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01 Jun 2004
News

Luxe Redux

found the prices so reasonable that he returned to consider — and, eventually, purchase — something in the ten-carat range. Birnbaum notes that this particular client first made contact with the firm five years earlier. In a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

welcome suggestions from readers regarding organizations that are explicitly trying to manage such value tensions, and encourage them to contact us (sandra.cha@mcgill.ca and aedmondson@hbs.edu). View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

an entrepreneur. We don't urge our students to "just do it." We spend a lot of time telling them to get to know an industry, get to be known in an industry, develop your skills, develop your contact base. There's an appropriate... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 18

business model and analyzes how his firm evolved into a diversified business group. The research supports prevailing explanations of business groups, which identify the role of institutional voids, government policies, and contact... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

allows many people to search for and retrieve codified knowledge without having to contact the person who originally developed it. That opens up the possibility of achieving scale in knowledge reuse and thus of growing the business. Take... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting

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2.3.2 Hazing - MBA

2.5 Disciplinary Outcomes & Sanctions 2.6 Sample Disciplinary Violations 2.7 Admissions Materials 2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

volunteered time, advice, office equipment, and ideas. They have also suggested research topics and provided contacts in the region. How did your previous career prepare you for your current position? Investment banking exposed me to the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 1997
News

A Piece of the Action

entrant in last year's HBS Business Plan Contest) and several other situations as solid research topics, Darwall and Roberts gathered information and lined up contacts for Katz so that he could "hit the ground running," as Darwall puts... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 2000
News

A Place in the Sun

resorts and the cruise lines, where the contact between staff and guest remains quite superficial," Giraud says. Tough Competition For decades, Club Med touted itself as "the antidote to civilization." Set in beautiful, unspoiled... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

IR group, the cases document how both companies share many best practices in IR principles, such as the goal of getting managers directly in contact with investors, the need for consistency in reporting over time, and the desire to be... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

01 Dec 2001
News

September 11: A Community Reflects

because of this seemingly senseless tragedy.” —Todd Berkley (MBA '93) Still unable to fly home, Dean Clark, who had been in close contact with the School's administration throughout the week, sent a message of support and encouragement to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

initiate the contact with the program by asking for an enrollment sheet, but then would go on to request an additional sheet for the other spouse to enroll." Seeking to help donation programs improve and target their outreach... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

“Good entrepreneurs are learning machines, so they’re always asking for advice and guidance from multiple sources of expertise, including their investors. In fact, the best founders are outstanding at squeezing every bit of insight, advice, and View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

By: Buell, Ryan W. Abstract—Conventional wisdom holds that the more contact an operation has with its customers, the less efficiently it will run. But when customers are partitioned away from the operation, they are less likely to fully... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

aligned in their thinking. Analysts are often in frequent and close contact with management, even though they're not privy to inside information. Examining analysts' sales forecasts in 2008 reveals that analysts—and probably managers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

even distributing condoms. It maintained a high standard of corporate ethics. It was effective at building contacts with local business and government elites, primarily through localization of management. Fundamentally Flawed Indexing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

Share your thoughts on these or other cases. Contact us at bulletin@hbs.edu or HBS Alumni Bulletin, Teele Hall 360, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163. NOTE: “Copies Sold” are totals as of December 1, 2004. View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Negotiation and All That Jazz

There's a saying in the military: "Plans go out the window at the first contact with the enemy." Even General Dwight Eisenhower—who oversaw the most ambitious military invasion in modern history—said, "Plans are worthless." But he added... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.

in Congress and the White House. "I have regular contact with Microsoft's chief lobbyist," he says, "and while there are sometimes issues Microsoft feels it can't influence, there are many issues it can." When the... View Details