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Evelyne White
fine-tune the model before tackling the more competitive cities that the traveler-oriented services are blanketing. Testing a few big markets periodically will help confirm whether the return is greater by sticking to small and medium in... View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Startup Balancing Act
a smaller and, potentially, leaner organization? 2. Would I enjoy working in an operating company rather than a professional services firm? All of this takes us back to my first day. After a mere few hours... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, and then to private equity, asset allocation, and now, to leading operations. Ma recently was appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Index Ventures, a 25-year-old international venture capital firm. “We are investing in emerging... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
committed to a purpose or a mission; people who live by their values every day and who know the true north of their moral compass. They lead with the discipline and commitment to get great results for all their stakeholders: their... View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
"Work done in the spirit of service is the highest form of worship." —Abdu'l-Bahá The field of economics is rife with the concept of "capital." There's financial capital—cold hard cash or cashable assets.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2011
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Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
focused on how to calculate a fixed price for all services related to a specific condition — knee replacement. (The hospital is nationally recognized for expertise in orthopedic surgery.) The “bundled” price... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
Pill, and Ingrid Vogel (World Scientific Publishing Co.) Understanding the genesis of financial and currency crises, stock-market booms and busts, and social and labor unrest is crucial in making informed managerial decisions. These... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Now You Can Choose
areas at HBS. When you respond to an appeal in the mail, or give online, you can choose where your gift goes: student financial aid, innovation in educational programs, global understanding, pathbreaking research, or the Dean’s Fund,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
companies with estimated annual revenues of $4 billion, is one of the world's most colorful business leaders. His oft-repeated message: "If your business isn't fun, it's ultimately going to be worthless to you." From its airline to View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Praise for March Cover Congratulations on cracking the mold of a one-subject cover for the March issue. I found the four of your financial crisis articles extremely interesting, especially Niall Ferguson’s book excerpt on “Chimerica”!... View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
the extent of investor protections across countries, since that is the main channel through which legal origin affects financial development, and shows that all the evidence supports the idea of relative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
name that recognizes the city’s rich cultural history. Jim Birch was reaching out to buyers across the country—with no thought at all of changing the brand—when he started encountering questions. People in different parts of the country... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jeanne Jackson
CEO of Banana Republic, with concurrent responsibility for all of parent company Gap Inc.’s Internet businesses, and, most recently, as president and CEO of Walmart.com. A skilled and forward-looking manager, she has been listed among... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain’s Financial Services Authority has an-nounced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the... View Details
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Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
wanted to get out of my comfort zone and see the bigger picture.” Tuce has not been disappointed. “The case method makes everything interesting,” she says. “You’re not going to remember all the case outcomes. That’s not the point. It’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
Photo courtesy of James Ellerker Photography The Question: There’s a necessary element of bulk in the rental business—if you only needed one or two pieces you’d just buy them, Giridharadas says. Her question is how to get there. A chef View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- October 1983
- Case
Chemical Bank: Allocation of Profits
Describes a conflict between the metropolitan (branch banking) and treasury groups at the bank. The issue is which group should receive the profits generated by a product involving both: Due bills. It is a form of transfer pricing problem, but in a unique (i.e.,... View Details
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Chemical Bank: Allocation of Profits." Harvard Business School Case 184-047, October 1983.
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
if you walk into Best Buy and purchase a cell phone, we run your credit score and activate the account so you can walk out with a phone that’s ready to use. We tie together the retailers that sell digital services with the providers of... View Details
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Best Practices | Information Technology
Best Practices Help keep information and devices more secure. We all wear seatbelts in cars, wash our hands before leaving the bathroom or preparing food, and lock the doors to our homes when we leave. These are simple actions which keep... View Details
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Class Profile | MBA
/ E-Commerce 9% Financial Services 10% Health Care / Biotech 8% Manufacturing / Industrial / Energy 9% Media / Entertainment / Travel 4% Military 5% Nonprofit / Government / Education 6% View Details