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- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
on average, the implementation of the preferential incentive plan was associated with improvements in sales. Also, we find that this plan was associated with greater improvements in sales and gross profits as well as reductions in the incidence of bad audits in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
but to extract metadata, using artificial intelligence technology, that makes the stored videos much easier to search. “It’s a huge privilege to be trusted to lead so much important work,” Henry says. “The mayor calls me about my... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808033 The Home Depot, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 608-093 For its first 20 years, Home Depot was known for its entrepreneurial spirit and focus on customer service. Merchandising, purchasing, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
photographs Cotton purchased from Texas and Oklahoma was delivered by rail to the Houston Compress Company in Texas, where it was stored and protected in fire-resistant concrete warehouses. The company’s high-density compress machines... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
international expansion and in the early 2010s Jimmy Choo had a store network encompassing 150+ stores in 30+ countries and was present in the most prestigious department and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
recalled. At that time, drug stores or department stores were the only places to buy cosmetics. No specialty channel yet existed. So Beck and her husband made a fateful choice:... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
project in partnership with Fermata Energy and clean energy developer NineDot Energy to deploy a bidirectional charging system that can both charge electric vehicles (EVs) and discharge those EVs to send energy stored in their batteries... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
a path to success in many schools. What business could survive if it didn’t have the resources to buy supplies and attract and retain quality employees? What retail store could motivate customers in a dingy, outmoded building where even... View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer systems for the Idaho National Engineering and Environment... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
illegal-drug addictions totaled an estimated $700 billion in direct and indirect costs, according to a 2015 report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. DynamiCare developed an app that provides financial rewards via a debit card (which cannot be used at bars and... View Details
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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog
November 14, November 21, and December 5; 3:10 PM - 5:10 PM plus two office hour check-in meetings Travel Dates : Arrive: Sunday, January 5, 2025 and Depart Wednesday, January 15 Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
bringing it back to profitability in 100 days. His next stop was Burger King, where he helped relaunch the brand and turnaround same store sales. Lopdrup first joined Red Lobster as president in 2004, and led a company that was facing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
“This is where the action is, in the zeroes and the ones.” While the kids lean forward to catch his next act, Enriquez projects on a screen an image filled with 1s and 0s. “This is digital code, the most powerful language in the world,” he tells the class. “It allows... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on e-commerce? Where should the Group focus its international expansion? How could it best leverage its operating platform to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
In the late 1970s, the Chicago Police Department noticed that the city's crime rate increased when cops stopped walking the beat and started driving around in patrol cars instead. They wondered why, and asked the political scientist... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
passing motorists. Hustead acquired the T. rex, for example, to drive demand for the fossils, rocks, and dinosaur-related products for sale in the Wall Drug Mining Company, one of 21 separate retail departments that generate over $12... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
Robots, the local basketball team. The Ibaraki Robots have now, in five years, grown its revenues eight times, grown attendance five times, and been promoted to a top category league just like the NBA in the US . The second thing we did was address central Mito, where... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
changing the way she stores and releases carbon and heat.” Tell us about the Arctic Commission’s mandate and activities. Seven of us are appointed by the President to recommend research goals and to help the United States build... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
members were unwilling to find, and upload, their DD 214, the Department of Defense form that verifies military service, in order to prove their service. They were also reluctant to share their DD 214 because it includes their social... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
power of his idea. But Rovell knew that T.V. and newspaper sports departments are flooded with resumes and demo tapes from thousands of wannabe reporters. To ensure that his material wouldn't be lost in the shuffle, he mailed it in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler