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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
cash flow, inventories, and staffing. “Right now, small business owners have to track financials on a variety of unlinked programs and devices,” Mills explains. “But that’s on the brink of change. Dozens of companies have contacted me to...
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Deborah Blagg
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
variety of data-related topics, from data privacy to digital health to the use of big data for social good (see sidebar below). Five of the six courses (Business Analytics being the exception) were created by the office of the Vice...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
“clubby” exclusivity and a lack of clear funding pathways for outsiders, in particular, Black and women founders. A variety of solutions were considered, including Glynn’s approach to funding via public grants, and Ferrine’s approach at...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
a variety of perspectives, including ascendancy to power, access to campaign financing, the balance of work and family, differences in style between male and female leaders, and whether leaders are "born" or "made." We had a wonderful...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
a wide variety of other activities as well. He chairs the boards of two institutions with worldwide reputations—the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Cleveland Institute of Music. And to help the city's minority businesses, he created a...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
1986) (Brick Tower Press) This book offers tested solutions to a variety of problems from a multitude of expert sources. The problems discussed are ones most frequently asked about by readers of the Small Business Digest (SBD) during the...
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- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
and wrote down as many innovative ideas as they could think of, with the average person coming up with 4.5 new ideas. These ideas were then anonymously scored by other participants and Indian consumers on a variety of measures, including...
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by Michael Blanding
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
this area in a variety of disciplines—economics, geography, marketing, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and strategy—in order to explore the many ways that locations matter for firms. In eleven varied papers, the authors...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
Lest one conclude that the US, France, and other strong FTR countries are doomed when it comes to social responsibility, Marquis and his colleagues also found that language isn't necessarily destiny. Looking at a variety of factors,...
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by Michael Blanding
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
targeting efforts. The First Cut Customer attrition is a widespread problem that affects firms in a variety of industries. For example, US credit card providers often deal with annual churn rates of about 20 percent, and mobile phone...
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- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
to look at the budget, there is some question as to whether the wealthy should continue to have a bite of that cow. Q: Do you think more people these days are content to rent? A: There have been a variety of surveys on the rent versus own...
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- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
this, in part because the sample size is so small. Several have argued that if we are to tap the potential of people with a variety of backgrounds and demands on their time, we need to rethink work. Among other things, the argument...
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by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
state or another industry to find a job, and they may not find a job at the same level. But when we expanded to a longer term, looking at a variety of consequences over time, we found that the amount of money whistleblowers get seems to...
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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
flagship program, the organization also offers a variety of programs for Boston youth and school organizations, including adventure-based programs for schools and community groups, internships for teens with career ambitions in the green...
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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
deployed to a variety of clients and then rolled out to additional clients. (2) Work closely with your stakeholders when deciding about the future. Are your services and contracts appropriately priced and structured to keep growing, keep...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
exploration has involved meetings with forty HBS faculty members involved in a wide variety of research endeavors. "If Harvard Business School only knew what Harvard Business School knows," Quelch observes with a wry smile. "There is so...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
turned it into a consumer powerhouse and created a variety of equally successful spin-offs, including InStyle and People en Español. People is now a major contributor to the company's $5.8 billion in revenues. Magazine publishing has...
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- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
which is hard to explain by the traditional leverage tradeoff with financial distress that emphasizes downside risk. The results are robust to a variety of specification choices and control variables. Publisher's link:...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
consider additional actions. They can implement information campaigns stressing the contributions of immigrants to the society in a variety of domains. For instance, many sport champions are either naturalized immigrants or have...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade
markets, potential trade avenues, observations on Asian culture, statistical information on goods, and the variety of goods available for purchase. Digital Accessibility Contact Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library |...
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