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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit Credit and... View Details

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

Competitiveness Recruit Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

Virginian-Pilot, a daily newspaper owned by his uncle. After graduating from the University of Virginia (UVA), serving in the Merchant Marine, and earning a Harvard MBA in 1952, he took a job as a reporter and ad salesman for his uncle's media company. In 1954, at 27,... View Details

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. “But that $100 billion figure astounded us.” Amabile co-wrote a paper on the topic, The Downside of Downtime:The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

the case. "We are basically breaking the rules, improvising, adding music; in our minds, connecting the younger generation. In society, brands that succeed stay relevant." Stiles hasn't patented her classes, but in 2010 she did View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Jun 2024
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The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

During their Elective Curriculum (EC)—or second—year, MBA students register for courses based on their interests. With more than 100 offerings in 10 subject areas, these classes provide an opportunity for depth and breadth while helping students gain more concentrated... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

Columbia who want help figuring this out. We developed an initial screening to understand where the opportunities are from the publisher side. And on the state side, we’ve initiated a series of conversations with state-level funders and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2021
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What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

work-from-anywhere policies change the role of middle management? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter, Managing Your Boss (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

network/studio negotiation. The resulting paper "If You Are Offered the Right of First Refusal, Should You Accept?" is scheduled to be published later this year in the journal Games and Economic Behavior. Sean Silverthorne:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

adapted for teaching business management—with one main adjustment. Instead of using case law, business professors would employ real-life situations from the business world to analyze business dilemmas and principles of practice. The first business case, written by... View Details

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HBS Global Initiative & Research Centers - MBA

Research Center has been so integral to Professor Takeuchi’s Japan Immersive Field Course (IFC) that they just published a book on the experience describing how the program (now 6 years running!) ties into curriculum innovation at HBS,... View Details

24 May 2022
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Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

professor at Harvard Business School, who co-authored the study published in Nature Human Behaviour with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania colleagues Erika Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, and Katherine Milkman. “One of the... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

27 May 2015
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Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

efficiency on a temporary team. What they call a team scaffold is fixed while individual team members flow through the structure. “The big 'aha' was how very little structure this is” The paper, published in the March-April 2015 edition... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

10 Aug 2015
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New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

the bottlenecks occur. In the meantime, she notes the value proposition for companies when the FDA publishes detailed guidelines for the approval of new devices. "It certainly seems to be the case that the publication of clear guidelines... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

21 Jan 2022
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Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

move into other sectors with similar economic and gender dynamics, such as tea, chocolate, and shea butter. Tipping your farmer may feel unusual to American consumers today, Nyamumbo acknolwledges, “but I see this as being pretty standard in the future.” This article... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

great-grandfather, the business editor and analyst Henry Varnum Poor, to 2 recent volumes, published while he was in his 80s: Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries and Shaping... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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