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- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
names: Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, and many others. All that said, it is simply irresponsible for us to tell students, managers, investors, or inventors to just go out and be entrepreneurial. As we are well aware,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Squeeze Play
would make him a learned man indeed. It seems LaMagna never met an offbeat scheme (drive-ins as discos) or gadget (square lasagna pans the length of lasagna noodles) that he didn’t like or want to turn into... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
Hoffman-Senn. The founders have questions about a leap like this: How would they adapt to the sales cycles? How or when would larger clients affect their staffing structure and self-service platform? Are these worries even warranted?... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
at the current financial crisis in hopes of solving it? I draw a parallel between the natural world and the financial world in the concluding part of the book and sketch out a rough evolutionary theory of finance. And the bottom line is... View Details
- Profile
Kristen Jones
performance and direction skills to retail, first at Sears then at DrJays.com, where she became the designated “women’s buyer.” “Most of the time,” Kristen says, “merchandisers become expert in one particular product, like handbags or... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
the first or worst financial challenge the technology giant has faced. In 1997, the company suffered a near-death experience that caused it to completely reimagine itself. The result was a new line of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
this year, of the millions of cars being churned out in factories all around the world, one of them, unknown and unremarked, will roll off an assembly line and take its place in history. Basking under the hot lights of a showroom, View Details
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
the responsibility elsewhere so they have more time for their passions, whether that’s their careers, hobbies, or travel. Despite the big differences in operations, the investment strategy Wealthfront... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
Are big banks using bankruptcy as a bullying tactic? A recent report by the American Bankruptcy Institute suggested that a longtime—and increasingly popular—mechanism in the US code that allows for expedited, less-democratic asset sales... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler (MBA 1971)
What New York City attraction brings in more tourists each year than the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty? Why, it's FAO Schwarz, the famous toy store, of course. It's not hard to understand the draw. The flagship emporium... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
situations—gives them energy and motivation to fill out housing applications or job applications that they simply didn’t have before.” What does your role at ArtLifting involve? “A little bit of everything! As COO, my job is to work... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010)
Video Embed Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010) grew up in kitchens, first at the elbow of his mother ("a great cook, a schoolteacher, always happy to show me some stuff") and then, in high school and college, as a line cook in restaurants all over... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
tinge of regret and surprise in his voice. “I’ve definitely noticed it getting smaller.” Even in the Rocky Mountains, global warming takes a toll. Kim recites the names of mountains at or near the divide, while Coup knows their elevations... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding professional purpose: Building an impactful career that reflects your values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services, telecommunications, and consumer products. It was during a product line analysis for a pet... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
enormous strain on the 1.2 billion people living on a dollar a day or less. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and relief agencies are on the front lines of this global crisis, distributing food and other... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
big difference now? After all, IT has been inside most organizations, especially big ones, for well over a generation. And while it is true that IT investments have been skyrocketing recently, they've been... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
this year, of the millions of cars being churned out in factories all around the world, one of them, unknown and unremarked, will roll off an assembly line and take its place in history. Basking under the hot lights of a showroom, View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
play. It wasn’t clear if, or how, a movie would ever fit into this point of view. When Lin first approached Lego, the company hedged, asking him to consider working on a specific play theme like Lego’s robot View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
undergraduate background with limited exposure to business, I began my career as an Associate Consultant at one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services, business services,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
Every company needs a strategy—a forward-looking plan for the future—and every company needs to keep that bottom line growing through sales. But all too often, the folks devising the grand plan and the folks sealing the deals are not on... View Details