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- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
dataset that exists in comprehensiveness and quality. So, add that data advantage with the fact that India is making these big infrastructure investments like the Golden Quadrilateral highway network and you have a very rich environment...
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- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
life—the loss of her first child, the death of her husband, the love she showers on her daughter—and in doing so, shattered the notion that online spaces are devoid of emotional connection. “Boz transports you into her life in a way that...
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- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
change our daily routines. As a society, we have assumptions about how our systems work- transportation infrastructure, communication infrastructure, ordering groceries, heating, cooling- any of these things are just basic assumptions...
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- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
their hybrid-fiber-coaxial (HFC) network lose out to the All Fiber Network (AFN) developed by the electric power companies in concert with RCN-inspired entrepreneurs. No, wait. It's 2010, and the channels...
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- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Nanda and Tarun Khanna Abstract This study explores the importance of cross-border social networks for entrepreneurs in developing countries by examining ties between the Indian expatriate community and local entrepreneurs in India's...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
stores and donation centers. But the 120-year-old nonprofit is among the largest workforce development organizations in the world. The global network is focused on equipping a wide range of individuals with skills to land and keep jobs....
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- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
economy to a support economy. The second of the "three forces" is represented by the new digital medium whose networked intelligence, flexibility, ubiquity, and complexity make it ideally suited to meeting the demands of the new...
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by Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
Sprint-Nextel, and Verizon Wireless; technology and service vendors, such as RealNetworks and Microsoft; and mobile virtual network operators, such as Virgin Mobile. Covers the origins of the mobile music business, projections on its...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
accessible by public transportation (a reaction to having traveled five days a week for years). Since the birth of her second child, Camargo has expanded Case to help other women who are seeking part-time work. "There was no question in...
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- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Bill Tai (MBA 1987) has built a whole professional community—that notably includes the likes of Richard Branson and Elon Musk—around the sport of kiteboarding. His nonprofit is called MaiTai Global, and...
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- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
globalization plans are thwarted. Already Latin America's leading candy producer and an exporter to over 100 countries, Arcor analyzes how it can become truly global with production facilities and distribution networks in various regions,...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
transportation is virtually not usable for anyone in the middle class or above. And so those are very challenging parts of being in Lagos, but I keep saying that we have to straddle between the future we envision and the world we...
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- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
partners have a narrower view. For instance, decisions on where to source materials become more complicated if the multinational is trying to balance and manage a worldwide production process. Second, the multinational wants to leverage their worldwide View Details
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
model from a social networking site to an online gaming business came with new challenges. They hired almost an entirely new staff, cultivated new partnerships, and most urgently sought new funding. However, with three years of...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
disconnect between the shippers (demand) and truck owners (supply), had created a layer of intermediaries (brokers) for transporting goods. The founders saw an opportunity in creating an online marketplace for freight—and uniting the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
another farewell, bound for every corner of the globe, they mark the completion of a degree and the beginning of a new relationship with one another and the School. (“It’s sad that we can’t all go to work for the same company,” one graduate remarked ruefully.) Yet the...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
personally transporting several patients to local COVID wards. “Instead of giving people numbers, we do the work for them,” he told India Today. “If someone needs a nebulizer, a medicine or oxygen, we get it to them.” The article goes on...
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- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
Competition Policy International Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Transportation Network Companies offer notable...
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
network of client employees and an equally vast internal network of the firm's employees. The GEP needs to have a deep understanding of the client and its industry in order to identify opportunities and...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
network of long-distance transmission lines, and we have to establish all kinds of precedents as we move our projects along.” A Patient Entrepreneur In addition to its Plains & Eastern Project, Clean Line Energy Partners is involved in...
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