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- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
anticipation of the holiday season, the retailer introduced a $115 leather wallet on its website that came in five colors. In an effort to promote sales after the holiday, the retailer included an infographic graphic on each product pages...
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- 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26
which international, domestic, civil society, and market institutions promote supply chain factories' adherence to the global labor standards embodied in codes of conduct imposed by multinational buyers. We find that suppliers are more...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
directing the engineering unit/group to disrupt its usual integration processes—all for a nascent uncertain venture. The team's marketing techniques were disruptive, too. Whereas automotive marketers traditionally relied on television advertising, OnStar focused the...
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- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
products. Markets are excellent at promoting innovation and driving toward efficiency, but they don't function without governments. As we've been discussing, the FDA protects the public while industry seeks out consumers of health-care...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
believer in America’s entrepreneurial spirit.” — Deborah Blagg Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969 Founder and Chairman, FiBA Group At his Istanbul home. With his wife, Aysen, outside their home. Visiting a village where he has promoted education and...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of options, you’re asked by an automated message to share information, but it fails to...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
concedes.) So he moved on. Parker spent the next five years at Automatic Data Processing, where he turned around an equipment-leasing division and earned a promotion to division vice president. While he was happy to be back in management,...
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- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social...
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- 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016
purchasing about 3% of global production, and had been an active promoter of sustainable palm oil production. In 2015, 60% of globally traded palm oil was covered by sustainability commitments, up from 5% in 2008, but there was more to be...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23
to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. Study 1 shows that people feel happier after giving more to charity, but only...
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Anna Secino
- 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508102 The Energy Foundation Harvard Business School Case 308-078 The Energy Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established through a partnership among major donors with a mission to View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
The interests of these "organizationally centered" executives are more likely to be aligned with those of the owners. Stewards identify closely with the organization and thus derive higher satisfaction from behaviors that View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
to promote new behaviors and monitor symptoms. They man quarantine control points 24/7 and attend to patients that need to be isolated at village health stations. Many operate without light at night and lose communications when they...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
perfect date into a massive computer, on punch cards. The computer spit out the most compatible pairings. Neither company lasted long, but the computer- assisted dating model they promoted had a lot in common with the early days of the...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, an advocacy group that promotes the sport. He’s also involved in an effort to preserve 50,000 acres of farmland and open space from the steady pace of development. “It’s a signature brand...
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- 02 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society
and promoting people with disabilities.” HBS recognized Wald for her exceptional efforts in building a foundation for disability awareness and education, which position HBS to be the leading business school in this area in the years to...
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Lessons from History - Creating Emerging Markets
innovation, managing family business, navigating business-government relations, and promoting responsible business practices. Each discussion began with a series of short clips from the CEM archive that addressed the specific theme in...
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- 01 Feb 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
HBS Working Knowledge Web site (www.hbsworking knowledge.hbs.edu). In particular, it recommended adopting an aggressive strategy for promoting the site. Ideally, the committee would like to see more hands-on computer training for alumni,...
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Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
endeavors to nurture businesses in emerging economies and promote sustainable sources of energy, show his continuing determination to bridge the gap between policies and people. In the course of one two-week trip last May, James...
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- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
Harf's daughter Katharina, who serves as DKMS's COO. Like the happy endings that Harf has brought to many blood cancer patients, there is a silver lining to his personal struggle with loss. In 1995, while promoting a line of cosmetics for...
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