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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
understand my accent, and I had to readjust to Nigerian culture — relearning Yoruba, making new friends, understanding how things were done.” In 1990, Gbadegesin, then seventeen, came back to the United States to study engineering at...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
acquisitions, analyzed the impact of accounting information. The stock market, he found, reacts positively to an open disclosure of a merger, coupled with independent corporate governance. His current...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
everywhere really began to Think, the first thing they would do would be to take a sledge and open up the computers.” (The Scarlet Ruse, 1973) Father and Son “A defining feature of my father’s nature was a...
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- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
of the business. I help her with MAYU’s financials, commercials, fund raising, etc. A lot of what I do for MAYU stems from my learnings from classes like TEM, FMSF, and the more generic finance classes from...
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- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed
In a series of posts on LinkedIn, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, has written an extensive examination of modern...
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capitalism
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Schumpeter Prize for How the Internet Became Commercial (Princeton University Press, 2015). Robert S. Huckman: Received the 2016 Robert F. Greenhill Award. Himabindu Lakkaraju: Recipient of the Outstanding...
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Philippe Rival
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After six years of working as a civil engineer, the importance and value of adding management skills to an existing engineering and technical base became...
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- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
analogy for vicarious learning is the photocopier,” says Christopher G. Myers, assistant professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School. The idea: Watch what other people do, make copies of...
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Emerging from the Pandemic: Insights from South Asia and ASEAN
While HBS delivers the majority of its Executive Education programs in Boston, we conduct research and deliver global leadership programs to serve the needs of executives from all over the world. In her role...
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Considering Retirement - Alumni
current position for years to come, "retirement" has changed for many. Rethinking “Retirement” In many ways, the key to a successful retirement is the same as it is for a successful career: planning. But in the run-up to retirement, too few View Details
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC...
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Margie Kelley
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Drew Keller
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? We’re at an interesting time in history where the role of business in society is being challenged and the assumptions on which we have built our economic system are being questioned....
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- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
and Beyond F. Warren McFarlan Making the Ask One of the hardest questions to address is do you ask a prospective donor for a specific dollar number and if so, how high should that number be? (For the record, professional fundraisers say...
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by Danielle Kost
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Bridging Business and Engineering
and Applied Sciences. “I think the combination of business and engineering is the best foundation you can get,” he notes of the curriculum, which includes required courses at HBS in the first year, and...
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- 05 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience
than spending it on ourselves). In the following video, the first in a series, Norton doles out some cash to two women in Harvard Square on a sunny summer day. The catch: Each of them must take the money and spend it on an experience....
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by Carmen Nobel
- March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
ASOS PLC
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand...
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ASOS;
AsSeenOnScreen;
Online Fashion;
Online Apparel;
Nick Beighton;
Nick Robertson;
E-commerce;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Online Retail;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Social Media;
Marketplaces;
Shipping;
Advertising;
Digital Marketing;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
For-Profit Firms;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Age;
Gender;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geography;
Geographic Scope;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Business History;
Selection and Staffing;
Journals and Magazines;
Human Capital;
Business or Company Management;
Crisis Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Succession;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Social Marketing;
Media;
Distribution;
Distribution Channels;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Infrastructure;
Logistics;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Vertical Integration;
Segmentation;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Retail Industry;
United Kingdom;
England;
London
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "ASOS PLC." Harvard Business School Case 716-449, March 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Student "Treks" Lead to Jobs and Opportunities
Entertainment Players in the New Economy" highlighted the schedule. Eurotrek's student organizers view London as the financial center of Europe, as well as a growing base for many of Europe's View Details
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Yung Winata
What’s the best thing about your home town? This is always such a tricky question for me. I have moved around so much in my life that I don’t really have a “home-town”. On the upside, moving has been a gift View Details
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
causing researchers to miss vital information outside of their fields that could lead to new breakthroughs? “We find that generalists end up doing things not only earlier, but end up having more impact than...
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by Michael Blanding
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Bryan Stromer
my section mates from the country we discussed share their perspectives from growing up in that country. I love these testimonials because they add a more human element to the case studies and remind me of how global HBS's domain truly...
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