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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Clubs Click with New Web Services
in communicating with our constituents and in distributing information,” says Rena Clark (MBA ’90), the association’s vice president. “Our members are all over the world. We depend on the technology to help us meet our goals and stay... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
merchandise while sharing in the store's profits through an annually distributed rebate. Membership dues today are $1.00 per year, actually half of what they were in 1882. Despite an abiding respect for the Coop's storied past, Murphy... View Details
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
acting as a catalyst for the creation of these products by banks. Indeed, given the considerable fees involved, banks' business models are being reorientated away from the traditional structuring and holding of individual loans. Instead, the emphasis is now on... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
so few eyebrows. Comments from readers of this column suggest that marketing has, in practice, moved beyond the product development, promotion, pricing, and distribution activities that defined the field five decades ago. Alternatively,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
modern day requires distributed leadership and decision making. “The democratization of data is critical to creating an organization that is agile and can continuously learn,” Hill notes. But regional gatherings also highlighted issues... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
In addition to traditional wine distribution in the United States, Cuffe made deals with several US airlines to carry Heritage Link wines. "Our first contract created 200 jobs on the ground," Cuffe says proudly. "And ours was the first... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
organizational legitimacy and the kind of moral order we want to create as a society," Anteby explains. The same issues could help us come to grips with the murky legal and ethical areas surrounding the digital age, for example. "We can think of the View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
distributed today that it’s relatively easy to access them no matter where you’re located." In Thomas Kermorgant’s words, "Outstanding companies create the concepts that are then formalized and spread by gurus. Outstanding... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
knew were coming to us wanting to know how they could offer support, where they should donate, and how to make an impact, and we were wondering that ourselves,” said Kenneth. “To provide one answer, we decided to start a GoFundMe page that would View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
provided food—delivering food, distributing grocery cards, and setting up sites where people can pick up food. We’ve helped bridge the gap between paychecks. Partnering with the ICA Watershed, we are using their facility in East Boston... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
that reduced government procurement costs and streamlined distribution channels. “This was a turnaround situation,” Gibbons explains. “NIB had a declining top line and was operating in the red. We needed to shift from a monopolistic... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
radio station distribution and the roller coaster of trying to generate "Top 40" hits); and they acquired a 10 percent ownership stake in Island Records worth $30 million when the record company was acquired by PolyGram in 1989. U2 was... View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
only have tens of dollars a year to spend, that disposable income, multiplied several billion times over, represents significant purchasing power. With this realization have come some dramatic shifts in business thinking, sparking innovative experiments involving... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA
at an event may include: Distributing Literature HBS may designate certain areas, either indoors or outdoors, where this activity can occur in an orderly way. When indoors, distributing literature is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
trust enhances performance.” She cites two kinds of trust-building interaction among distributed colleagues. “Direct knowledge” is gained from visits to distant collaborators’ work sites, in-person contact with them, and observation of... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
take their place and the need for stocking or tidying up merchandise at store level doesn't exist. Without a store network, real estate costs are confined to a handful of distribution centers. Inventory aggregation at a few key points of... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
who are at the very top of the ability distribution (non-superstars), react positively to increased competition from superstars. For them, we find some evidence of increased effort and no increase in errors of logic, consistent with both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
Several managers praised this as an excellent idea, but it was never implemented. It was apparent that conflicts between the sales department and the distribution department were to blame—but no one was willing to confront the conflicts... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
opportunity to pull all of the pieces of distributed and clean energy together for customers into an individualized, integrated solution that makes sense for them." Dan McCready MBA 2011 | Funding Solar's Future "Solar isn’t just cleaner,... View Details