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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
through the establishment of an employees' organization, the Peers Club, where staff participated in activities including sports teams, the company band, dances, holiday skits, and publication of the company's in-house periodical, the...
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- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
trips that don't happen. As a result of increased online shopping, traffic across the retail sector is falling (by as much as 50% when the holiday months of 2010 are compared to those of 2013). Exacerbating the traffic decline, when...
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- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
ahead. It’s not their fault: holiday season mayhem is often at odds with the clean start many desire when the calendar changes over. It’s easy to throw up your hands and give in to routine once the first few weeks of the year speed by,...
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by Rachel Layne
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
with my colleagues (it helps to have the virtual whiteboard!). “Right now, we’re doing a lot of planning for holiday marketing, and supporting the future launches of some really big new titles coming to Oculus, and Facebook Horizon, a VR...
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- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
local tax rates are associated with net trade credit positions that are 1.4% higher as a fraction of sales. The use of trade credit to get capital out of low-tax, low-return environments is also illustrated by reactions of U.S. firms to the temporary repatriation tax...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
fantasy but as a horror movie. "This season's biggest holiday extravaganza, 'The Polar Express,' should be subtitled 'The Night of the Living Dead,' " groused CNN reviewer Paul Clinton. "If I were a kid, I'd have nightmares," wrote Geoff...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
Case 512-036 In November 2011, just days before the holiday shopping rush, the senior leadership team of The Home Depot, Inc. (Home Depot), the world's largest home improvement chain, discussed how best to navigate the new interconnected...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
are vivid against a December snowstorm swirling outside the classroom windows. (He often uses a sliced-open orange as an example — but it’s the holiday season, so the cactus seems appropriate.) Brandishing the plant, he says, “Now we’re...
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- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
these charges removed from the credit card ecosystem. Meanwhile, this holiday shopping season users ought to exercise special caution. A link promising extra savings may not be what it seems. Be careful even at trusted sites: Sites as...
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- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
company, such as a requirement that the company shutter its office on Jewish holidays and every week for observance of Shabbat. By 2016, the company was thriving both financially and operationally. Considering the opportunity to acquire...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
spending may involve continuation of the payroll tax holiday as well as improvements in this country's infrastructure. Politicians' pledges to resist restructuring entitlements or to rule out raising revenues are the antithesis of what is...
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by Staff
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
special benefits package consisting of a 10-year tax holiday (corporate and personal), a 99-year land lease at concessionary rates, grants of up to $750K, no customs or duty taxes, and more. Macedonia’s economy has been stable since its...
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- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Cash coupons and circulars advertising the week's specials, were slow to embrace the new pricing format and began leaving the retailer in droves. Under enormous pressure to turn things around as the all-important back-to-school and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
of spiraling expectations in motion," Bussgang said, "When you get back home, after flying coach and staying in the Holiday Inn, you sweat like hell" to make it all come true. By mid-year, UPromise's 70 employees sprawled...
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by John S. Rosenberg
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
holiday season. I’m very hopeful that we will get a chance to see and meet each other in 2021. And, I’m really, really looking forward to that, as are so many other members of our community.
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- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
improve their automated product recommendations. These recommendations are often presented as ''inspired by your browsing history'' or ''recommended for you,'' and help consumers discover new products or holiday packages that match their...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
promotions to local holidays and customs, incorporating idiomatic language and local tastes so that each country's customers will relate to their site in an emotional way." The Uruguay-born Juan Peirano of Velox Group has firsthand...
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- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
gift? Great. We’d love to help you with that. But the core of our business is our B2B business where, say Harvard wants to give all 300 profs a holiday gift. I’m available, by the way, if that’s what Harvard wants. RR: That would be nice,...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
recalls a fateful day at home during the Christmas holidays when Bradach came over to finish the final plan. Hours on, after completing their task, Tierney recalls suddenly seeing themselves in the climactic scene in Butch Cassidy and the...
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