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- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
store," he said. As the first conference in what is planned to be an annual event, the HBS Retail and Luxury Goods Conference on April 3 was organized by two HBS student clubs, the Retail & Apparel Club and the Luxury Goods &... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
the country's recent volatile presidential election just puts another twist in the story. Between 1910 and 1929, the country struggled through a revolution, a counterrevolution, a counter-counterrevolution, two military coups, three coup... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
peripherals. But IBM's major achievement was its mass production and mass marketing of the personal computer, beginning in 1981. In less than a decade, the IBM PC and its clones had conquered world markets. Only Apple was still a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 26 May 2016
- News
Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Union College 2012 Named Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios After two years working on the Ivory Soap account at Procter & Gamble, Alan Horn was approached by Hollywood... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
SUMMING UP: Does It Matter If China Assumes Global Trade Leadership? There are a variety of reasons why China is not a threat to the global trade leadership of the United States. They include demographic disadvantages, an unwillingness to make Chinese View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
identify and choose career paths been explored Using brain scan results to guide careers and to recommend those who have the requisite neural structure likely to enable them to master the skills necessary for success involving financial risk taking?" Only View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
offered him his dream summer internship. In his day-to-day work at Invesco US, Straughn-Turner is working on a number of real estate deals each day and has seen close to two dozen over the course of his internship so far. He is supporting... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
include various types of the most frequently utilized marketing instruments: two forms of advertising-candidate's own and outside advertising, and two forms of personal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2010
- News
Last Look - June 2010
Our thanks to Johanna Mooney (front row), who wrote that the photo shows MBA 2001, Section A’s Marketing class during a case discussion of Reynolds Aluminum, hence the aluminum-foil hats. Sean Hennessey is seated to her left. Márcio T.... View Details
- Web
3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
the Web 3 and crypto markets, that had been seen as the big disruptive force for society a year earlier, were limping through a crypto winter. Companies that had been slated to restructure financial market declared bankruptcy. Leaders... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
economic development, and corporate governance in a rigorous, bottom-up approach employing analysts who integrate sustainability research into fundamental equity analysis. But what happens when an appealing investment opportunity also pits View Details
Robert N. Burt
Burt took the helm of FMC Corporation in 1991 just after it had completed a major recapitalization of the business, severely impacting the balance sheet. He divested of non-core businesses, streamlined operations, and focused on new View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
stirred in the country’s public opinion. Financial markets and bookmakers seem to indicate that Remain is the more likely outcome, but the very last poll of polls by the Financial Times pointed to a chilling neck-to-neck between the View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- Web
Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
Students will learn how leadership teams address the challenges and opportunities ventures face after achieving product-market fit – and how to activate and manage exponential growth. The course reflects the recent shift in market... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
communities in the United States and the world are experiencing very different realities as the year draws to a close. While you might have an idea you believe in, I would err on the side of humility and test if and where your ideas might... View Details
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
along with companies like Apple, Facebook, and Progressive Insurance, is a leading example of firms that are thinking about customers in a new way—much like how a museum curator orchestrates the experience of patrons. Weaver, an assistant professor in the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
goal. Profits reported to tax authorities and to capital markets were essentially the same. Over time, well-considered exceptions — expensing of investments, for example — were introduced to advance policy goals such as stimulating... View Details
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
some coursework similar to what I had been doing at JPL." As his doctoral work progressed, Light became "more and more interested in the Business School side of the joint program." He found mentors in Raiffa and finance... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
admission by Alan Greenspan that markets acted in ways he had not anticipated? The work shares several common counter-intuitive conclusions that: (1) human behavior is much less rational than has been assumed, (2) this renders much of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
stimulated by advocates of agency theory over the past two decades. And it brings to mind the old Milton Friedman axiom that the business of business is to make money (presumably more than the average for the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett