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09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jun 2011
News

Beyond Case Writing

nothing. To uncover the effect of disagreements between spouses about the number of children to have — women generally want fewer than men — half of the women chosen to receive vouchers got them without their husbands present, and the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

Alfred M. Zeien

market. As a part of that strategy, an extensive amount of pure product research was conducted each year. This research enabled Gillette products to compete primarily with themselves, allowing the company to achieve its goal of being View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

Samuel M. Walton

1987, Wal-Marts numbered over 1,000 and had sales of $14 billion. Gaining momentum from the success of Wal-Mart, Walton created the highly successful bulk food store chain, Sam’s Wholesale Club, which also earned revenues in the billions.... View Details

Keywords: Retail

David L. Geffen

label. In less than five years, Geffen Records became the third largest label in the recording industry, and Geffen sold it to MCA in 1990. Beyond his success in the music industry, Geffen has also produced and developed a number of... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

23 Oct 2018
News

Do You Feel Lucky?

NBC: Today Show NBC: Today Show Depending on how the numbers fall tonight, one or more lucky winners could find themselves in a life-changing scenario as the recipient of an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot, with a cash option of $904... View Details

24 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco

efficiency to cut down on emissions, a robotics company that is focused on modernizing the recycling industry, several alumni working for renewable energy firms, and a number working in the electric vehicle space. I left the event... View Details

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Deals - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Deals Course Number 2267 Professor Guhan Subramanian Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Deals meets on the X schedule from 1:30 - 3:30 PM, with a total of 24 class sessions in the spring. In order to avoid scheduling conflicts,... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Totting Up the Bill for the Iraq War

calculation follows. What are the hidden economic costs, such as future medical and psychological services for veterans? The number that Stiglitz, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Bilmes, a government finance expert at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Apr 2000
News

Tune In for a Management Tune-Up

archived, and written transcripts are available. "Ideas @ Work" is also broadcast on radio stations in a number of U.S. cities. For more information, visit the HBS Publishing Web site at www.hbsp.harvard.edu. View Details

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

the numbers are accurate Widely criticized for his by-the-numbers approach to the Vietnam War as US Secretary of Defense, Bob McNamara’s pioneering use of statistics during World War II and leadership skills at Ford Motor left a mixed... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

King C. Gillette

Gillette invented the safety razor, creating a new U.S. industry. In 1903, Gillette sold 51 of his razors and 168 blades. He increased these numbers dramatically so that by the end of the next year, he had sold 90,000 razors and 12.4... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

01 Jun 2007
News

AASU’s 35th Annual Conference

Named after the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA ’33), the annual conference of HBS African-American alumni and students sported a celebratory air as it convened, with a record number of participants, for the 35th time in February. Special... View Details

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

James E. Davis

At a young age, Davis and his 3 brothers helped their father open the family’s first store in Miami, FL. As the brothers grew older, they increased the number of family owned stores to 34, and eventually acquired the Winn & Lovett... View Details

Keywords: Retail

13 Dec 2017
News

Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

that. I think people had issues with her transparency or whatever. But there were a significant number of people who had a huge distaste for Donald Trump, but who really believed that Hillary Clinton was the last person in the world you'd... View Details

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

to outsource elsewhere, Ballinger said the number of Nike employees in Indonesia grew from 20,000 in 1988 to 110,000 in 1997. "(Nike) still thought it was a pretty good deal," he said. Even if the minimum wage rose to $5 a day,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2012
News

They Call Him Mr. China

million in US investor capital, Perkowski launched ASIMCO in 1994, quickly cobbling together a network of far-flung joint-venture factories, each number one or number two in its product category. And in each... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

for young people to start smoking tobacco cigarettes, or even lure ex-smokers back to the habit. This has created a dilemma for health regulators, says Quelch, interviewed before the FDA's action. Do they regulate e-cigarettes in order to decrease the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

proposal, please visit MBA Recruiting - Field-Based Learning. Please note: With greater numbers of students pursuing activities away from campus, and with increased instability in a number of regions of the... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Innovation as Antidote

Illustration by Andrea Manzati You'll see a theme emerge in this issue's stories on health care: The industry has a number of deep-seated challenges that it is just beginning to face. It's a pen-and-paper operation in a digital world. It... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

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