by William Kerr - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2015
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The King Buried Under The Parking Lot

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

programming is holistic, offering environmental education programs for schoolchildren, holding workshops for adults and families, and hosting conferences and retreats Pine Mountain Settlement School was founded in 1913 by a local... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

October 1989
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Exxon Corp.: Trouble at Valdez

Discusses the events leading to and repercussions following the 11 million gallon oil spill in Prince William Sound off the Alaskan coast. This was the largest spill in U.S. history. Examines the response to the spill by Exxon management, government agencies, and... View Details

Keywords: Natural Environment; Crisis Management; Energy Sources; Shipping Industry; Energy Industry; Alaska

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04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

clear-cut. “A problem with megatrend predictions is that, even if they turn out to be generally accurate, they’re not managerially useful.” In the first month of social distancing in the United States, online sales at Walmart and Target indeed surged View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

27 Jan 2020
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Canada Wins, U.S. Loses In Global Fight For High-Tech Workers

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference to tell their stories—the ups, downs, and detours that brought them to where they are today. "I moved back home. That's where I started," said Joseph Williams (HBS MBA '99), cofounder of Wakefield... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

She·sesh·un (noun) Ly·ing flat (verb) Post·cook·ie (adj.) Bi·o·rev·o·loo·shun (noun) Dig·i·tul no·mad (noun) Di·ver·si·ty wa·shing (verb) Meem Stock (noun) When the price of supposedly “dull” stocks like BlackBerry and GameStop hit the roof earlier this year, driven... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

September 1988
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Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (D)

Reveals that Vicks chose a multi-condition positioning for the product. Describes testing of name and concept, and extensively reports on a four-city test market. Students are expected to evaluate both the design and results of the test, and face options ranging from... View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Health Industry

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Charlotte Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches BGIE in the MBA required curriculum.

Professor Robertson conducts research on the history of financial... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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Lifetime Achievement Award in Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce

21 Mar 2022
Blog Post

The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

CPD interviewed Nancy M. Williams (MBA 1992) to share how she leveraged career coaching to make a career switch, launch a venture and find true fulfillment in her professional and personal endeavors. Tell us a little about yourself, your... View Details

01 Feb 2019
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The Gift of Global Talent

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

effects" (Alex Evans). "It really doesn't matter whether the world is flat or not. Most value is added by the exploiters, not the creators, and that works in both (flat and non-flat) environments" (Gerald Nanninga). These... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

cases escalate, tariffs placed on Chinese exports by former President Trump. This move is emblematic of a global turn toward protectionism and trade restrictions in the last decade. Businesses have taken diverse approaches in adapting to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

21 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Sink a Startup

Tim Westergren of Pandora and Evan Williams of Twitter. YouTube cofounder and former CEO Chad Hurley has called the book "an invaluable alternative to real-world trial and error." A past recipient of the HBS student-voted award for... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

be examined, he said. International entrepreneurial finance, or IEF for short, is like 3-D chess compared to the two-dimensional chess of entrepreneurial finance, quipped HBS professor William Sahlman, who offered introductory remarks at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 May 2007
What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

in which it is carried out. Joe Schmid observed that "both medical doctors and organizational managers work in cultures that are historically problem definition poor and solution rich. Their individual rewards systems are both driven View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

economic future? How have forecasting methods changed over time? What makes one forecaster more popular than another? I chose to research these questions by focusing on the first generation of economic forecasters—those who founded their... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

overcome the limits placed upon it by the Party. Or, as the authors call it, "Party, Inc." It's not spoiling anything to say that the book answers its own question with, if not an outright no, then at least a highly qualified maybe. Click... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 May 2014
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