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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
members of the Fed pay attention to media speculation? How do they deal with a situation where the speculation is going in the wrong direction and will likely result in a “surprise” to the markets when announced? Would they prefer to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
without selling the company. More on that later. Going light on the environment in the manufacturing process was a big deal to Kim and Coup, too. Their ultra-light philosophy and eco-friendly mindset drive every GoLite idea and product:... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
that the business of oil exploration is more capital intensive than people intensive. "But those we do have are given a great deal of financial responsibility." James Hackett of Ocean Energy does see a few advantages for smaller companies... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
fierce business competition, your bargaining endowment can spell the difference between closing the deal and being shut out. A healthy bargaining endowment explains how Darren Rovell won a job on national television while other journalism... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- Profile
Zihan Lin
deliberate. "We made concessions to get the deal done so that we could learn from it. Without business acumen, you'll never get a product off the R&D shelf and into doctors' hands to benefit the patients who need it."... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
partnerships, values-driven leadership, fi duciary duties, and the blurring of lines between government and business. Three cases focus on issues encountered by Unilever—one of which examines how the multinational conglomerate deals with... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Barbara Bry: Business is Blooming
installed in over 215,000 hotel rooms.) ATCOM was acquired by CAIS Internet in 1999 in a deal valued at $85 million. A stint as COO of OKbridge, the largest bridge club on the Internet, further whetted Bry's appetite for Internet... View Details
- January 2008
- Supplement
Joe Bachelder: Reflections
By: Brian Hall and James K. Sebenius
After Charles Suarez's failed compensation negotiations with Victor, Suarez's attorney, Joe Batchelder, joined class discussions of the case in a course taught by Professor Brian Hall. Professor James Sebenius also interviewed Joe Bachelder at length on this case and... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
participants are generally concerned with questions such as: How do I improve quality in my service operation? How do I make my organization become more innovative? What should we do about the Internet? How do we deal with globalization?... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
Amazon.com is taking an interesting approach to its birthday this year. The company is throwing itself a party where all its Prime customers get the gifts. Amazon Prime Day is slated for July 15th, "a one-day shopping event with more View Details
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. The survey first examines the magnitude of immigration as an economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of immigrant workers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
occasional cases, to be brought in to close a major sale. The hero salesman does not usually make a good general manager or CEO. Second, no CEO—especially one with a marketing background—should spend time with customers as a way of avoiding View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Profile
Raymond Hwang
Why spine surgery? “Spine surgery has an appealing and somewhat unique set of characteristics. There is a great deal we have yet to understand about spine-related disorders, making the practice and research of spine care both challenging... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up
partnerships are key for BaubleBar now, as were the pop up stores the past couple years. Anthropologie now carries BaubleBar pieces, and the partnership is off to a great start given the customer fit. Other deals are in the works, and the... View Details
- 17 Feb 2016
- News
The Power of Art
in San Francisco. ArtLifting’s chief operating officer Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015) told the Times that the company is gearing up for dramatic growth: “We have the funding right now, but it isn’t going to be here forever This is a critical year to grow sales, and we’re... View Details
- November 2010
- Supplement
Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Spreadsheet Supplement for 211020. View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
protagonists in a case was an important part of the pedagogy. The third element is the belief that entrepreneurial management is not simply inspiration: There's a lot of perspiration—you actually have to run the numbers. You learn to tell a bad View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
Personality? Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement Million-dollar endorsement deals were made and broken by how baseball players on the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies performed in the 2007 World Series. HBS professor... View Details
- 16 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando
approach that the taskforce took to deal with the challenge, as diversity discussions can easily become very subjective and opinion-based. 2. Customer Care (CuCa) Experience Training One of Zalando’s core values is “customer obsession”.... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail