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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
coursework similar to what I had been doing at JPL.” As his doctoral work progressed, Light became “more and more interested in the Business School side of the joint program.” He found mentors in Raiffa and Finance Professor Eli Shapiro,... View Details
- December 1997 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Hewlett Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Traces the development of Hewlett-Packard Co. from a small start-up company in 1938 to a world-class manufacturer of electronic instruments and computer products. Examines the challenges of starting and running a small company, including financing, human resources... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Product Positioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Brands and Branding; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "Hewlett Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company." Harvard Business School Case 698-052, December 1997. (Revised February 2000.)
- 2010
- Case
Vander Mining Partners, IPADE
By: Roberto Charvel
In 2010 Vander Mining was trying to raise one of the few private equity funds specialized in mining. This was difficult among other things because institutional investors did not have a private equity team specialized in mining and emerging markets. View Details
Keywords: Real Assets; Business Startups; Business Plan; Economics; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Assets; Private Equity; Public Equity; Goods and Commodities; Emerging Markets; Market Participation; Mining Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America
Charvel, Roberto. "Vander Mining Partners, IPADE." Mexico City: Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE) Case EE 10 C 09, 2010.
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
“Coming to HBS has widened my scope and outlook on life,” says Kim, who arrived at HBS with eight years of work experience — as a Bain consultant, an officer of a campus church, and a marketing manager of a toy company. “I have learned... View Details
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
The CW: Launching a Television Network
By: Anita Elberse
Teaching Note for 507050. View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
that plane who boarded on time," she says. "But then there is this person who really cannot read. And she is a customer. And we want her on our plane. But how do we teach her how to fly?" The first-time flyer market in Brazil has risen... View Details
- Student-Profile
Talia Gillis
I now find myself in an unusual and exciting situation in which I am concurrently a Business Economics doctoral student at HBS and a student in the Doctoral of Juridical Science program at Harvard Law School. Research Interests I study... View Details
- May 2020 (Revised October 2020)
- Teaching Note
The Marriott-Starwood Merger: Navigating Brand Portfolio Strategy and Brand Architecture
By: Jill Avery and Chekitan S. Dev
In September 2016, Marriott completed its $13.3 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which added 11 brands to its already robust 19 hotel brand portfolio. Tina Edmundson, Marriott’s global brand officer, was charged with making sense of the brand portfolio... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
Starbucks Coffee Company; and Michael Dell—all successfully navigated the transition from "garage" to global business. ... No Detail Too Small All three of them made that transition very successfully, but my research suggests it was rarely easy. Estée Lauder... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
The Oxford Handbook of Business History edited by Geoffrey Jones and Jonathan Zeitlin (Oxford University Press) This handbook surveys research in business history, a broad area of study generating empirical... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan
of the wildly successful American technology stock market. Launched last year as a joint venture between the U.S. Nasdaq, Japan’s Softbank Corporation, and thirteen leading Japanese and foreign brokerages, Nasdaq Japan aims to break the stranglehold of the dominant... View Details
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
per visit on the site. But MySpace and its rivals have also come under fire from law enforcement officials, policymakers, and parents, who worry that they are a haven for child predators. Given that backlash, is MySpace a safe bet for advertisers? Apparently so. To... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
billion market, I would go vertical for the next year or two. I would go deep and learn along the way to master the business fundamentals and identify parallel/complementary markets you can expand into. This... View Details
- Article
The Dynamics of Reorganization in Matching Markets: A Laboratory Experiment Motivated by a Natural Experiment
By: John H. Kagel and A. E. Roth
Kagel, John H., and A. E. Roth. "The Dynamics of Reorganization in Matching Markets: A Laboratory Experiment Motivated by a Natural Experiment." Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, no. 1 (February 2000): 201–235.
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Weaving Success in India
Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection at Baker Library. This winter, the HBS Business History Initiative, which launched the project, hosted a conference in India to celebrate the addition of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Student-Profile
Ta-Wei "David" Huang
management and using causal inference / machine learning tools to solve marketing problems.” It was this motivation that led him to pursue a Ph.D. Initially, David’s familiarity with HBS was limited to the MBA program but he quickly... View Details
- July 2009
- Teaching Note
Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty (TN)
Teaching Note for [808133]. View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
well. Appointed the firm’s CEO in 1997, he believes that there is usually an intersection of corporate and public interest. “Change is rarely revolutionary,” he says cheerfully. “You do better by being inside the tent.” Since earning his MBA, Edelman has been View Details
- 19 Feb 2008
- News
The Scoop Behind the Silver Screen
elements are added.” Both businesses require vision and a healthy appetite for risk. Another similarity is permits, budgets, and a cast of people who come together to work on a common project for two or three years. Attracting a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Net Gains
the league, which includes everything from marketing communications to information technology to pure international business. It's this last responsibility that has Tatum really animated. "When you look at the opportunity we have to grow... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell