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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising
commerce remained difficult to draw,” cultural historian Jackson Lears argues. “In many homes, advertisements became the chief means of brightening a dreary visual environment.” 20 Printers offered an array of stock designs—flowers,... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
the Haitian Ministry of Commerce and Trade. “We’ve given a team of 30 farmers a crash course in strategy based on the HBS case method, and we’ve accompanied them on trips to meet potential customers—from coffee dealers in Seattle to mango... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
2009). He has taught a variety of MBA courses, including the second-year electives Business at the Base of the Pyramid and Customers, Commerce and Society: Business Value and the Private Creation of Social Value. Rangan agreed to take... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? A Q&A with Professor Tom Eisenmann
experience—ideally, designing and/or developing technology-intensive products.” Is there a competitive advantage to pursuing a degree program like this in Boston? “Boston ranked first among 25 U.S. cities in a study conducted by global incubator 1776 and the U.S.... View Details
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
food products, he had traveled frequently on business to the USSR and other Central and East European countries in the Soviet Bloc, thus gaining a knowledge of Soviet-style commerce few other Westerners could claim. Between 1985 and 1992,... View Details
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Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
The Photographic Illustrators, Inc. sponsored the exhibit to promote an importance of design in commerce and industry, demonstrate that beauty and sales values were complimentary to civilization, and to emphasize a trend toward a national... View Details
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
applicable skill set. As he was finishing his MBA, he interviewed at Lehman Brothers and learned that many people at the company had worked in government, notably former US Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson. Offensend thought... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead, figure out a different way to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
Corporation, Aspen Strategy Group, and the Aspen Economic Strategy Group; and co-chair of the Cyber Readiness Institute. She shared her perspective as both an investor and a former Commerce Secretary (under President Obama), telling... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
was simply too vast to be controlled in any meaningful way. Others thought differently—including Mitchell and Herbert Hoover. Hoover, who was Secretary of Commerce from 1921 to 1928 (when he began his successful campaign to become... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
exacerbating urban sprawl, clogged highways, and polluted air. Says Bart Harvey, "The Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, California, one of the wealthier areas in the United States, has approached the Enterprise Foundation for... View Details
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
and commerce to a global audience,” Wu and Clough write, noting the similarity to metaverse proponents’ aspirations. Illustrations by Ariana Cohen-Halberstam using images generated in Midjourney Wu and Clough know they’re far from the... View Details
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
Commerce to help implement technical assistance programs focusing on energy in over 30 countries. She also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica, expanding a microfinance institution and launching a women’s textile cooperative.... View Details
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
electronic commerce than in the B2B segment, since industry standards for characterizing color and fabric are more familiar forms of communication for business partners than for individual consumers. Compounding the difficulty in... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
directors. In order to qualify, shareholders had to have owned at least 3 percent of a firm's shares for at least the prior three years. Still, the announcement drew ire from some business groups, including the US Chamber of Commerce and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Demo Day | New Venture Competition
elder care, CareCorgi provides a human-powered, AI-elevated copilot that provides dynamic personalized care plans and connects them with real human geriatric care coordinators Catalog Paul Lachman (MBA 2025), Hamish Gunasekara Catalog is a new-age View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
collaboration to be successful. Based on new kinds of technologies such as structured data exchange, "these collaborative commerce solutions," he said, "will allow firms to plan, integrate, and execute all aspects of their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
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Finalists | New Venture Competition
Hamish Gunasekara Catalog is a new-age commerce platform that helps fashion brands optimize their storefronts for AI shopping agents. Importrix Jamie Linsdell (MS/MBA 2026) Vineet Jammalamadaka (MS/MBA 2026) Kevin Mathew (MS/MBA 2026)... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016
highly aligned with the company's goals/values. On the other hand, we find that centralization is less beneficial for stores serving customers that are highly sensitive to service quality. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50576 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
talk to the families of patients who are soon-to-be deceased," says Anteby, who for several years has studied the morality of markets by focusing on legal cadaver commerce in the United States. "There's a lot of discussion in... View Details