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- 01 Dec 2003
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Spreading the Words
that it offered a fast, low-cost way to distribute his handiwork. With guidance from his wife, Jan, who retired from teaching in 2002, Cook built a virtual Vocabulary University: www.vocabulary.com. A whimsical faculty of cartoon... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
Diagnostics Division's operations in East Africa, noted, "We don't even have set policies on testing for HIV." We can donate drugs. But if there is no infrastructure to distribute those drugs, we can't do any good.— Ngozi... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
employee engagement and wealth creation. This analysis reveals critical insights for business leaders seeking to address workforce disengagement while creating more equitable wealth distribution models. Play Video duration: 1:07 Beyond... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
Like so many dot-com businesses these days, the Internet travel industry is, well, taking off. Among the e-travel elite are Travelocity.com, known for the depth of its travel content and bolstered by distribution relationships with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
for 10 years, taking over as CEO in 2011. Match has a three-pronged approach: it runs a system of six public charter schools, manages its own master's degree-granting graduate school of education, and operates a publishing arm that View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
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Show Time
be represented at the gala. One of this year’s nominees for Best Picture, Winter’s Bone, and Biutiful, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, are both distributed by Roadside Attractions, cofounded by Eric D’Arbeloff (MBA ’93). A... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
domestic firms. We investigate the roles of the two different mechanisms in determining the aggregate productivity gains by exploring their distinct predictions on the distributions of domestic firms: within-firm productivity improvement... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
to behave in one of two ways. Some people prefer distributions that are more beneficial to themselves—“pro-selfs”—and some prefer distributions that are equal to or maybe even more beneficial to the other... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights
with 33.6 percent in fiscal 2021. The value of the School’s endowment (after the net impact of distributions from the endowment and the addition of new gifts) decreased to $5.1 billion, from $5.3 billion a year earlier. Capital... View Details
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Charitable Lead Trust - Alumni
distribution to your heirs Expert management services provided by Harvard at no cost to you Accelerated charitable income tax deduction in some circumstances Membership in the John C. Whitehead Society How it Works You can create a trust... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
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World Economic Forum
'64), which was attended by more than seventy alumni and friends. Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who wrote the lead article in the World Economic Forum's World Link magazine, which was distributed at the conference, was a panelist on a... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
were conducted during the lockdown last year in Tamil Nadu and real-time implementation of the drones delivering COVID-19 vaccines looks promising.” JANUARY 11 Ten years ago, Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) founded Hope and Comfort, a nonprofit that collects and View Details
- 21 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 21, 2007
do with an East Coast distribution center that is losing money but may be useful strategically. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807061 Prosper Marketplace, Inc. Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Competition of Countries
periods of time. They must manage political stability. And they must manage equitable distribution of income. Q: What research do you have planned next? A: Having just published a case text on competing countries, I am about to start a... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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Introduction - The Response - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
mayonnaise; from the production of bulk cheese to the international distribution of “air-tight, dust-proofed, sanitary packages.” The U.S. Steel Corporation provided a series of oversized prints of Carnegie Steel by Russell Aikins. The... View Details
- September 2024
- Supplement
Anker Innovations (B)
By: Feng Zhu, Jiangyong Lu and Nancy Hua Dai
An Amazon-native brand, Anker is the world’s No. 1 mobile charging brand and a leading consumer electronics company. Over the years, Anker developed an effective model of proving new products online first by leveraging customer insights from its proprietary Voice of... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Product; Distribution; Product Launch; Business Model; Electronics Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Zhu, Feng, Jiangyong Lu, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Anker Innovations (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 625-058, September 2024.
- June 2010
- Case
FoldRite Furniture Company: Planning to Meet a Surge in Demand
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Afarin Bellisario
Demand for folding and stackable chairs and tables at FoldRite Furniture Co. is unexpectedly strong. The company spent the previous two years improving manufacturing quality and efficiency, dropping poor-performing product lines, developing new products that are... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Production Capacity; Production Scheduling; Risk Management; Growth Management; Production; Logistics; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Afarin Bellisario. "FoldRite Furniture Company: Planning to Meet a Surge in Demand." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-555, June 2010.
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Clarissa Quintanilla
campus. After graduation, she worked at Edward Jones “because I was interested in its community-based distribution system.” After two years with the company (working in its Rotational Development Program and in marketing), she married her... View Details
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Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies &... View Details
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Using the Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
duplication services. All requests are subject to review by the reference staff. Staff may recommend or require professional photographic reproduction as an alternative to copying materials to protect the collections. Images for publication or View Details