Market Timing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2004
News

Life Lessons

delegating authority to them.” Currently a marketing manager at General Mills, Sundy has a long-term goal: He’d like to become a member of the U.S. Senate, “to influence public policy and make a real contribution to society.” — GE Martín... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

ours was a unique time at the School, but it wasn't as though we were burning down buildings and joining the SDS - we worked very hard," continues O'Donnell, who has vivid memories of his first day at HBS. "We were greeted by the Dean in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

Lately, competition in the biotech industry has become more heated than ever, as a steadily increasing number of companies enter a market that, despite its risky nature, has the potential for enormous rewards in the future. "It may... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

by the interaction of partner firms that does not necessarily accrue to any of them. The extent of "ambivalent value" is unclear, but its persistence, despite changing structural market features, promises to help sustain... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

sales promotion. These substitutes compete directly with traditional media for advertisers' marketing dollars. Similarly, mergers between media providers and content suppliers such as news and entertainment programming also influence... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

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Teams | New Venture Competition

to Uplift Shiva Velingker (MBA 2025) Reyna Pacheco Rios (MBA 2025) Zelma Garza A mobile app that helps lonely individuals remember they are loved and valued. NetaCarbon Grace Lam (MBA/MPP 2024) Mar Velasco Democratizing access to the carbon View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia

of the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit. In a democracy of citizens and taxpayers, such dithering largely comes down to a human foible. “When present losses loom larger than future gains,” states Bazerman, “we fail to act in... View Details

08 Jun 2018
News

My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

was good, both departments were succeeding, and this man retired. Two years later I found myself opening my own auto dealership in our community, and it was time to hire my own staff. I went to this gentleman's house, sat on the back... View Details

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

Systems Approach in Venezuela: Laying the Foundation for Shared Value in a Time of Crisis No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/917409-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-014 Korea... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2005
News

Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

Once they placed their order, customers had to wait ten years to receive it. Finally, Bajaj, whose grandfather had been known as the "fifth son" of Mahatma Gandhi and whose parents and grandparents had spent time in British prisons for... View Details

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

congratulations!” Anthony Tucker, principal, Troy Capital Partners: “The list came out at 9 a.m. on the East Coast. I live in LA and so at 6 a.m. my time I woke up to congratulatory calls and text. This was way better than my usually... View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

Partners: “The list came out at 9 a.m. on the East Coast. I live in LA and so at 6 a.m. my time I woke up to congratulatory calls and text. This was way better than my usual alarm.” Anish Pathipati, founding director, North Island: “I... View Details

29 Nov 2018
Blog Post

"There's No Substitute for Finding the Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015

startups that have an impact on cities and sustainable living." "By the end of my Fellowship," James says, "I knew I wanted to be part of a startup and that it was the right time to take risks. It's easier earlier in a... View Details

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

interest of the School, whose faculty engaged with the company in research projects, as the subject of case studies, and through consulting. In 1944, J. Keith Butters, HBS Assistant Professor of Financial Research, and John V. Lintner, at the View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

determine direction and how hiring can impact that direction. Working in an ultra-tight job market for a growing company—and with years at Bain Capital’s private equity group giving her insight on the importance of strong teams—Gulliver... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

In the beginning there was the microprocessor. The mass market availability in the early 1980s of this revolutionary piece of technology — which shrank the computer from an unwieldy Goliath of a machine to a compact unit that could fit on... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management

Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33): "'We don't have time to be average. We've got to fly high where it's not as crowded.'" Hong Kong Focus of Asia Pacific Conference at HBS Hong Kong's future under China's sovereignty was the central topic of the... View Details

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1876547&show=html Unleashing the Power of Marketing Authors:Beth Comstock, Ranjay Gulati, and Stephen A. Liguori Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 10 (October 2010)... View Details