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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
13% “I was sexually assaulted by my client and my company stood by me. I had to take time off for that but not because of anything that happened within my company. I came back to work after 4 months and moved out of sales and into HR. The... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
sort of promotion what do we really want to get out of this? Do we want to get brand awareness, brand engagement? We want people tweeting. But then the question is, how does that translate into sales down... View Details
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
transactions. For five months, the bank randomly offered customers on its websites two sales pitches—one that emphasized a credit card’s features and another that also highlighted downsides that would normally only appear in the terms and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
the top U.S. business schools. A further challenge comes from the fact that companies in these industries have increasingly been promoting from within.14 In part, this is because technical work, such as View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
employed in a pilot test with the General Services Administration (GSA). Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino. “Most of my research projects are motivated by puzzles or strange patterns of behavior I see in the real world,” she says. Vendors who make View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
to explore methods that create a more fulfilling and productive employment experience for all. Business Development in a World That Never Stops Changing Senior Lecturer Frank Cespedes + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides Selling and View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
working parents and eldercare providers) or those interested in similar topics (baking or jigsaw puzzles) share information, recipes, items for sale or barter, and the like. Keep such forums tied to the organization’s identity and... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
client-centric approach. It intensified virtual interactions with customers, merged sales and customer service, and boosted integration of all databases, which had been spread across functions, into a single customer resource management... View Details
- 22 Jun 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation
Questions To Be Answered What's the best bonus program to boost sales productivity? Can companies inspire heroism in employees? Can employers promote moral behavior? Does money lead to creativity? What's The... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
Arthur A. Kent
Kent introduced the mass production of high quality receivers. By 1926, Kent had sold more than 1 million sets, with annual sales exceeding $60 million. He was renowned for his philanthropy interests, Atwater Kent Foundation and Atwater... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
Internet music piracy not only doesn't hurt legitimate CD sales, it may even boost sales of some types of music. Those were the counterintuitive findings released in March by Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and his... View Details
Harvey S. Firestone
By securing a large tire order from Henry Ford in 1906, and aggressively promoting his tires in automobile races, Firestone was able to grow his company’s sales from $100,000 in 1901 to $15 million in 1913,... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
John C. Bogle
Bogle is considered the pioneer of the Index Fund. Created in 1974, Bogle’s Vanguard Index 500 fund has become one of the best performers in the mutual fund marketplace. Though he was initially ridiculed for promoting indexing, Bogle’s... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Robert W. Woodruff
Resisting the pressure of other board members to diversify Coca-Cola through acquisition, Woodruff was committed to promoting the company’s core mission. In keeping with this vision, Woodruff solicited the genius of advertising great... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
vice president of the university's Black Alumni Association. Working at Procter & Gamble after graduation, he was promoted four times in four years, eventually becoming an award-winning corporate account executive. As a regional View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
Mills B. Lane, Jr.
Taking over the small southern bank after the death of his father, Lane went on to build it into one of the largest and most profitable banks in the Southeast. Lane shook up the staid banking community by employing a variety of marketing and View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Finance Club | MBA
Finance Club All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open to all matriculated HBS students and their registered partners. ---------... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Banking on Success
success: “It’s all about having the best systems, the best people, the best products, and the best risk controls,” he told Fortune (April 3, 2006). Since arriving at JPMorgan, Dimon has driven down costs, consolidated systems, and View Details
Keywords: Management
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1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection | Baker Library
sponsored by The National Alliance of Art and Industry and The Photographic Illustrators, Inc. The exhibition was held at Rockefeller Center, New York City, September 18-October 6, 1934, and at The Lake Side Press Galleries, November 1934. The intended purpose of the... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
governments to get citizens to do the right thing. Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity Forget management by walking around. Decreasing workplace transparency can increase worker productivity. Money and Quotas Motivate the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne