Business School case study and its revision, Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A) and (B), illustrates the complex ramifications that companies should...
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by Avery Forman
- Profile
Mark Giragosian
College and Northwestern University, including internships in consulting and investment banking. Upon retiring from the Joffrey, Mark worked at Morgan Stanley. “I wanted to have another career, not just another job. I looked for opportunities to learn about View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
below, Frazier provides insights into this turbulent period of American history with Tsedal Neeley (@tsedal), the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Topics...
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- January 1996 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
R.R. Donnelley & Sons: The Digital Division
By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
In June 1995, Barbara Schetter, VP and general manager of R.R. Donnelley's Digital Division, is struggling to gain acceptance from other groups and divisions at the printing giant. The Digital Division employs radically new technology--digital printing presses and...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Business Model;
Business Plan;
Leading Change;
Problems and Challenges;
Groups and Teams;
Technology Adoption;
Value Creation
Garvin, David A., and Artemis March. "R.R. Donnelley & Sons: The Digital Division." Harvard Business School Case 396-154, January 1996. (Revised March 2000.)
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
book excerpt Firms As Actors From Chapter 1 Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World By Geoffrey Jones Entrepreneurs and firms have been important actors in the making of our modern global...
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Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Restaurant Food Tastes Better When the Chef Can See You
- 19 Oct 2017
- Video
Summer Venture in Management Program
- 24 Mar 2015
- News
Starbuck’s ‘Race Together’ Intentions Were Good
- 20 Oct 2016
- Video
Taking a Holistic View of Negotiation
- October 2008
- Class Lecture
Marketing as Competitive Advantage: Fundamentals
By: Das Narayandas, David E. Bell, Anita Elberse, John T. Gourville, David B. Godes, John A. Quelch, Gail J. McGovern, Luc R. Wathieu and Marta Wosinska
Marketing as Competitive Advantage: Fundamentals will help today's business executives and tomorrow's business leaders understand the key elements of a successful marketing strategy. The multimedia resource includes video lectures by Harvard Business School faculty,...
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- 05 Jul 2012
- News
Interview with Rebecca Henderson
- 18 Apr 2013
- News
A Closet Filled With Regrets
- 01 Apr 2009
- News
Professor James Austin Wins Social Entrepreneurship Award
- 02 Aug 2010
- News
Are MBAs and biz schools to blame for recent eco crisis?
- 25 Nov 2019
- News