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- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
Technology and Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. And why would Apple ever allow a Kindle app in its App Store in the first place? "We all know historically Apple often says no to apps that directly compete with...
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- 16 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters
Physicists tell us entropy is the natural state of the world, and that law seems especially true in today's multidivisional company. "When you create organizational subunits of any form, they'll have a tendency to focus internally on...
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by Michael Blanding
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
motives, our paradigms, and what we are willing to accept and ignore to get what we think that we need." C. J. Cullinane was concerned that "This trend (service sector relative growth) will indeed catch up with the United View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
the bursting of the dot.com bubble, Yoffie asked, will the future be much less rosy? An often-used comparison with the tulip mania that overwhelmed Holland in the seventeenth century, he asserted, is not the right way to think about the Internet fever that began...
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by Jim Aisner
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
Construction of Wine Culture Since the 1960s, the United States has seen spectacular growth in wine consumption. Al Hisano explores how businesses reinveted the image of wine. This creation of the new...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
the United States isn't the only or even the most significant player in extending a helping hand to Afghanistan. Wealthy Europeans are assisting government agencies considerably. Roshan itself was coaxed...
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by Tarun Khanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
20,000 adults and children in the United States and Europe who are living with profound hearing impairment caused by a specific type of gene mutation. “There are more than 150 genes linked to hearing loss,”...
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Deb Blagg
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
L. Paul Bremer: In His Own Words
public service; I spent most of my life in public service. I think it’s rewarding. I don’t think any American can just turn down the President of the United States when he asks you to undertake a job,...
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- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
developing world where there are fewer educational opportunities, those in the developed world who cannot afford the available options, and those affected by the upheaval in business and schooling caused by the pandemic. For instance, in the View Details
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April White
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Cong. Don Beyer, Anne Kelly (HKS 1996), Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), Prof. Michael Toffel, and Matt Sonnesyn (HKS 2002). Fifty years ago, the Clean Air Act passed the United States...
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April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
markets. Delivering on the ultimate goal, reaching and successfully identifying each and every Indian resident, is a daunting prospect. "This project is hugely audacious and has never been achieved anywhere before," says Khanna. "There is nothing in the...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
challenges. In his latest role, as founder and president of Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners, he hopes to push the United States closer to what he considers an attainable national goal: a 30 percent...
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- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53548 November 14, 2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths By: Luca,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
people." The articles in this special section were already in press when the order was issued, and this serendipity further underscores the timeliness of this special section. These articles propose many examples of the very actions that could be taken by federal...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
their former oppressors. Instead, Mandela invited the warden of his Robben Island prison to his inauguration as South Africa's first black president. Modern South Africa, for all its problems, is a democratic state with a growing economy....
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Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment Initiative Careers...
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
poll. This spring, the second annual poll garnered an impressive 92 percent response rate among first-year students. Moret was first drawn to student affairs at Louisiana State University, where he had been admitted on a music scholarship...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Practice Kaplan. He notes that such questions might include: Do I state my vision and priorities clearly? Does the way I spend my time enable me to achieve my top priorities? Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act...
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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ); undersecretary of state in Henry Kissinger’s State Department; founding dean of the Yale School of Management; chairman and CEO of the New York Stock...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
declared. “That caused the credit markets worldwide to seize up. The system went into a state of shock.” With Lehman’s abrupt demise, Thain suddenly faced the possibility that his own troubled firm, Merrill Lynch, could be next. “To...
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