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- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
Exploring new opportunities at HBS
Clubs are just starting to get underway, and I’m excited to get involved in lots of them and start attending events. I’m also hoping to study a wide range of companies, industries, and business problems in my time here. I’m not looking to... View Details
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Company databases: which database to choose? | Baker Library
equity research, company profiles, histories, etc. Bloomberg Availability: In-Library for Authorized Baker Visitors* Strengths/Unique Features: Comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from equity and fixed income markets, and public and private companies.... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
on consumers, platform managers, and policymakers. Martha Lagace: What piqued your interest in this research? Chiara Farronato: I study market design choices of online platforms from eBay to Airbnb. Online platforms help match many... View Details
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
effects of competition have an advantage within their markets, says Alexander J. MacKay, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the study Consumer Inertia and Market Power with Marc... View Details
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Compustat | Baker Library
Compustat Comprehensive financial databases by Standard & Poor's, containing price data for publicly traded companies, market information on important banks in the United States, and a wide range of technical data. Read More Compustat... View Details
Jacob H. Schiff
Originally trained in brokerage under his father’s tutelage, Schiff joined Kuhn, Loeb and Company at a time when the firm was seeking to exit the shadow of JP Morgan. Under Schiff’s leadership, Kuhn, Loeb and Company was able to rival JP... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
Many of us learned at an early age the expression caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware. The phrase conjured up an image of a roiling, rollicking market that consumers best entered equipped for battle and prepared for disappointment—or... View Details
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Rachel Honeth
television station in South Bend, Indiana. But while pursuing her undergraduate degree at Northwestern, she discovered that, "I was interested in the marketing and advertising aspect of sports rather than television." After... View Details
- 03 Apr 2016
- News
The Tampon of the Future
Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Is it possible to draw blood from a person without causing discomfort? That question has puzzled scientists for years. And the solution—for women, at least—finally is coming to market as... View Details
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Ian Naccarella
Ian has experience in the Climate Tech space from a variety of roles, including time spent at Sila Nanotechnologies (a battery startup), SE Ventures (VC), and at BCG in the Climate and Sustainability practice area. He also spent the... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- News
Building an Online Swap Shop
Reinhart: Deriving success in derivative markets. thredUP, a children’s clothing swap Web site cofounded by HBS classmates James Reinhart and Chris Homer (MBA ’09), expanded into toys last fall, just in time for the holidays. Shoppers had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller
James Andrew Miller (MBA 1988) James Andrew Miller (MBA 1988) James Andrew Miller (MBA 1988) wrote his first bestselling book before coming to HBS: Running in Place, a behind-the-scenes look at the function—or dysfunction—of the US Senate based on his View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
New Magazine Makes Its Mark
Phillips and Nelson: Book reviews are their business. Courtesy Allison Nelson and Jon Phillips Three years after launching Bookmarks magazine, a bimonthly guide to new books, Allison Nelson and Jon Phillips (both MBA ’95) are still refining their View Details
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
corresponded with the stock market peaks such as in the late 1990s and 2006-2007, with dips during recessions in the early 1990s and 2001. What influenced M&A in different time periods during spikes and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
existing consumers, and their market conditions, were as similar as possible, we compared repurchase rates between consumers who started buying online right before the pandemic (between January 1 and March 14) and those who started buying... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
which actions support progress—such as setting clear goals, providing sufficient time and resources, and offering recognition—and which have the opposite effect. Even small wins can boost inner work life tremendously. On the flip side,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
dollars have been deployed with little effect. "I think if in all our business lives we throw a trillion dollars at something and we still lose market share, it's probably time to think about whether... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
stirred in the country’s public opinion. Financial markets and bookmakers seem to indicate that Remain is the more likely outcome, but the very last poll of polls by the Financial Times pointed to a chilling... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
interesting challenge, because you have a limited amount of time to build the brand. Then it disappears. We had to develop a marketing plan that was all-encompassing, but that still got the right information... View Details