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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
banker, for instance, who authored "A New World for Women" in 1936, concluded, "It is inevitable that more and more women will occupy places of responsibility in our country's banks." Indeed, the Bulletin provides a window on the... View Details
- January 2014
- Article
Networks and Productivity: Causal Evidence from Editor Rotations
By: J. Brogaard, J. Engelberg and Christopher Parsons
Using detailed publication and citation data for over 50,000 articles from 30 major economics and finance journals, we investigate whether network proximity to an editor influences research productivity. During an editor's tenure, his current university colleagues... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Performance Productivity; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry
Brogaard, J., J. Engelberg, and Christopher Parsons. "Networks and Productivity: Causal Evidence from Editor Rotations." Journal of Financial Economics 111, no. 1 (January 2014): 251–270.
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
ratings were gathered using a two-round Delphi (in which information from the first round is given to all experts to help them make their final assessment). To assess the resource productivity of each project, the researchers calculated a... View Details
Guy W. Vaughan
Vaughan was instrumental in the creation of products such as the Wright Whirlwind J-6 plane, used by Charles Lindbergh, and the Wright Cyclone engine series, which were used in DC-1 aircraft. Vaughan’s real achievements, however, came... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Floyd L. Carlisle
Carlisle purchased Northern New York Utilities with a group of paper manufacturers, which allowed St. Regis Paper and the other involved paper mills to control their own supply of electric power. Acquiring Hanna Paper Corporation in 1921,... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
"person-to-person" basis, with or even without an Internet intermediary. Cleveland provided one of the first theoretic explanations for the New Economy. Because of information technology, we can sustain greater growth and lower... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
It has been a busy fall here at HBS! Reunions went off without a hitch in early October (be sure to note the photos on page 14), the Alumni Board had a productive meeting on October 16 and 17, and record numbers of alumni volunteers plan... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
Design. With extensive background experience in digital content, most recently as executive vice president of product and technology at the New York Times, Kinsey Wilson, currently a visiting fellow at the... View Details
Samuel B. Colgate
Despite the fact that Colgate’s term as head of Colgate-Palmolive came at the height of the Depression, Colgate was able to grow the company significantly. When Colgate took over, the company had $62 million in annual sales. Five years later, Colgate had increased... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
Gilbert Colgate
Colgate merged with the Peet Company and B. J. Johnson, maker of Palmolive soap, the largest selling soap brand in America in the early 1900s. Colgate led the newly merged Colgate, Palmolive-Peet Company with assets of $63 million. The company’s volume increased... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
The Sweet Spot
the clock five days a week. An overnight shift produces hundreds of breakfast pastries and muffins. Later, production shifts to desserts — up to 700 petit pastries, pies, cakes, and dessert bars plus 600–1,000 cookies daily. How sweet it... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
Years ago, when I was a student in New York (and like many students, perpetually broke), I would often go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for entertainment. The museum had a policy that visitors could pay whatever they wanted, so for as... View Details
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Heimbold focused on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s growth and created a scientific-based, world-leading pharmaceutical company with very strong consumer franchises. Sixty-two percent of its sales come from pharmaceuticals (where it holds leadership positions in anticancer... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Joseph P. Routh
When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Edward T. Bedford
In 1906, Bedford became president of the newly consolidated Corn Products Refining Company. Under Bedford’s leadership, Corn Products Refining manufactured several forms of oil, including “Mazola,” several... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Clarence Francis
Francis oversaw General Foods with a product line that included the successful Post cereals, Maxwell House and Sanka Coffee, Log Cabin Syrup and Jell-O. After absorbing an initial $17 million loss in the frozen foods sector, Francis was... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Marcus Loew
Loew, a pioneer in the development of nickelodeons (by 1919, he owned 100 with assets of $25 million), built a vertically integrated movie production operation. He created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as a Loew’s subsidiary in 1924, which... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
Reuben Mark
When Mark took over in 1984, the consumer goods giant was in the midst of trying to reinvent itself. The company had grown tremendously in the 70s through a series of less than stellar acquisitions and one of Mark’s first tasks was to sell off those subsidiaries that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Honorable Mention
Association's task force on admissions, were recognized for their efforts to help develop a long-term strategy to boost admission of women to the MBA Program. David Hughes, section president, student senator, and HBS Show production... View Details
Alvin G. Brush
In 1935, American Home Products purchased Brush’s company, Affiliated Products, Incorporated and installed Brush as AHP’s new CEO. Over the next thirty years, Brush presided over a massive growth and... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare