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09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

Podcast with: Richard TedlowInterviewer: James AisnerRunning Time: 29 min., 09 sec.Transcript My name is Jim Aisner and I am Director of Media Relations at Harvard Business School. This is the first in a series of podcasts for the school's Working Knowledge View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

current "Great Recession"—PACCAR has maintained a price premium and outperformed the S&P 500 by several orders of magnitude. One practice among others that sustains this performance: PACCAR provides a 26-page white paper on its View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

717-016 Generali: Paving the Way for CEE Expansion Generali was one of Italy’s largest companies and one of Europe’s largest insurers and had for decades been at the center of the web of cross-shareholding that has characterized the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612045-PDF-ENG Recorded Future: Searching the Web for Alpha Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-057 Recorded Future was a software company that aimed to aggregate the information... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

something, another requirement emerges: the cost of communication must be low enough so that various users can collaborate in an effective way. That is where the Internet comes in. With the web cutting down on both the cost of information... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

quickly became a pop culture phenomenon, talked about on popular television programs such as Oprah and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and paid mock tribute to on web sites such as YouTube, where hundreds of video parodies could be found.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

http://www.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book233089& Suspended in Self-Spun Webs of Significance: A Rhetorical Model of Institutionalization and Institutionally Embedded Agency Authors:Sandy Edward Green, Yuan Li, and Nitin... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

administrators, and students," he notes. Toward that end, Dobron and SA Technology Committee chair Judy Stahl (MBA '96) helped put into place the School's new information technology platform, which included establishing a site on the World Wide View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

New Horizons for Iraq

Base, Afghanistan, September 2003 to January 2004. Ennis C. (“Jim”) Whitehead III (MBA ’82) Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserve Assigned in 2003 responsibility for ports in Kuwait and convoys carrying equipment and supplies to units in Iraq. Above listings are... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

April 2019
Case

Afterpay U.S.: The Omnichannel Dilemma

By: Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and George Gonzalez

In 2018, Nick Molnar, the founder of the Australia-based online payment service Afterpay began its expansion to the U.S. market. The service had gained a loyal following in Australia by enabling customers to pay for online purchases through four interest-free... View Details

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01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

insurgent's clear mission and purpose, an unambiguous owner mindset, and a relentless obsession with the front line) can resolve the predictable crises of growth. Scalability Rules: Principles for Scaling Web Sites by Martin L. Abbott... View Details

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Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty It's academic. (Not!) Redefining Success: Women & Work. Complete Table of Contents December 2001 September 11: A Community Reflects Reaching Out Steven Rogers A Better Chance Q&A: John... View Details

September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details

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