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25 Aug 2010
News

Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

all but one showed up, resulting in them all getting into trouble. 2004B used to have dance parties in our classroom in between classes. We always tried to get professors to join in, but they rarely did. One of our sectionmates, who went on to work at MTV before... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

of himself as too laid-back and relaxed to be a strong leader, especially since he followed the notoriously intimidating Bill Parcells. It may be argued that Carroll was still unprepared to be a good coach, as he failed to adapt his style to create a perception of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

Career Coach

Vincent Dessain

Vincent (HBS MBA’87) draws on more than 25 years of experience as a higher education senior executive at HBS and INSEAD and in the corporate world both in the US and in Europe to counsel students and alumni as they evaluate, prepare for and pursue their career options.... View Details

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

commitment to another level. Our goal is to do everything we can to achieve progress on each of the targeted pillars, and we will work tirelessly to make real change.” The 10-year initiative, comprised of $20 million in cash and $5 million in View Details

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

Abstract—Algorithms are powerful predictive tools, but they can run amok when not applied properly. Consider what often happens with social media sites. Today many use algorithms to decide which ads and links to show users. But when these... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

of discrimination is taken up by the media or regulators. Second, as there is more room for sales growth with consumers who are not yet top spenders compared with those who are already top spenders, strict application of loyalty system... View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

player's talent and popularity in terms of performance in both Japan and the U.S. and his media exposure in Japan including endorsement contracts. In addition, if a MLB club signs a Japanese position star player and is based in a city... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Westminster, Bingham juggled vaccine suppliers, Whitehall, the media circus—and her daughter’s exams. Political maneuvering, miscommunications, and administrative meddling nearly jeopardized the project, but perseverance paid off.... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

John McArthur

continue to do work in the media (when I didn’t know anything about it and was questioning if I could do it), and my first book, Mom Hacks, launched this February and became a national bestseller, and I now appear weekly on CNN—and it was... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

(in that order), so my first jobs were below the MBA level: market research at Carnation, then media at BBDO. When we moved to New York City, I was offered a position as an account executive at BBDO, but I heard that the previous woman in... View Details

15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

each complementing the other. Government Advertising and Media Coverage of Corruption Scandals Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Ignacio Franceschelli Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (forthcoming) Abstract : We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

website; putting their firm’s logo/board member on your website Invitations to marketing and sales events Tapping their social media presence for sharing news and events Beyond the basics: Investors look at markets all day, every day, and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

media and the public. Q: Historians continue to debate the relationships between institutional strength and business performance, but the Argentina/Chile stories would seem able to provide some insights, given each country’s tumultuous... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

electronic media that facilitate and record such interactions, this interest has grown sharply in the business world as well. In this paper, we provide a brief summary of what is known so far, discuss the main challenges for researchers... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

2017 Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies at Oxford University, Said Business School. Author of numerous articles in the Harvard Business Review and other top academic journals, Ibarra also writes for business media including the... View Details

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

Sanchali Pal: Yes, I think that's a really interesting point and I've been really struck by how much in the media we've been hearing that using our spending power is such a heroic thing to do now, helping your local businesses. And to... View Details

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

Podcast with: Richard TedlowInterviewer: James AisnerRunning Time: 29 min., 09 sec.Transcript My name is Jim Aisner and I am Director of Media Relations at Harvard Business School. This is the first in a series of podcasts for the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

May 2022
Supplement

Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais

Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details

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15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

platform and emphasized his position as a Washington-outsider. He proved to be an unpredictable and incendiary candidate on the campaign trail, garnering much media attention and creating divisions within the traditional Republican base,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

Nestlé's flagship product in India—Maggi Noodles—citing excessive lead content per government lab tests. Nestlé disputes the government tests, noting that internal and third-party tests show the product to be safe. There is considerable confusion in the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

Vincent Dessain

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

January 26, 2016

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

First Look: October 8

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

John McArthur

From Where We Stand

First Look: Feb. 15

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

First Look: March 18, 2008

2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

April 12, 2016