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01 Sep 2004
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Mickey Herbert (MBA 1969)

were providing better health-care coverage for Americans. By the early 1990s, the industry had undergone an almost complete transformation to for-profit health care. I took my own HMO public in 1993. But by... View Details

Keywords: Lewis Rice; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

2016
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Navigating Natural Monopolies: Market Strategy and Nonmarket Challenges in Radio and Television Audience Measurement Markets

By: Hillary Greene and Dennis Yao

This paper explores how firms within the audience measurement industry, specifically its radio and television markets, have navigated myriad market and nonmarket challenges. The market strategies and the nonmarket forces that constrain those strategies are largely... View Details

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Monopoly; Television Entertainment; Public Opinion; Geographic Scope; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

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Merck-Banyu

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Merck acquired control of Banyu in 1983. This was the first acquisition by outsiders of a major publicly traded Japanese company. This case is focused on valuing strategic investments in an environment of global competition. The case is complex because of the... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Investment; Globalization; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Structures; Negotiation Deal; Public Ownership; Competition; Valuation; Japan

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01 Jun 2008
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“Where can we find such a person?”

Also on the agenda would be managing internal and external communications, including dealing with the press and public about the controversies surrounding our work. And the person would have to run the View Details

Keywords: stem cell; Management

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

according to two new surveys by Paul A. Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Only about 10 percent of companies in this often unpredictable industry... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

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Research Resources | Baker Library

other archival collections related to the company. Administrative Records, circa 1930–2005 (Series I) Corporate governance and leadership records, 1953–1995; Polaroid Corporation Annual Reports 1937–1996; View Details

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Joseph O'Donnell | Baker Library

Boston. While at HBS, Joe started a service to help minority students find housing that led to an ongoing university program. Joe stayed on at HBS in senior administrative roles, but when his son was born with cystic fibrosis, he realized... View Details

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Research Links - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Art & Industry Exhibition Photograph Collections Russell Aikins. Design in Black and White,... View Details

07 Nov 2018
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The Results Are (Mostly) In

District. Taylor and Moulton were also two of 17 veterans who won Congressional seats with the backing of With Honor, a nonpartisan organization supporting veterans who run for public office. CEO Rye Barcott (MBA 2009), himself a former... View Details

16 May 2016
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Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

prided itself on avoiding artificial ingredients, opting instead to use a relatively short supply chain of local growers for many of its ingredients. That strategy just might have been part of its problem, says John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

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Lily Wu

to gain from your internship experience? A broad hands-on understanding of museum administration and operations. I'm intrigued by the complexity and nuances of running a public serving non-profit cultural... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Organizers: Robin J. Ely Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community Amy J.C. Cuddy Associate Professor of Business Administration Initiatives focus on... View Details

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Pan-American Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin... View Details

20 Feb 2019
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Dean Nohria: Business Schools have a Vital Role in Teaching Trust

decision through the triple lens of their economic, legal and ethical responsibilities,” says Nohria. “Beginning in 2020, the curriculum will go further by asking students to consider what proactive, positive things they should be doing to solve some of society’s most... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Former Bulletin Editor Remembered

editor for the Public Affairs Press. After graduating from HBS, he became chief of the Publications Division of the Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C. Anthony's... View Details

Keywords: Edward Lovell ("Ted") Anthony II (MBA 1952); obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
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How to Spur Prosperity

Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed — and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), HBS finance and entrepreneurial management expert Josh Lerner offers a timely look at what works... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

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and the Politics of Culture in the United States, 1929–1945. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2015. Henderer, Frederic Rhodes. A Comparative Study of the Public Relations Practices in Six Industrial... View Details

11 Jan 2019
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The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

different recruiters.baker l B – Baker. Baker Library holds the preeminent collection of contemporary and historic business information in the world. Students can leverage the library to research companies and industry trends to prepare... View Details

18–20 May 2018
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MBA 2017 ONE-YEAR REUNION

Aldrich 2:45-3:45 p.m.: Faculty Sessions & HBR Interview, Aldrich Classrooms & Spangler Auditorium PROFESSION & PURPOSE: Leadership, the threat of success and paths to making a difference Michael Chu, Senior Lecturer of Business View Details

06 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market

children and eight grandchildren, Marina Picasso ended up with some 10,000 of her grandfather's productions, and sent waves across the art world in February by announcing her intention to make many of them available for sale to the public... View Details

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