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Sebastien D'Incau

Chances are (metaphorically speaking), Sebastien D'Incau has been in your home. As a marketing strategist and planner with Procter & Gamble, Sebastien worked on a number or products familiar to consumers worldwide, including the... View Details

17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation

Photography by Michael Stravato From cofounding the first aerial tramway high above Costa Rica’s rainforest canopy, to helping a two-person wind-energy startup become an industry leader, to making a quixotic run for US Congress, Michael Skelly (MBA 1991) isn’t one to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Market Data & Insights

artificial intelligence, blockchain, connected devices and IoT, digital business, robotics and drones, and security tech. For industry information click on sectors. For trends and insight click on analysis. There are many frameworks for analysis here such... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Visual Collections

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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Marilynn Davis (MBA '82)

in the middle of a recession, and we have seen a lot of changes,” noted Davis, who is now EVP and manager of the consumer banking segment at FleetBoston Financial Corporation. “We've spent our careers in a climate of heightened... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry

been taken on by the restaurant industry. Americans now spend more meal occasions eating out (or eating take-out) than they do consuming home-prepared meals. How else is food's role in our culture changing? Beyond sustenance, food is... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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The Big Business of Little Loans

Banks. Amid the excitement, abuses have also appeared, with some online lenders reportedly charging as much as 50 percent in interest on some short-term loans. It’s been enough to attract the attention of regulators, with everyone from the View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Brazil

href="https://www.bcg.com/publications/2017/principal-investors-winning-emerging-market-private-equity-strategies-brazil-new-economic-reality.aspx" target="_blank">Private Equity Strategies for Brazil’s New Economic Reality: 2017 BCG report on Brazil's... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Chaku Foods Nikki Okrah (MBA 2021), CEO and Founder Concept: A snack-food company in Okrah’s native Ghana that is building farming supply chain infrastructure for other consumer... View Details

Keywords: agriculture; Africa; food manufacturing; entrepreneurship; startup; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 2000
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Help in the Vicinity

Emerick Woods (MBA '81) is CEO of Vicinity Corp., a provider of Internet-based marketing infrastructure services, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Vicinity's "clicks-and-mortar" solutions enable its clients to direct consumers... View Details

17 Nov 2015
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How to Prepare for Shark Tank

take it in stride," Stolar said. "It’s just too amazing of a platform for a consumer good company to not make it happen." Read more about Stolar and Barbera’s experience, plus their four tips for future Shark Tank pitchers, on... View Details

Keywords: Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing

23 Apr 2014
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A corporate leader’s legacy in India

a multinational conglomerate with interests ranging from technology to energy to consumer products. It is also a major employer and dedicated provider of philanthropic assistance in India. “Apart from values and ethics which I have tried... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Faculty Research Online

recent Mindful Leadership conference taught with a Buddhist meditation master. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6482.html. The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding Research by Assistant Professor Anat Keinan and colleagues explains how and... View Details

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Liuna Fekravar

Credit Fund – London), Man Capital (Egyptian family office investing vehicle – London), Credit Suisse (Oil & Gas IBD – Houston; Consumer & Retail IBD – London) View Details

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Platform Envelopment

By: Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne

Due to network effects and switching costs in platform markets, entrants generally must offer revolutionary functionality. We explore a second entry path that does not rely upon Schumpeterian innovation: platform envelopment. Through envelopment, a provider in one... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Network Effects

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14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

people are chronically disappointed and frustrated by their experiences as consumers and employees. We no longer trust large organizations to serve our needs. On every level, we are experiencing a divisive "us vs. them"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1997
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New Releases

themselves. According to Regina Herzlinger, the School's Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, those same forces are now at work on the country's largest service industry - health care. In her latest book, Herzlinger explains how View Details

01 Dec 1997
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WSA Conference Set for January

president, Consumer Markets, NYNEX Corporation, is cochairing the conference as part of the WSA/C200 partnership. Another of the organization's prominent members, Carolee Friedlander, CEO of Carolee Designs, Inc., will serve as one of the... View Details