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- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
always been alternative forms of loan capital available, including credit unions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), merchant cash advances, equipment leasing and factoring products. “Alternative players have the...
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- November 2010
- Supplement
Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian
Details and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety.
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Contracts;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Outcome or Result;
Leasing;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Hong Kong;
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Sebenius, James K., and Jason Cheng Qian. "Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-032, November 2010.
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Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog
e.g. golf simulators leased to hotels and casinos and “pop up” events at major sports stadiums. We will continue to emphasize both empirical and theoretical perspectives to gain a grounded understanding of questions such as: Can companies...
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- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
http://hbr.org/product/MRC-s-House-of-Cards-/an/515003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 215-006 Rick's Dilemma In 2014, Rick is serving as a trustee for a large family trust whose principle asset is a plot of prime real estate in the Upper East Side of Manhattan....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
Hybrid Locomotive project. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907048 Leasing Computers at Persistent Learning Harvard Business School Case 108-014 Newly public Persistent Learning is...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
store. In 2015 the company was developing a strategy for its Smart Platform, a model in which Ocado would lease its software, hardware, and integration services to brick-and-mortar grocery retailers seeking to build online businesses....
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- 26 Feb 2021
- News
Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation
“Our market opportunities include leasing the drone technology and proprietary seeders, and selling the seed pods to other organizations worldwide to help them reforest the planet.” Lord of the Trees is raising money and looking for...
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Margie Kelley
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
When buying or leasing a car, research has shown that consumers are much more sensitive to the size of the monthly payments than they are to the number of months over which they have to make those payments. As a result, potential buyers...
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by Manda Mahoney
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
record before this spill, which may also have contributed to the creation of this fund. After this, the case describes the various ways in which the U.S. government is involved in offshore oil, starting from the leasing of tracts, the...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015
associated with leased space that houses HBP’s operations and HBX as well as the School’s global research offices. In addition, residence expenses for executive program participants are reported under this category. The School’s space and...
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
experience, and the School’s ongoing digital transformation. With the focus on longer-term planning, capital spending remained modest in fiscal 2023, declining 28 percent to $31 million. Dollars were allocated to a range of smaller projects, most prominently completing...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016
occupancy. Also included under this category are expenses related to dining facilities and other campus services, and costs associated with leased space that houses operations at HBP and HBX, as well as the School’s global research...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
that no matter how many people say no, you keep saying yes,” remarks Leiman. The pair made the decision to set up two separate companies under the Blink umbrella — one for business operations and the other to own and lease the planes to...
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- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
of its films in-house, and to market them fan-by-fan. Owner Thomas Tull acquires the big-data-in-sports firm started by Matt Marolda and appoints him to run marketing analytics for Legendary. The methods perform well in the motion picture market. Other Hollywood...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
leased or inventory purchased before outside investors or bankers must be brought into the deal. Of course, the more fully developed your business is when you begin looking for outside investors, the more clearly you can demonstrate...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
and occupancy. Also included in space and occupancy are expenses related to dining facilities and other campus services, as well as costs associated with leased space that houses HBP’s operations and HBX, as well as the School’s global...
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- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
YouTube and creators’ sites. On the surface, YouTube’s business model appears to be the work of genius. But it has posed problems. One problem was lack of profitability. Wojcicki, who got to know Google’s founders when she leased her...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
buildings. Are there properties that stand out for you in terms of what they were, and what they’ve become? One of my favorites is the Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C. It was the original General Post Office, built in the early 19th century, and it’s a magnificent...
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
from $22 million in the prior year. Campus renewal initiatives included the renovations of Cash House and Cumnock Hall, the addition and fit-out of new leased co-working office space at 114 Western Avenue, as well as smaller projects. To...
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- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
Finance in Commercial Real Estate John D. Macomber and Frederik NellemannHarvard Business School Case 212-067 A commercial landlord analyzes options for funding and accomplishing energy efficiency retrofit. The situation is complicated by View Details
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Sean Silverthorne