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- 01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective
hours a day, has a development team instead of a staff, and has no checkout lines. Bricks-and-mortar firms such as Walgreens, on the other hand, must build physical stores and employ and train store staff. Customers have to show up in...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2014
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Case Study: Declawing the Competition
company’s mission is social responsibility: A portion of the proceeds and products is donated to animal welfare organizations. KitNipBox regularly works with artisan suppliers who create handmade products and support animal welfare....
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- 16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice
Deserve Gender Equity campaign in New York City, an effort to shift the harsh disciplinary policies that have disproportionately led to girls and gender-nonconforming students of color being pushed out of schools. In Massachusetts, the organization View Details
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
and fire” companies don’t. So what factors in the family and work environments foster the creation of leaders who share the founders’ entrepreneurial fire? How do some firms manage to bypass or work through...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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Ron Shaich’s Café Society
had taken place between 1950 and 1980. By the 1990s, consumers were seeking products and experiences that made them feel special. We decided to bet on this view of the world and put our beliefs to work at St. Louis Bread Company, which we...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers
Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) and Tom Tierney (MBA 1980)...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change
part was creating a crisis intervention team to partner with police patrols in neighborhoods where substance abuse, mental health issues, and homelessness are chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2011
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Uncle Sam’s Business Man
Last June, Johnson was named by the White House to head SelectUSA, a new US government–wide initiative to encourage, facilitate, and accelerate business investment in America by both domestic and foreign firms. As the organization’s executive director, Johnson and his...
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- 01 Mar 2018
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Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is helping farmers maximize their profits MORE Hear how FBN’s Erik Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is helping farmers maximize their profits Baron and Deshpande started in 2014 with a handful of farmers in Illinois, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Iowa. A few of...
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Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Mar 2017
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Lego Stays on Script
play. It wasn’t clear if, or how, a movie would ever fit into this point of view. When Lin first approached Lego, the company hedged, asking him to consider working on a specific play theme like Lego’s robot line Bionicle—making the Lego...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
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Ink
Cusumano, who previously teamed up to write Competing on Internet Time. “They were determined to have an impact.” The good news, according to the authors, is that most successful executives can learn over time how to think more...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
beyond disciplinary information silos and to be more self-aware as leaders. But how? Dean Jay Light established faculty committees to evaluate a variety of proposals, including submissions from fifty HBS colleagues. Work on curriculum...
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- 12 Dec 2015
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Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy
Earlier this year, HBS professors Benjamin Edelman and Michael Luca, working with doctoral student Dan Svirsky sent 6,400 rental requests to Airbnb hosts in five cities using distinctly white or distinctly African-American names. In the...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Brick by Brick
Meanwhile, birth rates declined, and children had less interest in toys that didn't offer instant gratification. Serious jolts were also taking place in the LEGO Group. Kjeld, out of the office for a year following a serious illness in 1993, appointed a management...
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- 23 Oct 2018
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Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
walked the sidewalk squares perfectly, only put one foot inside each sidewalk square and never stepped on the cracks between, never put two feet in the same sidewalk square, that my mother would sort of reappear at home. And it worked...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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Letters to the Editor
extensively on the loyal support of many European HBS alumni, most of whom he had taught. Arnaud de Vitry (MBA ’53) headed up the operations. I had the pleasure of being a member of the team for seven years starting in 1970. They were...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together
elective that examines how to create and manage the challenges of nonprofit or for-profit social enterprises. Field Studies in Social Enterprise, a practice-based elective, offers students the opportunity to work in View Details
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way
Michael, another son, plans to attend upcoming programs. Concludes Chirchirillo, “With a strong team coming along for the future, and with over 50 percent return on equity and 17 percent increase in sales in 2010, I think we are moving in...
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- 08 Mar 2013
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The Accidental Innovator
paper, or the wrestling team, the teachers in those situations were more like mentors with whom you worked collaboratively to achieve personal and team goals. Teammates would help, too. Everybody was trying...
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- 12 May 2022
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Onboarding
of finding a cultural fit, and to the team dynamics of effective corporate oversight. READ MORE [MUSIC] Julia Hanna: When it came out in 1980, the comedy 9 to 5 played up the growing role of women in the workplace, making cheesy fun out...
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