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- 01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way
by Andy Goodwin However, when it comes to building certain tools, such as progressive dies for metal stampings, which is labor-intensive and takes up to three months, China often has a competitive price...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind
one of the biggest personal backers of Bitcoin, having purchased about $20 million worth of the digital currency with his own money. (The price has since fallen precipitously, but Draper is unfazed: “I think Bitcoin is going to pay off,...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2011
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Charged Up
however, the low cost of natural gas is currently making gas-fueled turbines more competitive than those run by batteries. Even so, history has shown that energy prices can shift quickly. However it chooses...
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- 01 Jun 2001
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Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
downloadable to their PalmPilots, but spreadsheet toolkits that deliver core calculations like that bane of the required Finance course, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). It also enables Professor McAfee, for example, to poll...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun
words of HBS professor emeritus Theodore Levitt. "He said, ŒBe unique, don't compete. If you can get yourself into a dominant position where you have price flexibility, do it, because you'll be a lot happier not having to worry about the...
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Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
headlines and rack up revenues in the billions, a number of smaller U.S. companies — some publicly traded, others privately owned — refuse to be overshadowed. However modest their comparative size, their market share still reaches into the billions of dollars. And with...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
are restructuring the economy and changing the nature of competitive advantage.” “The computer scientists and engineers developing AI don’t necessarily speak the language of business,” Lakhani adds. “HBS is training leaders to be fluent...
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Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2012
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Ideas in Action
project reveals that anxiety reduces self-confidence and tends to increase a reliance on others’ advice. Unfortunately, anxiety also reduces the ability to discriminate between good and bad counsel. So it’s best to take a deep breath,...
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- 01 Apr 1999
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Short Takes
technology over the past forty years, Nolan offers managers who are seeking a competitive advantage the opportunity to gain insights from leaders in the IT industry who have adapted in remarkably innovative ways during their fierce...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message
Global Internet Practice. He previously served as founder and CEO of an interactive brand marketing consultancy, where he developed patented applications to help corporations build relationships between their brands and their customers in the online marketspace. The...
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Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
entrepreneurial powerhouse. Carolyn’s mix of pep talk and tough love got Tyra to where she is today, and here they pay it forward to empower readers. Whether they’re writing about watching Tyra’s most imperfect moment go viral or how they’ve overcome everything from...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Yoga Inc.
competitive marketplace with many different price points, including zero, the brand becomes absolutely critical.” Besides, he observes, those seeking to make money from yoga need to weigh the pluses and...
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Deborah Halber
- 01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
their own assessments of his contributions to the field. Andre F. Perold, Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management and chair of the School's Finance unit, noted, "Bob has pioneered the use of sophisticated stochastic calculus for View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Case Study: The Credit Bureau
they see three options: First, they could double down on the D2C side, which helps get the brand out there quickly, although it is subject to more competition and acquisition costs. The second option is to integrate with real estate...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
of your own work that would be familiar to the average noneconomist? Merton: In 1973, when the late Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, and I published the research recognized by this prize, option pricing was considered a fairly esoteric area....
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- 01 Sep 2018
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Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
to last-mile business from FedEx, UPS, and Amazon. Unfortunately, the online retailer is piloting its own delivery service that would put it in direct competition with the Postal Service. And Amazon isn’t alone in the search for last-mile...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 1997
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Entertainment Moguls Ponder the Future at HBS Conference
recent HBS conference on the media and entertainment industries. Sponsored by the HBS Entertainment and Media Club and Price Waterhouse, the March event - "A View from the Top" - brought together senior executives from several leading...
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Paula Maute
- 01 Jun 2008
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Alumni Books
implicit in the book’s title, the authors interviewed more than forty CEOs from both industry and the nonprofit sector, studied what successful managers do right, and drew on their own years of experience at Bain. They came up with four principles: costs and View Details
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- 01 Aug 2001
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T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
turn will keep the stock price at a sufficiently high level to ward off prospective predators and maintain the company's independence." Dunphy stepped down as CEO in 1999 and as chairman in 2000. He has since pursued diverse...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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E Ink’s Wild Ride
race to win new customers and e-reader converts. It will make the company a truly global entity, bringing it closer to its customers in Asia. And the acquisition will simplify the supply chain, driving down costs (the Kindle DX, introduced in June, comes with a $489...
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