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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
More Newsmakers
Each week, the new Alumni website features stories about HBS alumni, in addition to those that appear in the Bulletin. Recent alumni profiled include Tope Lawani (MBA 1995/JD 1996), Carter Roberts (MBA 1988), Will Rogers (MBA 1985), and Fran Seegull (MBA 1998). For... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Effective Leadership and Decision-Making
In feature articles in the September issue of Harvard Business Review, three HBS professors offered useful ideas about leadership and decision-making. In "What You Don't Know about Making Decisions," Professor David Garvin and Assistant Professor Michael Roberto... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Driven
In Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices, HBS professor emeritus Paul Lawrence and professor Nitin Nohria explore one of the most basic questions of human behavior: What motivates us to act the way we do? Drawing on theories of evolutionary biology and social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Classics Enterprise
Robert Strassler (MBA ’61), a self-described “scholar without credentials,” worked for seven years on his own dime to produce an unlikely 1996 bestseller: The Landmark Thucydides, a reader-friendly version of the Greek philosopher’s famously dense and convoluted... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Capital: The Story of Long-Term Investment Excellence by Charles D. Ellis (MBA 1963) (Wiley) Ellis’s latest book takes an inside look at The Capital Group Companies, revealing the people, practices, and values that have brought this firm consistent success. Manager’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Straight Talk on Investing coauthored by John J. (“Jack”) Brennan (MBA ’80) (John Wiley & Sons) Brennan, chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group, provides a hands-on, straight-forward guide to investing. Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest by Linda Carlson (MBA ’80)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
How to Grow When Markets Don't by Adrian Slywotzky (MBA '80) and Richard Wise (Warner Books) Slywotzky brings his expertise in global strategy consulting to his sixth book, which examines the difficulties of sustainable growth and offers insights on what companies can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Gompers, Merton Honored
The 2002 Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research, offered by the Rodney L. White Center at The Wharton School, has gone to Professor Paul A. Gompers and coauthors Joy Ishii and Andrew Metrick for their paper “Corporate Governance and Equity Prices.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
In the early 1970s, as Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) graduated from HBS, Islam was flexing both religious and political muscles that had long been dormant. It came to a head with Iran’s 1979 revolution, an uprising against the ruling political elite and Western-inspired... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
art of the deal, replicated the Hazleton model, acquiring twenty companies and amalgamating the industry to create a global capability for the world's pharmaceutical makers. In 1987, with the industry for... View Details
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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library
early underwriting ventures. J. P. Morgan and other established banks that had a hold on heavy industries like steel and railroads were reluctant to invest in riskier emerging fields such as retail—leaving an opening for smaller family... View Details
- June 1998 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Microsoft CarPoint
CarPoint.com was Microsoft's Web-based entry into on-line automobile retailing. While it could not, in fact, "sell" or deliver any cars, it could shift much of consumer search, comparison, and decision-making, including pricing, the traditional car dealer to the Web.... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Service Operations; Market Entry and Exit; Consumer Behavior; Auto Industry; Auto Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Avnish S. Bajaj, Steffan Haithcox, and Michael V. Kadyan. "Microsoft CarPoint." Harvard Business School Case 898-280, June 1998. (Revised August 2000.)
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
publisher of Harvard Business School's NewBusiness, recently sat down with Tripsas to learn more about her research. Michael J. Roberts: How would you define the territory your work covers? Mary Tripsas: Essentially I look at the creation... View Details
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
Straughn-Turner learned a great deal, and was eager to continue his education. Applying to business school felt like the natural next step for this lifelong learner, and an ideal way to pivot into another industry he was drawn to – real... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Avon.com (A)
Avon has always sold its products through a large independent direct-selling organization. However, it is now considering whether it should sell directly to the consumer. The company's independent representatives number 500,000 in the United States alone. Yet, there... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Salesforce Management; Marketing Channels; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Godes, David B. "Avon.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 503-016, July 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Masculinities and the International Journal of Advertising, and his forthcoming book Refashioning Masculinity: Men and Fashion in the Digital Age will be published by the University of Chicago Press. Before his academic career, Ben... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Alumni Books Gretel II Disqualified: The Untold Inside Story of a Famous America's Cup Incident by B. Devereux Barker III (PMD 23, 1972) and John N. Fiske Jr. (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Centered Leadership: Leading with... View Details
- July 2000 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Petstore.com
Petstore.com is one of four contenders for leadership in the highly competitive online pet supply business. Petstore.com faces decisions regarding potential merger partners and how to brand its service within the website managed by its ultimate merger partner,... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Internet and the Web; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Petstore.com." Harvard Business School Case 801-044, July 2000. (Revised October 2000.)
- October 2002 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
KnowledgeNet (A)
By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind
Describes the internal reporting package for a rapidly growing company in the e-learning industry. Management must analyze the data in the package and decide what actions to take. They must also decide what to communicate to the board of directors. Contains a... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Growth Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Improvement; Performance Evaluation; Education Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Elizabeth Kind. "KnowledgeNet (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-034, October 2002. (Revised June 2006.)