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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents invest in external innovations to acquire new product lines....
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- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
upward mobility. What does this opportunity snapshot reveal about the U.S. labor market, and what impact is the index having?Welcome to the Managing the Future of Work podcast from Harvard Business School. I’m your host, Bill Kerr. The index, launched in 2022, is a...
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- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
though, was the additional obstacles that came from fundraising while female. “Trying to explain the needs and consumer behavior of women buying beauty products to investors who are predominantly men,” Barna recalls, “you notice that they...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
What Barna wasn’t fully prepared for, though, was the additional obstacles that came from fundraising while female. “Trying to explain the needs and consumer behavior of women buying beauty products to investors who are predominantly...
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- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
they want, where they want for almost anything they desire. Associated with that, people are much more comfortable with ecommerce, giving their credit card numbers to Amazon and others, so the comfort and trust levels are much higher....
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- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
was publisher of the Washington Post during the Watergate investigation. Coming hard upon the heels of her decision to brave the wrath of the Nixon administration and publish a series of articles based on the Pentagon Papers, Graham had earned quite a lot of moral...
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- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
differs by firm ownership. We study CEOs in the Indian manufacturing sector, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 CEOs of listed firms yields three sets...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
Personalized Medicine,” a Harvard Business Review article that outlines an agenda that could hasten the transition from “trial-and-error” therapies for life-threatening illnesses to a more targeted line of attack. Aspinall began her career at Bain & Company, working...
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- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
that suppliers that extend significant amounts of trade credit hold private information about their trade partners. Trade creditors who are geographically closer or in similar industries tend to lend the most, suggesting that these are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
stick needs to be emphasized a little bit more. Unilever announced that they're going to spend a billion euros attempting to align their products with their customer's values. They're spending that money on ways to cut fossil fuels from...
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- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and claim a disproportionate share of the value...
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Carmen Nobel
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
voting voice to determine which pieces by new, independent designers will be offered for sale on the site. Those who vote for the winning item of the day receive credits and rewards. The business launched last September as the pair began...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
on the site. Those who vote for the winning item of the day receive credits and rewards. The business launched last September as the pair began their second year at HBS; graduation has brought an end to juggling classes and visits to New...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
decided to pull together over 150 universities and companies from around the world that would build out different types of learning products on the catalog. So when I joined, it was very early stage. The company had a lot of learners, but...
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- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
it out he did, and sophomore year Westphal secured an internship in banking and equity research and junior year he did a banking internship at Credit Suisse. From Wall Street to Harvard Way After graduation, Westphal joined JPMorgan full...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
careers.Aguh: And one thing we don’t say a lot—and I used to be a product manager, and so you would think about kind of designing around your customer, kind of human-centered design, and that we don’t design this system around the worker...
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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
inept or complacent management drew the attention of raiders. "I give credit to that 1980s movement as a whole for having created the profit machine that we see in the 1990s," Hayes says. "We now have an M&A; movement driven by strategic...
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Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
expansion (President Johnson's Great Society); there were more opportunities for advancement. I soon became manager of the research department, then advertising manager of the book clubs division—Doubleday's largest and most profitable division. After that, I was View Details