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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: National Markets National Markets Advertising Products Trade Catalogs... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use product complexity to cater to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
ecosystem. It charges users only a moderate fee to coordinate their trading activities. Incentives such as the PowerSeller label reinforce standards for sellers that benefit the entire ecosystem. These performance standards also delegate... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
should," says Harvard Business School professor Ananth Raman. Their influence is akin to the danger of drivers rubbernecking at the scene of a highway accident. In the days after 9/11, says Raman, the retailing executives with whom... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
welcome counterpoint to the largely hidden involvement of corporate leaders in shaping policy through the hundreds of millions of dollars they direct to Super PACs, trade associations, and think tanks to promote liberal and conservative... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
And that percolates back to retail investors, as well. But at the same time, the entrepreneurs who are still out there swinging are getting a lot done and creating a lot of value. And remember: not all crypto products are purely... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
the training grounds for the Evolve Fight Team, an elite group of nearly three dozen professional fighters. (Alongside ONE FC and Evolve, other ventures include Evolve University, the largest online site for training in martial arts, as well as Evolve Fight Gear, an... View Details
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Casey Gerald
book of second-year EC colleagues. When he wanted to know more about consumer goods in Asia, he found an expert on retailing in Japan through the Retail & Luxury Goods Club. “Second,” says Casey, “HBS is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
moment, the model for Barnes & Noble, a venerable but struggling small chain, which that year sold its single remaining location on Fifth Avenue in New York to a bookseller named Leonard Riggio. But the retail landscape was already... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
consumer brands that rely on traditional retailing for the bulk of their sales—have already been demonstrably affected. So will industries that revolve around large gatherings, such as many forms of popular entertainment—sports, cinema,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
Module 4 Markets Apply market principles to analyze industries in which no traditional market functions. Highlights The Concept of Market Equilibrium Internet versus Traditional Retail Prediction Markets Show Hide Details Concepts Market... View Details
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Rocio Parra
speakers, reinforced my choice to enter a career in marketing. I explored different career paths, such as returning to strategy consulting, entering the luxury goods or retail spaces. However, I learned that many executives in other... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
news network, or on their own. The cognitive referents traded the additional publicity that a big public debut offered for tighter control over their timeline and for having a meaningful message that would resonate with customers. Not all... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
those in B2C industries: $65,800 versus $38,800. In fact, the highest paying jobs are not in companies that are making parts, but in those providing supply chain traded services, where average wages are $83,500. That fact is ordinarily... View Details
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Harvard Business School
Accenture). He became a partner in 1976, specializing in the development of financial control and operating systems in retail and banking industries. In 1985, Gates began to develop commercial and residential real estate. His first... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
with beating Microsoft. His battle was futile. He left the company as Novell began a long downward slide. The fighter pilot mentality of several U.S. airlines led to a price war in which billions of dollars were lost. Even in small protected niche markets such as View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
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Fereshteh Zeineddin
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? I was at a point in my career when I wanted to transition into brand management. I knew that to become a great brand manager, I needed to gain a better understanding of all aspects of business. A general management MBA... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
framework” Pharmacists would pressure manufacturers to enforce fair trade sales contracts that followed set price schedules and service guarantees. In turn, retailers would police one another and report... View Details
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Tiffany Niver
Why was earning an MBA at HBS important to you? I went to a liberal arts college and felt I needed to round out my skills and obtain specific areas of knowledge in business. I also believe that the MBA is an important credential, particularly for women, and foresee it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
debt. Enan, then 24 years old, leapt at the chance to work for Youssef Boutros-Ghali, an MIT-educated economist and advocate for trade liberalization who worked to reform Egypt’s social security and pension systems, among other... View Details