Folding - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001

Transformed by a large, canopied stage and row after row of folding chairs, Baker Beach took on the guise of its more stately alter ego, Baker Lawn, and served as an ideal venue for the Class of 2001's Class Day and graduation ceremonies... View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2014
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All For One

ideas alive, folding them into a group researching a next-generation storage framework. The best results occur, Hill says, when leaders are able to exercise “both–and” thinking instead of “either–or” thinking, making firm business... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2011
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Li & Fung's Global Footprint

average compounded growth rate over that time has been about 22 percent. Acquisitions have been an important part of your growth strategy since the mid-1990s. How do you manage to fold an acquired firm into Li & Fung? To be bigger, we... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

19 Jun 2017
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How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe

Associates, OK? A league had started up, I guess, 1978. I think maybe a year before we started our company. It was well-intentioned, but it was done at a very modest level. Players were paid just a pittance, and it certainly didn't last very long. The league View Details

01 Mar 2014
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My HBS Eureka Moment

the rules in this class?" So I decided just to sit there with folded arms and say nothing. "I'll show him," I told myself! Then the most amazing thing happened. I heard my voice going on about pricing cars at the Chevrolet Division of GM.... View Details

Keywords: Walter Frese; Martin V. Marshall; C. Roland Christensen; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services

10 Dec 2014
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Front-Row Seat

mother, Terry, with office furniture consisting of a few card tables, folding chairs, and Princess telephones. “I found business so much harder than I’d anticipated,” says Bradley, who started the venture while still a law student. “So... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans

Finale’s original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island–based holding company where Conforti now serves as managing partner of the restaurant group. “When I started Finale, I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

equal opportunity, awareness, and exposure for January students who want to run for club positions. Another highlight this year has been approving and welcoming three new clubs into the HBS fold - the Middle East Club, the Young... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

healthcare system. "Since we opened our factory on April 1, we have produced 250,000 masks and 15,000 gowns with redeployed labor who are folding the masks and using sewing machines to stitch gowns," says Chatterjee, who is happy to... View Details

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