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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Action Plan: Whole Sale
phenomenon that retailers have also seen in categories such as home and fashion, but beauty’s more accessible price point makes it a natural space for retailers to experiment with the hybrid shopping model. The everyday presence of beauty...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
and Fortune ranked her among the 50 most powerful women in American business. Business Week said you had "worked magic" at Banana Republic. What has your strategy been? I would love to take the credit for it, but I can't. The changes at...
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- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, a veteran of doing battle with much larger Microsoft, has some words of wisdom on competing against a market giant: "If you want to beat Bobby Fischer, don't play chess." Glaser, president and...
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- 01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
$3.2 billion. At the helm throughout this dizzying period of expansion have been Howard Schultz, who led a buyout of the original company in 1987, and his longtime colleague Orin Smith, a soft-spoken native of Washington State. "I don't think View Details
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
start-up firm in Silicon Valley when one of his employees decided to quit and go work for a direct competitor down the street. "I told him, 'Hey, you can't do that. Didn't we make you sign a non-compete?' "...
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- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
Tufano recently talked about the course and his determination to make consumer finance a broadly accepted academic pursuit. Roger Thompson: Why did you want to teach a course in consumer finance? Peter Tufano: The household sector in...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed
what sorts of activities do you oversee? Allen’s corporations provide myriad social services and operate a school, a resource center for battered women, senior-citizen complexes with 630 units, a for-profit transportation company, and...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Turning Point: Soul Cycle
told me I had been tapped for advancement and to go home over the holiday break, pull it together, and think about what I might want to do. When I came back, I told her I was leaving—because people needed to know how to get off the...
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- 27 Jul 2023
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Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers
complicated and expensive process. The Visa Process Is Easier Than You Think There are two things every employer should know about recruiting international students: International students do not require visa sponsorship to take part in...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
aggressive play earned him over two thousand minutes in penalties, and he was acutely aware of the clash between his job and his role at home as a loving husband and devoted father. Changing teams also meant repeatedly uprooting his wife,...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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School of Hard Knocks
were now ill-prepared for a very different demographic reality. Although I was no longer the object of discrimination, I couldn't shake off the knowledge of what it's like to be harassed and terrorized because you are different. Indeed,...
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- 01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act
If you turned to this article only after first checking out the Class Notes for your year, you are in good company. According to a 1995 Bulletin readership survey, 95 percent of all HBS alumni read the Class...
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Cynthia Samanian
through the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, including the Minimum Viable Product Fund (MVP) and Business Plan Competition. Overall, these experiences at HBS gave me the confidence to pursue my goal of working at a startup and eventually starting my own company. How...
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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
home to Detroit.” The Kresge Foundation offered both, and it had a history of hiring Leadership Fellows in the past. “Their scope of work, especially in Detroit, was aligned with my interests. I knew it would be quite strategic for me,...
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- 01 Mar 2006
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End of Campaign Celebrated
historic fundraising effort brought together the HBS community to celebrate and strengthen the School’s mission. Spangler “Each of you has made really wonderful decisions in your career,” Spangler told the dinner guests. “I suspect that...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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Steady as She Goes
bushfire season that burned 46 million acres and then by the coronavirus pandemic. As Weckert spoke from her home in Melbourne in October 2020, the city remained under strict lockdown. “Both of these things have had an enormous impact for...
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- 02 Jun 2021
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On the Road Less Traveled
had died and his father, as it turns out, wouldn't be around for very long either. Morrell: Ed, I want to start in the early part of this book, you know, there are some dramatic things that you go through as...
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- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
John, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets unit at Harvard Business School. “They assume the Bachelor can only like one type of woman.” “When you like one lake, people infer that View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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Mr. Start-Up
balance with such a demanding work life? I bike or run to work most days. It helps me to step back and see things in a different way. I’m home at 6:30 on weekdays to have dinner and generally don’t go into the office on weekends, with...
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