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23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

the things I write about in these papers are applicable to a large range of Americans. Programs such as automatic defaults and 401(k) defaults, as embodied in proposals like the auto-IRA and AutoSave, are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

of the business. I help her with MAYU’s financials, commercials, fund raising, etc. A lot of what I do for MAYU stems from my learnings from classes like TEM, FMSF, and the more generic finance classes from... View Details

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

them, which ultimately meant that I was representing people like my mother who is a CalPERS beneficiary, required challenging those firms who managed their money to do the right thing on behalf of their... View Details

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

School. By incorporating data most companies discard, Ascarza and her co-researcher devised an algorithm capable of quickly analyzing more than 40 variables to create a “first impression” of the customer... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

HBS Professor Marco Iansiti and H.T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, solicited views on new directions for the Internet in a panel discussion called "e-Service: The Next... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

07 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Too Big?

potential friends, (nearly) perfected infrastructure and resources, clubs for anything you could be interested in, and a massive alumni base. I’ve experienced all of these things so far. It also gives you... View Details

February 2021 (Revised April 2024)
Case

Shopify: The Conquest for Chinese E-Commerce

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Avani Patel, Samantha Lin and Ariel Yang

In mid-2020, Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, faced a critical decision on how to time potential expansion into the China market. Over the prior 15 years, his Canadian software-as-a-service company had grown from a small e-commerce solutions provider to a full service... View Details

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Educators

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

The global COVID-19 pandemic has shifted power dynamics not only within today’s historically tight job market, where workers have an unprecedented level of choice and control, but also within households, organizations, and society as a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
Case

ASOS PLC

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand... View Details

Keywords: ASOS; AsSeenOnScreen; Online Fashion; Online Apparel; Nick Beighton; Nick Robertson; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Social Media; Marketplaces; Shipping; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Age; Gender; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United Kingdom; England; London

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Educators

Purchase

01 Sep 2023
News

End Game

Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

but have accounted for over half of combat casualties in recent conflicts. Most of those occur in close, urban combat, as service members go building by building in search of... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2004
News

Marquis Jet Takes Off

existence hinged on a highly unlikely partnership with NetJets Inc., the nation’s leading purveyor of fractional private-jet ownership. “Without them we didn’t have a business,” recalls Bill Allard (MBA ’89), Marquis’ president and CEO.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Air Transportation; Transportation

Profile

Nika Duan

they needed to leave all they'd ever known and come to the US for a better life with zero safety net. What’s the best thing about your home town? We had some of the best educators! Huge shout outs to Ms.... View Details

26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

all these pieces of digital data as useful in helping them do a better job in two ways: One is doing what they do more efficiently, and two is maybe doing less, because they can outsource certain things to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

acquisitions, analyzed the impact of accounting information. The stock market, he found, reacts positively to an open disclosure of a merger, coupled with independent corporate governance. His current... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Portrait Project

Ryan Yu

out reams of white paper, my eight-year-old self was convinced that anything could happen. Then, as I grew up, the adventure faded away. I majored in business, wore a suit, and convinced myself that the only View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

everywhere really began to Think, the first thing they would do would be to take a sledge and open up the computers.” (The Scarlet Ruse, 1973) Father and Son “A defining feature of my father’s nature was a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi

Al Checchi's record of achievement - particularly his turnaround of Northwest Airlines - is usually attributed to his brilliance and financial acumen. Often overlooked is how family heritage and twists View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Web

Running a Program/Submitting a Job - Research Computing Services

which has a list of commands that you wish to perform as a part of your job. Interactive Though batch submission is the best way to take full advantage of the compute power... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

negotiators of all kinds. The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same Professor Emeritus Joseph Bower (MBA 1961, DBA 1963) Professor Emeritus F. Warren McFarlan (MBA 1961, DBA 1965) + More Info –... View Details

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