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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
definition you use. Since the owner’s looking for a loan from the bank, he’s obliged to accept the bank’s definition even though it’s different from his definition.” Professor Vancil watched me while I spoke, and when I finished, he let...
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- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
or was this topic on your radar for other reasons? Todd Rogers: This line of research began when I was watching a press conference where the spokesman basically didn't answer any of the questions he was asked. I didn't even realize he was...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
They became skilled at watching the bottom line, managing scarce resources, and forming relationships with government and business organizations outside the company. At Abbott, young MBAs most often were placed in sales. As a result, they...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
company's marine products department, watching over the export of salmon and crab. Makihara's credentials were far from traditional by Japanese standards. Although his late father had been a Mitsubishi manager and his wife was the...
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- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
attests to the idea that ritual behavior stimulates goal-directed action (to consume). Experiment 3 found that performing rituals oneself enhanced consumption more than merely watching someone else perform the same ritual, suggesting that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
HP and Dell that have outsourced most of their computer product design to ODM firms like ASUSTeK, only to watch them morph into competitors. Students can also examine how organizational resources, processes, and values can shape or limit...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
such as the journalists, museums, and galleries who were watching the category emerge. Although Saffronart may have originated the practice of providing discursive descriptions of the art, it was soon joined in this practice by the other...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
restaurateur in Japan, Aoki eventually opened his own four-table unit in Manhattan in 1964 and called it Benihana (after a Japanese flower), the name of his father's first establishment. Watching Americans dine out, Aoki had concluded...
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by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
(“Rocky”) Aoki fell in love with New York City. The son of a restaurateur in Japan, Aoki eventually opened his own four-table unit in Manhattan in 1964 and called it Benihana (after a Japanese flower), the name of his father’s first establishment. View Details
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
medium, a similar dynamic could apply, with an increase in the supply of television (and ways to view it) causing a shift to new content and perhaps a small drop in how it’s viewed, but no real change in the allocation of time or watching...
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- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
here. In 2004, we also expect mergers and acquisitions activity to heat up as many industries are consolidating on a European or global basis. Industries that we are watching include airlines, pharma, and financial services. Q: What roles...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 03 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)
memories is watching the pride and excitement of my family as I walked across the graduation stage during my undergraduate ceremony in 2017. Filled with resilience and strength from my family’s hard work and prayers that led me to that...
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- 08 Mar 2018
- News
HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact
tend to watch it for the commercials,” says Steve Schaumberger (MBA 1988), president of the HBS Club of Chicago, which hosted its popular annual Super Bowl Ad Review breakfast discussion just days after the game. “It’s a lot of fun, but...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
cookies? Fresh out of HBS I opened a cookie shop in downtown Boston. Every morning I watched thousands of people walk by; no one bought cookies before noon. So I added fresh croissants and baguettes, two items that were not in the...
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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
speakers: Maria Bartiromo, anchor, CNBC; Betsy D. Holden, president & CEO, Kraft Foods North America Bartiromo on gauging a company’s strengths: Watch the fundamentals. “Cash flow does not lie.” Scrutinize the management. “Governance is...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
watch is the replacement of the incandescent lighbulb. The lighting industry is moving to LED technology at a very high speed. And all the LED lighting companies draw on the same capabilities that emerged in the flat-panel display and the...
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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
asserts that companies are made stronger by their differences and concludes by stating: “When we join together to actively pursue a better way, watch out for each other, and fight for what is right, we can make a difference in our lives...
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- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
accurately, your hologram or avatar) can, among other things, go to school, go to work, play games, watch concerts, and browse stores. For Facebook, or now Meta, its dominance in social networking combined with a Meta-based strategy is an...
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by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
sovereign debt? Judging by other restructurings over the past four decades, Argentina is an anomaly, a case worth watching but unlikely to set any lasting legal or economic precedent. Ongoing litigation is predicated on what the Second...
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by Laura Alfaro