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Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen - Coin and Conscience
ill-fated Mississippi Company. He merged this huge stock company with the royal bank and took over the public debt and administration of revenue. In 1720, a rash of speculation in land swept France, setting off frenzied selling at high... View Details
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Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Therefore, when the Nigerian government decided to sell its shares in the United Bank for Africa, Hakeem recognized a landmark opportunity and purchased the bank. He is now chairman of the United Bank for Africa, which has operations in... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
"doing isn't leading." Asserting that the math skills needed to build a company are simple, he said, "If you buy something for a dollar and sell it for five dollars, you will be rich. The key is OB, social psychology, and leading. This is... View Details
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- 23 Mar 2023
- News
SVB Crash Analysis
HBS faculty members and other experts across Harvard reflect on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the state of the banking industry. How ‘Payment Banks’ Could Prevent the Next Bank Collapse Professor Mihir Desai writes in Harvard Business Review that to shore up... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Weaving Success in India
Ramanathan Nalli (OPM 22, 1995), formerly chairman, now serves as vice chairman of the Nalli Group of Cos. Under his leadership, the company grew from one retail store in Chennai to 30 locations throughout India, selling 1.5 million saris... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Rent the Runway Sets Up Shop at Neiman Marcus
Neiman Marcus also hopes that once it has enticed some of Rent the Runway’s six million members inside its doors, it can sell them cosmetics, underpinnings, jewelry and maybe some heels to match. The first Rent the Runway/Nieman Marcus... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
EnTRIPreneurs
their insights about grassroots entrepreneurship to America's larger entrepreneurial community. Two stops on the itinerary: 1. Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, MT) RAP sells USA-made work clothes designed for women, including 70... View Details
- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
Concealment, co-authored by Kris Johnson Ferreira and Joel Goh, both assistant professors in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. The paper is novel in that it considers product categories in which consumers are likely to buy more... View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
the relationship between the two boards and the key factors in determining that relationship. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407047 Sell Yourself! Harvard Business School Exercise... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
regularly change what you make and sell, and probably how you make and sell it. You must be nimble and, as certain lines of business wane, be able to identify growth opportunities in and out of the core industry and pursue them in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
value. This work focuses on gaining the "permission" of customers to sell to them, customer retention and loyalty, the capture of lifetime value, and marketing expenditures as investments. Everything happens faster. And, among... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business
run a beauty business, and now I know how to formulate, bottle, label, market, and sell products. How did knowing that you had gotten into the 2+2 program change your plans for the next few years?Had I not been accepted to 2+2, I most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Whale Wars
moratorium on commercial whaling. The research is widely seen as an excuse to sell the subsidized meat to a Japanese public increasingly turning away from it. For what it’s worth, I hate conflict, and being in my 40s, I feel fear. I was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
proficient in English, or risk demotion. “I was simply astonished,” said one engineer interviewed after the announcement. “Many Rakuten employees are allergic to English.” At Rakuten, an online shopping mall that does not sell to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
credit card companies have become much better at shutting that down quickly.” Now hackers look for personally identifiable information—think birthdays, social security numbers, and addresses—that they can sell on the underground market... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
2004. “When it comes to services, a fundamental question is whether you are competing with a new idea or building a better mousetrap,” Frei says. “Magazine Luiza is indeed a better mousetrap.” The store sells a mix of furniture, consumer... View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
technology that wicks away moisture, absorbs odor, and protects clothing—all in one layer of thin, breathable cotton. In 2011, its first year, over 20,000 units were sold through retailers across the US and Canada. midwest and central us EFP raises funds for public... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
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Ticktock
Clock” (with former research associate Eliot Sherman) and the follow-up case, “Nanda Home: Preparing for Life after Clocky” (with Jill Avery, DBA ’07), Ofek explores the challenges of designing, positioning, marketing, and selling Clocky,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Slum for Sale
idea is that the slum dwellers are living on very valuable land in one- or two-story shacks,” says Iyer. “If you build multistory buildings, you can give them accommodation and still have space to sell so that it will be a for-profit... View Details
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Kraft Accelerator
Cases Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Harvard Business Publishing Breakthroughs at Blueprint Medicines (pdf) Harvard Business Review Netflix in 2011 HBS Case Collection Patient Engagement Cases Stitch Fix’s CEO on View Details