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  • October 2013 (Revised August 2016)
  • Case

NOWaccount

By: Ramana Nanda, William A. Sahlman and Lauren Barley

It was September 2013, and NOWaccount Network Corporation (NOW®) co-founders John Hayes and Lara Hodgson were putting the final touches on the presentation deck for their annual shareholders' meeting. Along with co-founder Stacey Abrams, the pair had designed NOW's... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Finance; Entrepreneurship
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  • September 2014 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling

By: Ethan Bernstein, Saravanan Kesavan, Bradley Staats and Luke Hassall
With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an automated software solution from Reflexis. Belk hoped the upgrade would simplify scheduling, reduce time employees spent in non-customer-facing roles,... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Scheduling; Local Autonomy; Automation; Metrics; Organizational Change; Human Resource Management; Process Improvement; Performance Measurement; Transparency; Southern United States; Retailing; Department Stores; System Outsourced Services; Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Change Management; Governance Controls; Resource Allocation; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Applications and Software; Family Business; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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  • Summer 2013
  • Article

A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability, either in general or because the time frames in which it matters are too long. The response of... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Communication; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Investment; Environmental Sustainability
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  • 11 Apr 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Pian Shu, Harvard Business School

  • March 2014
  • Case

Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit... View Details
Keywords: Australia; China; Environmental Strategies; Green Business; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Australia; United States
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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

2014 January 2013 January 2012 January 2011 2020 Commencement 2019 Commencement 2018 Commencement 2017 Commencement 2016 Commencement 2015 Commencement 2014 Commencement 2013 Commencement 2012 Commencement... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2018
  • HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

Target was awash in customer data from these online sales, but to make sense of it, the company needed to bring in the right people. Paritosh Desai joined Target in August 2013 as vice president of business intelligence, analytics, and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • Web

For Alumni - Health Care

industries $ 500 m. Funds have been collectively raised for 35 companies by Blavatnik Fellows since 2013 Alumni News HBS Announces Howard Cox Health Care Initiative Fund Re: Howard Cox 17 Mar 2022 | Harvard Business School HBS Announces... View Details
  • 28 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • Blog

The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

the 2013 celebration of the 50th anniversary of HBS first admitting women to the MBA program. You can learn more about the Chao family and the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center in two videos: The Ruth Mulan Chao Center and The Ruth Mulan Chao... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

show the buyout’s effect. In the end, they were left with 9,800 firms bought out between 1980 and 2013 and were able to follow 6,000 firms with a high-enough confidence to determine outcomes. Stark differences When they finally sorted... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking
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Understanding Health Systems, Payors, and Regulation - Health Care

Impact Understanding Health Systems, Payors, and Regulation Health Minute: The Real Impact of Coupons on Drug Pricing Nabihah Sachedina Joint Degree 2013 More “Health Systems” stories Faculty Focus Delivering value in a health care system... View Details
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AASU50 - Alumni

Stephanie A. Atiase, MBA 2011 Lauren B. Allen, MBA 2012 William J. Drewery, MBA 2012 Ariel J. Roberts, MBA 2013 Christopher G. Hollins, MBA 2013 Creighton L. Taylor, MBA 2014 Stacie N. Smith, MBA 2014 Erin... View Details
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Additional Outdoor Sculpture | About

Additional Outdoor Sculpture Outdoor sculptures installed across campus are a key teaching and learning resource for the HBS community. Collection These sculptures are in the HBS Art and Artifacts Collection . Mary Frank Presence, 1985-1986 — Hamilton Courtyard | Learn... View Details
  • 22 Sep 2023
  • News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Francisco for work. And we started to spend time together again then. And what had been a nice friendship to begin with, blossomed into a very beautiful relationship. And so we were together for about eight years, until 2013 when we got... View Details
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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

2012 (Revised Jun 2014) HBS Case Collection Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient Costs (V) by Robert S. Kaplan, Mary L. Witkowski and Jessica A. Hohman Jun 2013 HBS Case Collection Boston Children's Hospital: Measuring Patient... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market By: Bo Becker & Victoria Ivashina 12 OCT 2013 Reaching-for-yield—investors’ propensity to buy riskier assets in order to achieve higher yields—is believed to be an important factor contributing to the... View Details
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50 Years of Women in MBA

survey of Harvard Business School alumni. Watch Video FACULTY RESEARCH 17 apr 2013 hbs working knowledge Conference Challenges Gender Conventions A recent conference at Harvard Business School addressed the on-the-ground reality of women... View Details
  • 25 May 2023
  • News

Brazil’s Nubank Turns 10

is Guilherme Lago (MBA 2005). Nubank launched in 2013 in São Paulo, Brazil, a country whose banking system has been known for its high fees and low-tech approach. Now half of all adults in Brazil use Nubank, thanks in part to an expanding... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

stakeholder scrutiny to identify socially responsible suppliers.” 2013 Amy C. Edmondson : Awarded the Doctorem Honoris Causa from Universiteit Maastricht in 2013. Amy C. Edmondson : Named as one of the Most Influential International... View Details