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22 Jul 2021
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Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

networks, and support the local community. “I decided to participate in the project to help our community of entrepreneurs,” says War Room mentor Jasper Camacho (MBA 2006), who was able to share his experience in sustainability. “I work in View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

negotiations and auctions are the only two ways in which assets get sold in any market economy. There's a deep literature on each of these mechanisms but very little on the interplay between the two—that messy, murky middle ground where... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Journey to my Summer Internship

marketing, operations or sales. As luck would have it, I interviewed with Danaher, a global science and technology company with operating companies in many different industries and locations. They had a marketing role open at Beckman... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Evan Rachlin

"Finally," Evan says, "she walked over, signed a paper, took a few samples, then kicked the rep out." There were multiple lessons: "Like it or not," Evan notes, "health care is a big business. But there has to be a better way to View Details

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Entrepreneurial Sales

industry and company context. Very good for insider takes on companies. Books HOLLIS: Locate books and other resources available at Harvard libraries on marketing, sales, selling, and sales management. Cases HBS Case Requests Service: Read View Details

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

performance-survival, employment, and growth-and firm innovative performance-quantity, quality, and nature of patents and papers-by comparing funded and unfunded firms. To address endogeneity around selection bias, we use a qualitatively... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2002 (Revised June 2002)
Background Note

A Note on Building and Leading Your Senior Team

By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas

As performance demands intensify in fast-moving global markets, more executives are coming to rely on senior teams for strategic and operational assistance. Team building with powerful senior executives presents special challenges, including competition for their boss'... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Management Teams; Operations; Organizational Culture; Rank and Position; Strategy

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20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

the order management cycle? Benson Shapiro: In the late 1970s, when I was teaching the Industrial Marketing course in the MBA program at Harvard, it began to become clear to me that to really manage many businesses, one needed to deal... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

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Book publishing industry

'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Prior to BookScan, the only source for market data for some individual titles was Best Seller lists compiled by publications such as the New York... View Details

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Company News & Industry Research

needed. Industry Reports: ABI provides in depth research reports from BMI Research, First Research, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and others covering hundreds of markets and countries. 1. Click “Browse” in the page header.... View Details

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Target list of companies | Baker Library

log in again. If you still cannot download, Ask Us for assistance. Mergent Intellect provides access to private and public U.S and international business and industry data. Scroll down the page and select 'Advanced Search,' then select,... View Details

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Vivian Scalfi

question; there could be a hundred outcomes or possibilities." For Vivian, leadership begins now. She is currently the Director of Career and Academics for the Marketing Club, and has been selected to... View Details

Keywords: CPG

01 Jun 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

research has focused on various aspects of customer management in B2B contexts, including customer selection and portfolio management; managing a spectrum of customer engagements, from transactions to long-term relationships; developing... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

merger between Aetna and Humana, two of the largest health insurers in the United States. The 838,000 consumers who were insured by Aetna exchange plans in 2016 will be forced to select other public exchange plans or purchase individual... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

01 Mar 2008
News

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

many firms have not instituted a process for managing the development of potential leaders. Many have not even thought about the process of selecting a leader when the time comes for change. And as a result, they are as confused about who... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Betas | Baker Library

Help Center Betas How do I find current betas for companies? Historical? Industry Beta? Current BETA: Bloomberg Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities,... View Details

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Turkey

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Turkey? Industry and market research Passport Click on Search on the upper left side of the main screen to get started. Locate the... View Details

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Company News & Industry Research | Baker Library

type, etc. if needed. Industry Reports: ABI/ProQuest provides in depth research reports from BMI Research, First Research, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and others covering hundreds of markets and countries. Click “Browse” in the page... View Details

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GDP: Contribution by sector/industry

baseline; color: inherit;"> All Market Indicators & Forecasts from the drop-down. In Step 2, choose the region or country and clickView Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

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