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C.D. Spangler | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Carolina. Today Dick manages a diverse portfolio of investments and philanthropic donations, and is head of National Gypsum, a manufacturer and supplier of gypsum wallboard and joint treatment compounds for... View Details

30 Apr 2001
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New Paths to Success in Asia

what doesn't. China knows it has a huge price advantage in terms of production capability if it can make the Internet work to its advantage to market goods to the West.... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

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Scott D. Cook | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Cook, HBS 1976, started his career at Procter & Gamble, where he learned about product development, market research, and marketing. The insights he gained in these areas inspired him to seek an idea for... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Research Brief: Lost in Translation

In an increasingly global business world, English is the lingua franca that tethers companies and their investors together. Executives without a deep fluency View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

08 Dec 2022
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The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who explores those challenges in a case study co-written with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

18 Sep 2013
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What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda

Keywords: by Markus Menz, Sven Kunisch & David J. Collis

11 May 2015
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A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

May 1996 (Revised May 1997)
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Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In less than 20 years, the real estate firm Colliers International expanded into a federation of 180 offices with close to 4,500 professionals in over 30 countries. Because Colliers expanded by signing up existing firms strong in their local markets, its leaders had to... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting; Real Estate Industry

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Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer-Packaged Foods Industry

By: Amanda Rischbieth, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh

We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the consumer-packaged goods industry. We design a methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates on customer... View Details

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07 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

underscores their commitment to sustainability across the value chain while demonstrating their technical capabilities. Team: Our visit also shed light on the company's ethos towards building technical talent. View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Bringing Hope to a Violent Land

was an engineer with John Deere and her mother a busy volunteer and housewife. In high school, in addition to music, dance, and swimming, she... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; UNICEF; nonprofit; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care

Innovating in Health Care This course helps students create successful entrepreneurial health care ventures by enabling them to identify the alignment between an entrepreneurial health care venture and the “Six Forces” that shape health... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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New Initiatives in MBA Recruiting

planning, MBA Career Services will host a range of activities, including career fairs, panel discussions, and practice interviews to be conducted at various times throughout the summer. "We developed a... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Providing lessons in financial literacy

very excited for her vision,” Wood says of Morrison. “I thought, given my background, I could come in and make a difference.” Wood, who previously ran traditional and online View Details

12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission

Lawrence University professor at HBS, for the idea that an enterprise can create value that can serve a social cause as well as a business purpose. Porter’s strategy framework... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Oct 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

This year the theme of Climate Week is highlighting what businesses and governments can do to meet their climate targets. In that spirit, we have reached out to recent alums working View Details

09 Oct 2015
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Students, Alumni, and Colleagues Gather to Discuss Leadership in the Energy Industry

conglomerates manage or adjust their investments in coming years? What are the key opportunities for businesses in the cleantech space? How long will it take for the oil View Details

14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

inaction. That was the message delivered on February 12, 2019, at “Confronting Climate Change: Boston-Based Ideas that Can Change the World,” a panel discussion at the Spangler Center moderated by HBS Professor Michael Toffel and... View Details

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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits 1929: The Great Crash Unique historical materials in Harvard University collections throw light on the role of the regional exchanges in the stock View Details

25 Apr 2018
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Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success

and the resultant lack of minority role models, is what prompted Rice to develop MLT while still a student at HBS. He realized just how close he had come to missing the opportunity for a career View Details

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