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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
inspiration boards with images ranging from playful to sexy to Brooklyn, to get a better sense of the brand Jess Deckinger describes as “warm and fuzzy,” and “a cooler way to do dating.” As the meeting ends, one designer sums up the...
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April White
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
with one of my coworkers, a manager from a different department. He and I had had a wonderful relationship as I was growing up in the business, but now that I had come back and joined the business and had been promoted to manager, I felt...
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- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
lecture courses as MOOCs. While the future role of MOOCs in higher education remained a topic of public debate, edX needed to answer concrete managerial and strategic questions. For example, what should edX's scope be? Should edX try to develop a consumer View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
antitrust authorities, who fear they could ultimately harm consumers by raising prices above typical competitive levels. It doesn’t seem too long ago when a price change was a major strategic decision for companies, requiring extensive data analysis, View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
interpersonal disclosure of intimate information increases attraction, cost transparency by a firm increases brand attraction, in turn boosting consumer purchase interest. This relationship persists even after controlling for perceptions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2024
- Case
Nomad: A License to Bank
By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo
In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
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Customer Satisfaction;
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Entrepreneurship;
Banks and Banking;
Initial Public Offering;
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Organizational Culture;
Going Public;
Ownership Stake;
Innovation and Invention;
Strategic Planning;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Expansion;
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Law;
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Technology Industry;
Service Industry;
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United States;
North America;
Latin America
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Argentina and Chile over recent decades. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50182 forthcoming Management Science Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency By: Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
Issue Focus: The Global Manager GETTING ORIENTED: On his first evening in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan Dolezal (HBS 2013) and his FIELD 2 team explored the city's bustling waterfront. Photo courtesy Jan Dolezal Learn about hosting FIELD2...
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- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
companies encouraging and funding ESG innovation. Dow Chemical has enormous energy consumption in their operations, but they've managed to save more than $10 billion through efficiency programs and are moving the world toward the adoption...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
several years later, there was only one logical choice for a new name: Edy’s, after cofounder Joseph Edy. By the early 1990s, the Edy’s brand was well established throughout the Midwest and East, and it has long since eclipsed Dreyer’s in...
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- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
Office of Education at USAID. Christensen's influential book was not about AIDS; it described companies that were well managed yet were blindsided by rapid advances from unexpected challengers. Yet HIV and AIDS also have that potential to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
International, a company publishing 70 editions of its free newspaper in 20 countries. Metro had been a pioneer in the free newspaper market, fighting incumbent publishers distributing traditional paid-for newspapers. Looks at the decision facing top View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
You want people to touch your product and actually get the brand experience. You could get to a point where stores like Best Buy become just showrooms and fulfillment is done by Amazon because they are much more efficient at it. I could...
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- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
listeners behind the scenes of a case he or she has written, probing what inspired the case, exploring how it relates to management practice, and delving into interesting anecdotes that come from researching the case and teaching it in...
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- 28 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking
Director and Career Coach Renee Pappastratis – Recruiting Relations Manager Kurt and Renee work closely with students interested in banking and assist investment banks with their recruiting strategy. They bring a combined 18 years of...
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- 29 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives
Biomedical Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Tell us more about your startup, Plenna? "Plena" in Spanish is female for “fulfilled.” Our vision is for women to live healthy and fulfilled lives, and our goal is to become the go-to View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
personal data collection have a surprising ally: Scott Howe. Why? Because it's good for business. "How people think about data is going to change seismically in the coming years," says Howe. "Each of us will manage the data that is...
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- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
students." In his words, this behavior should characterize well-respected programs. He asks, "Isn't 'adapting to change' almost a synonym for learning?" Little attention was given to the influence of alumni in shaping current educational strategies....
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by James Heskett
- Web
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Course Number 6052 Professor Sophus A. Reinert Professor of Management Practice Dante Roscini January; J; 3.0 credits Fall On-Campus Course Sessions: Thursday sessions: September 12,...
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- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann
marketing to them. I had the opportunity to work with brands on exclusive show sponsorships, large tentpole events and the VH1 Save the Music Foundation to restore public school music programs. When my husband and I moved to Boston, I...
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