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01 Sep 2020
News

Giving Amazon the Boot

but this is partly based on the categories they play in, not just the fact that they are [direct to consumer],” says Amed. At a time when much of the fashion industry has suffered, Amed points to the success of LA-based Entireworld, known... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Apr 1997
News

Manager's Notebook

customer information. But now, conveniences such as Web browsers and "smart cards" (which today are used to store electronic money in several European markets and, in the future, could record an individual's daily transaction information) are shifting the balance of... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

computer industries, in which interfirm and international rivalries are intense. The other three consortia - Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Gas Research Institute (GRI), and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) - draw their... View Details

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

tools used in specific situations, the same strong principle is at work: People cannot hide information or duck responsibility. The chance to be part of a winning team is a powerful motivator, and only those... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

professor Nancy Koehn, pointing out that women played key roles in the early American economy through the development of cottage industries and in the organization and work of benevolent societies. The exhibit does a wonderful job in... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

January 2010 (Revised March 2011)
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Ben Bernanke: Person of the Year?

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Matthew C. Weinzierl

In response to the economic and financial crisis of 2008–2009, the Federal Reserve greatly expanded the scale and scope of its activities. Though lauded by many experts for its actions, the Fed and its chairman, Ben Bernanke, faced harsh criticism from some public... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Central Banking; Governance Controls; Policy; Crisis Management; Power and Influence; Public Administration Industry; United States

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05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

not just because it’s ‘free.’ You’ve left completely unaddressed the key point that many, many companies use other MS products, particularly Outlook/Exchange email, and that using Teams simplifies the IT and business management of companies’ View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

31 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom

marketing and psychology. Moon is a recipient of the HBS Student Association Award for teaching excellence and has twice received a Hellman Faculty Fellowship, presented annually to a junior faculty member for outstanding research. Gary Emmons: Are there View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

21 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Consumer Products

do the work to find those companies and help them grow.” A Dynamic Industry Needs Dynamic Recruiting Consumer Products is a dynamic and ever changing industry that attracts students who relate to, and are... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

one of America's best-managed companies. By the 1990s, GE's Appliance and Lighting businesses required careful attention to costs given mature industries and highly unionized labor forces. Its Aircraft Engines, View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

across business, finance, tech, entrepreneurship, and policy joined panels spanning an array of topics from energy policy and circular economy to breakthrough innovations and investing. Industry expert Ted Wiley, Co-Founder, President,... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

The Way You See It

company he started has been in business less than 25 years. That's a relative blink of an eye compared with some of the enduring Fortune 500 powerhouses that can trace their roots back to the turn of the century - firms that helped make this the prosperous and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

17 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities

several major financial journals as well as two books, Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists and Fault Lines: How Hidden Cracks Still Threaten the World Economy. Indeed, India is in the midst of a financial losing streak, and industry... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Once in a Lifetime Opportunities In 2011, at 26 years of age, Kasia Stochniol (MBA 2014) packed her bags and moved to Nairobi, Kenya. After previous professional experience as a consultant, she joined the early team at M-KOPA, a social enterprise that today is bringing... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA

Gene Markowski Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Richard Kondo Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Blending military leadership and private View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; National Security and International Affairs; Government

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2022

During the Venture Capital (VC) and Entrepreneurship session, speakers from Equilibrium, Unreasonable Group, Lowercarbon Capital, and Project Canary touched on the importance of systems change and tackling climate from multiple angles. For example, the panel... View Details

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

fashion e-commerce company, Peach. It’s also a challenge to an industry where a company’s potential is often predicted based on its similarity to other successful ventures, most often led by CEOs who look a whole lot like Mark Zuckerberg.... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Aug 2014
News

With No Time to Lose

Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials (PRO-ACT) database, which was developed by Prize4Life together with Massachusetts General Hospital. Independent of the prize, PROACT is a powerful tool for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2004
News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

taught by Professor Ross Graham Walker and others, a company’s numbers had value far beyond mere record-keeping. Statistical data could instead be used proactively as a general management tool for analyzing an organization’s production... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

where some industries were centralized, has developed a powerful private sector that "seems well positioned for an entrepreneurial outburst." Vietnam, where all View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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