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- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
selling season may cause the customer to pass on buying a product that she really liked, only to find out that she doesn’t like any of the subsequent products either,” Ferreira says. Beyond flash sales and fast fashion, the research has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
to ask the right questions — ‘Who is buying cashews?' and ‘What is the best way to enter that market?,' for example. It isn't rocket science, it is basic technical help.” While Tierney thoroughly enjoys the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Double Vision
kinds of ads, Teixeira says, boosted web traffic but don't have much effect on the actual purchases. "The audience does what you are telling them to do—they go online. But it doesn't persuade them enough to buy more than the other types... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
lines that matched needs and trip-drivers with impulses and wants within their stores. If shoppers can get their primary purchases online, brick-and-mortar retailers can't sell them the rest. For example, if customers cease buying their... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960
so glad I listened to him. It was the best educational experience I've ever had." After earning his MBA and working on Wall Street, Pinto joined the family investment business and eventually cofounded Sea Containers, a container leasing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
money. But refunds are many families’ best opportunity to put away a few dollars for their children and their futures. For the past three years, a team comprising researchers, the nonprofit Doorways to Dreams Fund (which I cofounded),... View Details
Ralph Folz
named one of the best places to work in Boston. Currently, Ralph sits on numerous Boards and is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School, mentoring MBA students on their startups. Go To Subjects: SaaS, Digital... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
opportunities, but also created challenges throughout their organizations. At the Multi-Channel Retail panel, speakers from three retail companies, all heavily invested in multi-channel selling, talked about how they were tailoring their strategies to View Details
- Career Coach
Andrea Kimmel
banking prior to HBS and then led to consumer and retail brand marketing and finally to the start-up she began in the childcare industry in 2011 which she has grown to 2 locations and soon to be a franchise. Work Experience: Deutsche Bank, Lazard Freres, restaurant... View Details
- 03 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
HiHome Sweet HiHome
simplify the home buying process. The company kicked off the venture through the MS/MBA’s Technology Venture Immersion (TVI) course, helped raise pre-seed capital through the Allston Venture Fund of the Harvard Innovation Labs, and... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
traders to buy the stock of the target company before the 13D is filed, which is when the information is released to all market participants,” the authors explain in the paper. Sure enough, in the 10 days preceding a 13D filing, a... View Details
- 25 Jun 2024
- News
On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)
best of retail with a compelling assortment of the best brands, inspiring stores, and a thriving digital business—with the finishing touch of exemplary customer service. The opportunity to bring what I’ve... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
Consulta uses production line best practices to deliver fast, reliable, affordable and standardized medical appointments to low income families that are uninsured and underserved by the public system, in the poorest districts of Brazil’s... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 10 May 2019
- News
Shining a Light on Black Brilliance
brilliant black men and women in the business world facing business challenges that everybody faces. That course has provided the opportunity for me to teach the best and the brightest who are interested in learning about the View Details
Ralph Folz
named one of the best places to work in Boston. Currently, Ralph sits on numerous Boards and is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School, mentoring MBA students on their startups. Go To Subjects: SaaS, Digital... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Markets’ Moral Limits
Limits of Markets. At an HBS panel discussion in April with University Professor Rebecca Henderson and HBS associate professor Karthik Ramanna, Sandel said that “the buying and selling of a non-material good changes its meaning.” For... View Details
- 05 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
The HBS Investment
path I had already built. Additionally, HBS can only be experienced in the academic bastion of the US, Cambridge, which provides the best possible learning environment. Having lived and worked in San Francisco for 5 years prior to HBS, a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Renter’s Market
says Lee, noting that it’s a business that’s fairly common in Europe, whereas Redbrick has virtually no U.S. competitors. Through its three funds financed by private investors, Redbrick buys up quantities of single-family houses in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
will give you the money it now spends on buying your health insurance. You will be required to use the money to buy insurance for yourself. People like me who prefer HMOs could still View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
friends and family complain about the options for buying lingerie in the United States. I found that there was a huge opportunity to disrupt the intimate apparel space. People are so tired of high prices and slow fashion from Victoria's... View Details