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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
uniforms, sunscreen, insecticides, and nutritious compact food, including the infamous K rations. In one confidential project, Doriot oversaw the invention of Doron, lightweight plastic armor that was named in his honor. For his achievements, Doriot was View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
care, access will become more difficult, and existing suppliers will raise their prices.” With her years of work on consumer-driven health care, Herzlinger argues that no reform can succeed unless it centers on the consumer’s needs and concerns. She has been... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
"Our Web site is a promotional and educational tool," says Deborah Winshel of the Met's extremely comprehensive site. "We're hoping that it will entice people to come here, but it is not a substitute." She notes that the Met uses... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
science/learning, metrics, structured interventions, open communication, and promoting culture change at the work unit, leader, and organization level. Conclusions and Relevance: Understanding the business case to reduce burnout and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016
"the right environment" to promote accountability and head off future disasters. The corporate leaders we have interviewed say that culture isn't something you "fix." Rather cultural change is what you get after you've... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
companies touted cleanliness as good for health and success, but also for beauty. Hair washing, long unfashionable, was also a 20th-century phenomenon. This 1905 German advertisement promotes one of the first shampoos. Image Courtesy... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
need to go into this," Thomke says. He prefers not to reveal the final price settled on by the company, in order to promote a more lively discussion during class. Let’s just say it’s expensive. While Thomke’s case study is ostensibly... View Details
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
address this inherent bias problem by enacting strict and scientific hiring mechanisms. For instance, rather than vetting possible hires via job interviews, Los Andes both hired and promoted its employees almost solely on the basis of how... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
city into a thriving entrepreneurial environment. “Mayor Bloomberg has been a great champion of the startup community,” said Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker. “He used his bully pulpit to promote the New York-startup scene... View Details
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The Photographic Illustrators, Inc. sponsored the exhibit to promote an importance of design in commerce and industry, demonstrate that beauty and sales values were complimentary to civilization, and to emphasize a trend toward a national... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
a number of cities to promote My Vast Fortune, which has received rave reviews from readers. Says one, music industry mogul David Geffen, "If you don't think finance, politics, or real estate can be funny, read Andy's book." View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
"Today's students have a more pragmatic perspective. They don't merely focus on the theory of the case, and they tend to promote more global considerations." Because his students demand substantial real-world relevance alongside theory,... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
rejected. As a result, he resigned from the board of the organization he had founded to promote the sport that he loved. Today, Swearengin, an attorney who for 14 years has represented companies facing class action litigation and... View Details
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
Library (NYPL) and the education initiative accelerator America Achieves, and he currently serves as president and CEO of Education Development Center (EDC), a nonprofit based in Waltham, Mass., that for more than 60 years has developed programs to improve education,... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
Manager for three years. His next step was back into the corporate world to provide stability for his growing family. “I joined SAP and was promoted seven times in ten years eventually leading the entire Latin American team,” Dzodan said.... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Publications 2013 pub Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World By: Ashraf, Nava Abstract—Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
chicken and value-added chicken products in Pakistan. This position has been built through a strategy of vertical integration, product innovation, and branding. K&N's has also developed its own chain of retail "Chicken Stores" to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
urbanization occurring in the informal sector suggests that urbanization policies that contain inclusionary approaches may be more successful in promoting local development and managing its strains than those focused only on the formal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
further promote commercial avoidance. Based on the model estimation, we optimize the branding activity under marketing control for ads in the sample to reduce commercial avoidance. This reveals that pulsing the brand presence—while... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
'96), was recently promoted to director of National Accounts with L'Oreal in Spain. "Prior to my MBA studies," says Baeza, a Swiss native, "I had been working in Switzerland for Nivea for four years as a group product manager in the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey