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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
leads to a 14% increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating on Yelp) but has no discernible impact for a 5-star restaurant (on a 1 to 5 star scale). Our analysis also highlights how digital data can be used to better... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
competitive edge. As one example of a winning strategy, Nolan cites Cisco Systems, a twelve-year-old company that makes routers for networks. In 1998, Cisco reached a market value exceeding $100 billion in record-breaking time. It did so,... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 24 Oct 2018
- News
Exploring the Future of Work for Women
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of India recently hosted its first conference devoted to exploring gender issues in the workplace of the future. The Future of Work: Accelerating Gender Parity Conference, held on September 21 in Mumbai, was an invitation-only... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Abridged)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and James Weber
Merrill Lynch, a full-service brokerage firm with $1.5 trillion in client assets, is under attack from both discount and electronic brokerage firms. It responds with Integrated Choice, a suite of products designed to capture clients, from the do-it-yourself investor... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and James Weber. "Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 301-081, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have identical preferences and investment opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
mortgage should continue as the backbone of the new system. It helps keep monthly payments low, and protects consumers from interest-rate volatility. Given the recent extreme economic stress, Uncle Sam must stand behind these mortgages in the secondary View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
away from petty, small disputes and think about embracing the broad idea of Europe writ large. That would help in the search for a sustainable solution to this agonizing, destabilizing, and never-ending Greek crisis. While notable View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in empowering the fight for health... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
market transformation in Sri Lanka. The YSP leadership team, comprising entirely of US-trained Sri Lankans, is united by a passion to support the country's post-conflict resurgence. While the investment banking View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- News
Bringing Education Back Home
a set of technical skills and, particularly, marketing leadership. We basically branded our story: Two Harvard grads coming back to our hometown, trying to build a better education system. That was our sales pitch. We took a business... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
which transparency can backfire. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55804 forthcoming PS: Political Science & Politics Informal Institutions and Survey Research in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq By:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in VCPE & Investing
perspective and concise coverage of key areas of ESG as it relates to private equity investors and asset managers. Climate Finance Markets and the Real Economy Report by the Global Financial Markets... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
Competition Corrupts Business Practices, suggests that many organizations in highly competitive markets are likely to bend the rules if doing so will keep their customers from leaving for a rival firm. "Competition is generally... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
identified in the education and skill system, labor market incentives and flexibility, the ability to translate R&D outcomes into economic value creation, and in preparing the economy for the new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2016
- News
Brenda Bence (MBA 1991)
connected through shared experiences.” After scoring high on an aptitude test, Bence was urged by coaches from the School’s Career & Professional Development team to pursue marketing and then to apply for a brand management position at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Books
Perspectives on Risk and Regulation: The FDA at 100 edited by Arthur Daemmrich and Joanna Radin (Chemical Heritage Foundation) In a period of rapid scientific and market changes, success in regulating food products, prescription drugs,... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
Journal of Labor Economics. Perhaps more than any other profession, we hold religious leaders above such base incentives as money. At the same time, it's the rare individual for whom money isn't at least part of a factor in the work they... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
looked for a solution to the lack of multilateral institutions to govern trade by creating GATT—the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—which later became the WTO. Reinert: One thing we keep relearning is that gains from trade do not... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
Not allowing establishment of private educational institutions on equal footing with public institutions. The best educational institutions in the world are private and I am proud to be a faculty in one of... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim