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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Is the Auction House of the Future Online?
about unused assets,” he says. “Everybody has unused assets sitting in their homes—art they don’t really love. If we can create a marketplace where people feel comfortable selling that piece and then buying something they truly love, then... View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
achievements.” Then there was a piece on the front page of the New York Times Sunday Business section. The article opens with the story of how Tammy Strobel and her husband simplified their lives by selling their cars and moving to a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
Don Draper and the rest of the Mad Men crew can thank Albert D. Lasker for their fame. A new biography convincingly nominates Lasker as the “father of modern advertising,” noted for creating brilliant ad campaigns selling everything from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Yla Eason (MBA 1977)
Back in 1985, my son Menelik, who was three years old, told me he couldn’t be a superhero because he wasn’t white. That was a shock. When children don’t see themselves represented, research shows it has a negative effect on self-esteem, development, and ability to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Research Brief: The Power of Could
Say you’re in a bind, a tough one. You’ve got cancer and your only hope is chemo—the problem is, it’s wildly expensive and you’re flat broke. Do you follow your moral compass, even if it means dying? Or do you leverage your knack for chemistry and raise some quick cash... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Eric Schiffer
time. Yes, that’s right — we have to sell a huge number of items to generate that figure. Our average price works out to be about 80 cents because we also price many items at well under a buck, so we sell... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
commission-based, door-to-door sales organization while reinvesting profits to expand and provide employee benefits in Haiti. In addition to the judges’ picks, the “Audience Choice” award went to Essmart, a retail distribution company in rural southern India. Through... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
some point change or reinvent the business, it would be history. Every generation of my family went through some kind of a major business crisis. My grandfather started the company in 1906 in China selling chinoiserie goods, porcelain,... View Details
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
months” Sell the experience. A magician can be highly skilled in illusion techniques, yet may not know how to perform--or sell--the experience in a way that will resonate with an audience. In the same way, successful companies have... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
than 14 million people employed in personal selling in the United States alone represent about 10 percent of the entire country's labor force, according to the US Department of Labor. In addition, companies spend on average 10 percent of... View Details
Roger Milliken
Deering, Milliken and Company was founded in 1865 and had primarily been a selling house for cloth producers in the south. When Roger Milliken inherited the business in 1947, he changed the focus of the company, buying numerous mills and... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
Reuben Mark
When Mark took over in 1984, the consumer goods giant was in the midst of trying to reinvent itself. The company had grown tremendously in the 70s through a series of less than stellar acquisitions and one of Mark’s first tasks was to View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Robert C. Guccione
the late seventies and early eighties by eclipsing the circulation of Playboy. Guccione chose to primarily sell his magazines at newsstands which enabled his company to reap significant revenue during its heyday. In recent years,... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
struggle between hope and despair,” Magwegwe recently told the online magazine Destiny Man. His first break came when a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables struck up a friendship with Magwegwe and learned of his dream to go to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 2002
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Discovering Working Options; The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit; Transitions and Transformations; and Strengthening Your Role as a Nonprofit Board Member. The Breakthrough Insights program was an experiment that proved to be an unbridled success, View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
creating a good narrative in selling effectively. Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future by Leonard A. Schlesinger (DBA 1979) and Charles F. Kiefer, with Paul B. Brown (Harvard Business Review Press) In an... View Details
Helena Rubinstein
After opening her first skin care salon in Melbourne, Australia, in 1902, Rubinstein went on to expand her business, opening salons in Europe and in the United States. In 1917, her array of products, which had grown beyond facial cream, began View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
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Investment analyst reports (equity research reports) | Baker Library
Help Center Investment analyst reports (equity research reports) How do I find investment analysts' reports on companies, industries and geographies? Analyst Reports contain advice on whether to buy or sell the securities of specific... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Usurer's Grip (1912)
The Rise of Installment Selling Home Finance Cars on Time The Secondary Credit Market The Usurer's Grip Research Links Credits In addition to its print publications, the Russell Sage Foundation also harnessed the new medium of film to... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
Paul Phillips (MBA 2003) is cofounder of Kai-Viti Water, which bottles and sells artesian water from the Fiji Islands. In this interview he talks about the company’s policy of dedicating profits from the company to support basic education... View Details