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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Wagr
Illustration by Drue Wagner Wagr [Wa-jr] Mario Malave (MBA 2020), CEO Eliana Eskinazi (MBA 2020), CPO Concept: Wagr is a social sports-betting app that allows people to bet with others in their community instead of View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
quite risky—a few blockbuster flops can bring a company to ruin—the strategy is the best bet for entertainment companies to succeed over the long run, according to Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- News
Two On-Track Investments
Photo via the Baltimore Sun Photo via the Baltimore Sun There are no sure bets in Thoroughbred racing—but for many, the thrill of watching a horse thundering down the track far outweighs the risk of loss, whether the stake is a $2 View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
Smarter Risks in Business by Eileen C. Shapiro and Howard H. Stevenson (Portfolio/Penguin Putnam) Professor Stevenson and Shapiro (MBA ’81) show how to increase the odds on the business and life bets you choose to take, using a quick... View Details
Christine A. Hefner
gain popularity. Though magazine sales have stalled, Hefner’s foresight to bet on cable and Internet outlets has given the company a new avenue for growth and profitability. View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
Robert L. Johnson
firm to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. With the capital infusion from the public offering, Johnson expanded his business operations – moving into film production, publishing, and new programming. By the end of the nineties, BET... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer
behavioral science, specifically, behavioral economics, tries to understand consumers as they actually behave and promote changes in their decision making around those biases. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Leslie John explains principles behind behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Amelia Kunhardt
- 10 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients
Boeing is betting that passengers will seek out (and pay more for) tickets on airlines that offer Dreamliner service, especially when they are taking long-haul flights where cabin comforts are especially important. And you can View Details
- 29 Mar 2017
- News
Randy Day Named Perdue Farms CEO
was seen by some in the agribusiness sector as a safe move for the innovative company, writes DelmarvaNow. But Day was quick to counter that perception, telling the news outlet that “he will be just as willing as Perdue has always been to View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
As Head of Fidelity, Abigail Johnson Is Just Getting Started
record $3.5 billion operating profit for 2016, in part due to targeted expense cuts. Fidelity recently cut its fees for online brokerage trades on a bold bet it would result in a strong increase in transactions over its closest rival,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Sunny Side
contrarian bet is paying off. Berardi is traveling less, as more and more founders and investors set up shop in his new hometown: “Miami was built on waves of immigration. It’s a place that makes you feel like you matter to its future and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
ALL IN: The bigger the bet Hollywood makes, the better. Photo courtesy of Anita Elberse Offstage at a Lady Gaga concert seems an unlikely place for academic fieldwork. But that's exactly the kind of environment that allows Anita Elberse... View Details
- Portrait Project
John Paul Andree
teamwork pushes out denial and fear. Thinking the fuel may be freezing, we intentionally overheat the engines in a last-ditch gamble to survive. Our bet pays off and two and half nerve-wracking hours later we limp into Greenland, landing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Seeing Things Others Don’t
genius is arguably the best fund manager of our time.” A contrarian who likes to uncover and then make big bets on emerging trends invisible to everyone else, Heebner said he feels most confident “when everyone else thinks I’m nuts.” His... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Just Extraordinary
foster care and orphanages to help raise international awareness about orphan issues. Turner, herself adopted out of Washington’s foster care system, worked at Procter & Gamble and BET Networks before becoming a successful entrepreneur.... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
a common misconception that people who buy niche products will have greater loyalty to them," Elberse says. "But I bet that the average viewer who likes to purchase classic black-and-white movies also tends to watch hits like... View Details
- Portrait Project
Andrew Meade
"All-American family" and to weaken the arguments of those who condemn us simply by living honestly and openly according to our own set of family values. Did you see that one coming? If you know me, I bet you did. I View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
Two years ago, if you bet me five bucks that I was going to be a school-teacher, I would have taken that bet in a heartbeat.” When his students question the relevance of precalculus to their future lives,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sunshine State
implications of his audacious $800 million bet against subprime mortgages, Jeff Greene was to remember that distant day when his father took him to discover vending machines.” Indeed, Greene never forgot when he was 14 and living in... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate