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Sustainability in Manufacturing Industry
This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings The Next Economic Growth Engine Scaling Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies in Production This paper summarizes View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=9781111972301&N=16+4294922453&Ntk=P_Isbn13 Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey Authors:Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Publication:In Handbook of the Economics of Finance. Vol. 2, edited by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Alfred M. Zeien
market. As a part of that strategy, an extensive amount of pure product research was conducted each year. This research enabled Gillette products to compete primarily with themselves, allowing the company to... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5
regulation by offshoring or by abandoning the market; or ignoring the regulation by continuing with entrenched business practices. The path a profit-maximizing firm will choose depends, in part, on the expected cost of non-compliance, which is a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
Allocation Theory By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—This article considers the process of resource allocation, whereby an organization determines how best to apportion its factors of production between the various View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
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Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach
This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The summer months have been productive ones for the HBSAA Board of Directors. The Executive Committee met in New York in July and discussed assignments for the upcoming year. The following committees were... View Details
Robert B. Shetterly
Shetterly led Clorox through a major diversification process after it became an independent company in 1969 (formerly part of Procter & Gamble). Shetterly produced strong financial returns while expanding from one household product to... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
David H. McConnell
McConnell was a pioneer in door-to-door selling. With Avon, he created a significant earning opportunity for housewives and other women before they won the right to vote. His products were sold by women in the communities where they and... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Estee Lauder
Lauder built one of the most successful and exclusive cosmetic companies in the world. She was the pioneer of the “free sample” strategy, which marked a new era of salesmanship. To retain their aura of exclusivity, her View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- September 1991 (Revised December 1991)
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USA Today Decision, The: Making Headlines Across the Nation (A)
This two-part case series describes how the option of launching USA Today was defined and evaluated by the Gannett Corp. This case supports a broad discussion of whether the concept of a national, general interest daily fits with the changing external environment and... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Product Launch; Product Development; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry; United States
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "USA Today Decision, The: Making Headlines Across the Nation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-030, September 1991. (Revised December 1991.)
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
Indian software maker Infosys specifically, and other Indian firms more generally.We document the under-studied effect that global product and labor markets can play in the convergence of corporate governance systems worldwide. This... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13
whether, when, and for which type of customer the introduction of a new channel helps and hurts sales in existing channels. Our framework separates short- and long-run effects by analyzing underlying channel capabilities. It suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Kelsey Morgan Pasqualichio
investment strategies. I have helped launch both VC funds and startups. I can help startups with: Feedback on investor deck Crafting story about value proposition, differentiation, traction Feedback on GTM strategy, branding, product... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
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After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus
Shapiro taught a wide variety of MBA courses, among them Industrial Marketing, Sales Management, Creative Marketing Strategy, and Integrated Product Line Management. He also taught in many Executive Education programs and held various... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
for them to be introduced in the next issue of the Bulletin -- and would like to thank those retiring members who served us so well. We look forward to working with the new team and building on the successes of the past with the help of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
family businesses. Those who oversee larger, more mature businesses will hear from HBS experts on managing technological change and new product development, maintaining creativity, and managing the firm's... View Details
David H. McConnell, Jr.
McConnell, Jr. substantially enlarged Avon. He increased the company's product offerings by 400% and lead Avon to become one of the largest cosmetics companies in the United States. View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
that’s actually not true. There are times when globalization takes a step back. From 1850 to 1914, there was a technological revolution: With the telegraph, suddenly you could communicate from New Zealand to London in seconds, and... View Details