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21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

is the need to consider how social spending changes as industries consolidate and mergers change the locations of major corporate headquarters. Q: What are your next research steps in this line of work? A: Building on this paper, Gerald Davis from View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

April 2021 (Revised July 2021)
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StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)

By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley

Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details

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01 Sep 2011
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Coming Full Circle

(MBA 1972) has parlayed a lifelong interest in the field of organizational behavior into two careers. Encouraged by HBS professors Jay Lorsch and Paul Lawrence, Nadler pursued a PhD in the subject at the University of Michigan and taught... View Details

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

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

proud alumna of the University of Michigan and a member of the inaugural class of 2009 TED Fellows. Zachary Gabriel Green Zachary Gabriel Green, Ph.D. was the director of the On the Matter of Black Lives conference and directed the first... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

obtain a master's degree from the Michigan Technological University. Thirty-two years later, a young Indian in Bangalore, Saumil Majmudar, started a small company. Those two events are connected by a trail of knowledge accumulation and... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

01 Oct 2002
News

View from the Top

President Bush and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani exhibited remarkable leadership following the September 11 crisis. I also admire Michigan Governor John Engler, who's shown courage in taking on some tough but important political and... View Details

14 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021

circumstantial. Love is an action and a choice made with intention each day. Choosing to be in a long-distance marriage with me attending HBS and Stephen attending Michigan Ross was one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make together.... View Details

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

led to cuts in basic public services, declines in population, and significant urban blight. The State of Michigan appointed an emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, to lead the city though the restructuring process. In March 2014, Orr and his... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2012
News

The Accidental Pioneers

education commissions and boards throughout the state of Texas and is chair-elect of the University of Michigan Alumni Association. "I've always tried to make my volunteer contribution at levels where my MBA and experience at McKinsey... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

21 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

principles that encourage innovating for sustainability throughout the company? A further challenge facing the company is that it was rapidly globalizing with a large portion of its workforce outside its Midland, Michigan headquarters,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

Liberal Self-Government in an Age of Uncertainty, edited by Faulkner Robert and Susan Shell. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, forthcoming Abstract Chapter excerpt: "Most American occupations of foreign countries have been of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

batteries. No American battery company comes close to CATL. Under intense political pressure, the project has been delayed and scaled back. A Michigan plant was set to create 2,500 jobs. Ford was to retain 100 percent ownership in a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Michigan Hospitals, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. When the recession hit, Kirlin was able to avoid layoffs, though hours were reduced in some departments. Notes Brownell,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

For too long, scholarship in the field of management has looked at economic performance rather than social welfare, argue HBS professor Joshua Margolis and colleagues James P. Walsh, of University of Michigan Business School, and Klaus... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Sep 2013
News

The First Scrum

football was strong enough to attract a group such as that at Harvard Business School. Bob Brown (MBA 1965): I'd been captain of the University of Michigan football team, but in the spring of my final year I went out and played on... View Details

Keywords: rugby; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

Tesla-SolarCity No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218108-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 319-027 University of Michigan Men's Basketball: A Series of Fortunate Events? No abstract available.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the humanities, teaching literature and film. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Wisconsin, with an MA from Columbia and a PhD in English from the University of Michigan. Contact jmagretta@mba1983.hbs.edu Education PhD, University of View Details

06 Dec 2018
News

Source Code

efficiently, with her Michigan accent mostly intact. Baranski shares a story about coming in to interview with Dubinsky at Handspring. “The receptionist goes, ‘Oh I think Donna’s in the stairwell, why don’t you go up there?’” Baranski... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

you have an incredibly creative person with a great idea, and you can't find the money to fund it," notes Vicki Wilson (MBA 1985), CFO of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Chicago. Her colleague down Michigan Avenue, Field Museum of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

Loews Corp., Michigan State University, Cornell University’s Hotel School, Bank of Hawaii, HR Spinner, the NCAA, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles illustrate how effective teams drive progress in business, associations, and education. The six... View Details

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