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Jan Petzel
porters do is incredibly hard. The average load is 60 pounds per person. They often sleep outside or on benches in communal rooms," says Petzel. "As the tragic events on Everest have demonstrated, it is paramount for us to... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
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Selling to Many Countries Within the U.S.
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Wong
In pursuing growth, many companies have plans to sell to emerging markets like the so-called B-R-I-C nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China), but they overlook significant ethnic markets within the United States. For example, the combined African-American and Hispanic... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Ethnicity; Sales; Business Growth and Maturation; Marketing Communications; Business Plan; Emerging Markets; Debates; Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Michael Wong. "Selling to Many Countries Within the U.S." MIT Sloan Management Review 52, no. 1 (Fall 2010).
- February 2011
- Teaching Note
Porsche: The Cayenne Launch (TN)
By: John Deighton and Jill Avery
Teaching Note for 511-068. View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
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Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
parties) have issued executive orders requiring federal agencies to use environmentally preferable products and services whenever possible, as has the European Commission. These procurement policies are specifically aimed to "spur private sector View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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From observers to active participants in the global economy
reduce poverty through economic growth, and it’s been very effective,” says Bloom. The US agency, now with an annual budget of about $900 million, has committed more than $10 billion to projects in developing countries that meet a variety... View Details
- 13 May 2015
- Blog Post
Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive
direction of companies facing critical issues in the case method. This motivated me to aim for a consulting internship. I chose to work in a frontier market, as the stage of development of businesses there gave me a good chance of being... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
things happen to people and they are forced to live off of food stamps or go to soup kitchens and food pantries to get their meals," she says. The New Jersey native recalled that her own earliest altruistic efforts—performing Gilbert and Sullivan musicals at nursing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
McKinsey & Company. Faith currently serves as the site’s content manager. Last year, sectionmate Melissa Hayes, with MillerCoors, joined as a partner. Darren’s dream is to profitably grow AbilityTrip into a major online community serving... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
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Making products that change the world
As the CEO of Corning, Wendell Weeks (MBA 1987) is developing products that will have a positive impact on the world and leading the company to serve the local community. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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Winter Break Just Got Educational
experiences and perhaps even combine them with courses and offer academic credit.” The China Immersion, January 2–13, took sixty-five students to Beijing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Sanya, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, where the group experienced firsthand the economic, political,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll
partner with NGOs like CARE International and Fauna & Flora International. We’ve moved from a paternalistic to a participatory approach to community development and social investment. Despite those efforts,... View Details
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Lindsay Ullman
her companies. But a better portion of her inspiration arose from her Authentic Leadership Development class. "It helps you understand what motivates you, what inspires you personally and professionally. I discovered that many of my... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- March–April 2020
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Avoid the Pitfalls of A/B Testing
By: Iavor I. Bojinov, Guillaume Sait-Jacques and Martin Tingley
Online experiments measuring whether “A,” usually the current approach, is inferior to “B,” a proposed improvement, have become integral to the product-development cycle, especially at digital enterprises. But often firms make serious mistakes in conducting these... View Details
Keywords: A/B Testing; Experiment Design; Social Networks; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Measurement and Metrics; Social Media
Bojinov, Iavor I., Guillaume Sait-Jacques, and Martin Tingley. "Avoid the Pitfalls of A/B Testing." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 48–53.
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Heroines and Helping Hands
WuDunn Photo Courtesy Sheryl WuDunn Girls matter — we take that for granted here in the developed nations, and we all expect our daughters, sisters, and wives to make a difference in the world. But take a moment to think about another... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
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Turning Disorder into Opportunity
passing over it of the loyalty to country and alma mater and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs. In that spirit, Fieldhouse, the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Keys to the Kingdom
RHEA, WITH FRIENDS: Bringing financial skills from the private sector to public housing. Who’s the Big Apple’s biggest landlord? That would be John Rhea (MBA ’92), who oversees 178,000 apartments in 2,600 buildings at 340 complexes, according to the New York Times (May... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Street Smarts
The next time you get to work on time or find a parking spot with ease, you may have Bryan Mistele (MBA 1995) to thank. Since 2005, his company, INRIX, has been working to cure one of modern society’s biggest headaches—traffic congestion. The “connected car” is the... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
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A Leader’s Call to Action
Barbara Nick (AMP 165, 2003) has spent more than 30 years in the gas and electric industry, honing her skills to become an award-winning leader in business and in her community. She knew her success was due in part to other leaders—the people who gave her... View Details
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Robert Leke
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to become a successful manager in... View Details