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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
business' role in society and developing a thriving ecosystem for translating that research into action. Our Mission & Team Climate Fellows Racial Equity Fellows We are in an era defined by global challenges and rapid change. A warming...
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Georges F. Doriot
create and nurture a startup, Doriot brought an innate skill to his concept for venture capital. In his book about Doriot, “The First Venture Capitalist,” Udayan Gupta wrote, “In a world in which the financing of risk...
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- 19 Apr 2018
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One Last Pitch
The 2018 New Venture Competition started last fall with 360 teams. By Wednesday, April 18, just 12 teams—four finalists from each of the Alumni, Student Social Enterprise, and Student Business tracks—were left standing, vying for $315,000...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 1998
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How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
leaders established a board that included McKinsey managing partner Rajat K. Gupta (MBA '73), whose firm provided a pro bono study of the issue. "When they realized the extent of our experience in such matters," Cavanagh says, "they asked...
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- 26 May 2016
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Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
disassembled them, put them in different cases, imported them as parts, and put them together. That is how India’s first push-button telephone was born.” By the age of 24, Mittal was India’s largest importer of portable generators. In...
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Susan Young
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
trends in the market, the case prompts students to examine the future adoption of drug-eluting stents as well as to consider the potential marketing actions to be taken by Medtronic for ENDEAVOR—a newly approved stent that will hit the...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Apr 2015
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“A Unique Leadership Experience”
experience on the space station. “You have to adapt your leadership for the situation you are in,” Virts said, which sometimes means “get out of the way.” He also offered advice to the son of one GMP student, who aspires to be an astronaut: “Find out what your gifts...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
this culture of psychological safety and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business by Sunil Gupta HBR Press Despite the widespread threat of...
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- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2015
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September 8, 2015
demonstrates why some places, times, and industries should be associated with a greater degree of experimentation by investors. Investors respond to financing risk—a forecast of limited future funding—by modifying their focus to finance...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006
firm-level turbulence starting in the 1990s, as measured by the average intra-industry rank change in sales, enterprise value, and other metrics. Furthermore, we find that IT-intensive industries account for most of this increase in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
analyze the data using nonparametric tests and regression analysis. Findings—The mean number of business segments per firm varies significantly by country. Notably, there is no evidence in our sample that emerging-market companies are...
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Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout...
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Carmen Nobel