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July 1984 (Revised April 1997)
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British Airways

British Airways (BA) has recently introduced a global advertising campaign. The development of the campaign and its implementation are discussed. BA and advertising agency executives must renew the campaign and resolve issues pertaining to its future direction. View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Globalization; Advertising Campaigns; Air Transportation Industry; England

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01 Oct 2000
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Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family

"counterphobic move." Punch cards and mainframes were the technological order of the day when she enrolled at HBS, and a successful career in marketing -- including top-level positions at J. Baker Inc. and Bank of New England -- had... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Kraft Accelerator

Foxborough, Mass. The Kraft Group is the holding company of the Kraft family's many businesses, including the New England Patriots, the New England Revolution, Gillette Stadium, Patriot Place, International... View Details

07 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers

regulations by opening small stores instead. And while their giant superstores generally sit on the outskirts of a city, their smaller chain stores are often located downtown, creating more direct competition against the mom-and-pops. Sadun focused her study on View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

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Tech Power at HBS: Faculty Boost Technology Ecosystem

list, now in its second year, naturally includes tech CEOs, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs, but goes beyond technologists to explore the broader ecosystem of tech industries in New England and the people who have "kept the... View Details

06 May 2014
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Ratan Tata Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire

17 Apr 2017
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Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE

with fellow alumni, including Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), owner of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots; classmate Stephen Pagliuca (MBA 1982), chairman of Bain Capital; and more recent graduates, such as the cofounders of the... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

few Irish natives living in England - to get to know each other in a casual atmosphere, giving them free time between planned activities. "We wanted to begin, in a small way, the process of building bridges between the communities and... View Details

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Boston Manufacturing Company Records | Baker Library

the Boston Associates. The company operated the first mill in the world to combine all aspects of the manufacture of cotton cloth under one roof. The company built its labor force by contracting with individual New England farm girls, who... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World

Are limits or balance possible? Clemens Aichholzer (MBA 2003), London, England Additional Reading Scott Howe (MBA 1994) is making Big Data–driven marketing more transparent We've been trading privacy for convenience for a long time—from... View Details

Keywords: cybersecurity; Information

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

on the cadaver waiting list. “We deal with much more complicated games than the game theory usually deals with.” They sent the paper to several kidney surgeons. The medical director of the New England Organ Bank met with Roth to pursue... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

17 Sep 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills

Knowledge for a decade-and-a-half. Here are a number of articles and working papers you might find beneficial in upping your negotiation game. Negotiators Should Remain Cool And Collected. Right? The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations Andy Wasynczuk, a former... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2011
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Social Investing’s Time Has Come

meeting measurable targets, governments save money, a portion of which is used to repay the bondholders with interest. If the programs fail to meet targets, the bondholders, not the government, suffer the loss. The first SIB was launched last September in View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

June 2020
Teaching Note

Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta

This teaching note provides guidance for teaching the case “Generation Investment Management” (820-033), which looks at the challenges facing a sustainable investment firm. View Details

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21 Jul 2022
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How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail

overly dependent on downtown locations that were losing shoppers to suburban malls. Some New England rivals were opening discount stores in abandoned textile mills, which came with cheap rents and plenty of parking space. Mr. Feldberg,... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

October 2006 (Revised March 2009)
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Clifford Chance: Repotting the Tree

By: Arthur I Segel, A. Eugene Kohn and Nhat Minh Nguyen

Clifford Chance, LLP, a global law firm headquartered in London, needs to make a decision whether to stay in the central business district of London or move to a redeveloped business park at Canary Wharf, three miles outside of central London. Peter Charleton, head of... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Headquarters; Decision Choices and Conditions; Geographic Location; Logistics; London

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01 Sep 2009
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Noted & Quoted

Michael Porter on health-care reform strategy (New England Journal of Medicine, July 9, 2009). “There are relatively fewer and fewer consumers willing to pay a premium or suffer a deficit in product quality in order to be patriotic and... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Feb 1998
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Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser

numerous corporate and nonprofit organizations. He is a past national vice-chairman of PBS and currently chairs the marketing committee of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. A lifelong Bostonian, Greyser has held season tickets to both the Celtics and Red Sox for more than... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

22 Jun 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation

and Tom Nicholas look to answer that question, using a data set of prizes awarded by the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) between 1839 and 1939. View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty