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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Interplay of Structure and Behavior: How System Dynamics Can Explain and Change Outcomes by Gender or Social Category Panel: Backlash and the Double Bind Robert Livingston , Northwestern University Is Agentic Backlash Inevitable?: A... View Details

15 Aug 2021
News

You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America

The New York Times recently profiled Red Ventures, led by CEO and cofounder Ric Elias (MBA 1994), calling the company “perhaps the biggest digital publisher in America, a 4,500-employee juggernaut that says it has roughly $2 billion in... View Details

10 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

“Blank” Inside: Branding Ingredients

ingredient is central to the functional performance of the final product. Think Shimano gear systems on performance bicycles or Monsanto's Nutrasweet, added to Equal sweetener. 3. The final products are not well-branded themselves, either because the View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Aerospace; Consumer Products

28 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Wayfair

Why We Recruit is a series of interviews with our recruiting partners covering a variety of topics ranging from their experience working with HBS to what they want students to know. New interviews will be released throughout the year to... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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REITs (real estate investment trusts)

Advisor Plus under Quick Links Select the Screener tab Select Real Estate in the Objective drop-down and add other criteria as desired. Morningstar Direct: Select View Details

02 Oct 2012
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Green Pioneer

passions have spurred him, among other accomplishments, to spearhead the creation of a 250-acre nature preserve (with a 10-mile walking trail) in Pound Ridge, New York; initiate and finance the identification of, and publish a brochure... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Morocco

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Morocco? Industry and market research Passport Select Country Reports: Datagraphics, Search... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative

The HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative was established at the beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year and publicly launched in May 2015. As part of their launch, the Initiative released new research from Professor Kathleen McGinn,... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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The Right Connections

kind of social capital, she contends, helps mitigate three categories of investor uncertainty: technological, firm-based, and market-based. Higgins maintains that an IPO team's connections are a crucial component of any start-up's... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Apr 1999
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WesTrek: Students Find Options in Bay Area

This year's "WesTrek" offered more than three hundred HBS students and partners a chance to network and investigate career options in the opportunity-rich San Francisco Bay Area. Held in early January, the annual WesTrek is sponsored by the High Tech and View Details

01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001

relocated from nearby Aldrich Lawn due to construction of the new Hawes Hall classroom building, tradition otherwise prevailed in the form of beautiful weather, wise and humorous speeches, and an enthusiastic crowd of MBA graduates (some... View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

the United States. The latest Interbrand listing of the most valuable global brands reveals seven American brands in the top ten and sixty in the top hundred, more than twice the expected numbers based on the United States' command of 28 percent of the world economy.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

01 Mar 2004
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Toy Story

kid-pleasing category of electronic toy. The LeapPad took the dusty, flash-card connotations out of the term “educational toy” and launched a new, highly successful product line of “smart toys.” LeapFrog did what no other View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

ablokhin Free shipping is an increasingly important tool in the online retailer's marketing arsenal, but few sellers understand the intricacies of the strategy and are leaving significant profits on the table, new research suggests.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Colombia

Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Colombia to help me with FIELD Global Immersion?

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01 Dec 2017
News

A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2022
News

The State of Play

If the category of offerings known as “immersive experiences” were a soup, it would probably have to be a gumbo—a saucy and colorful assemblage of potentially disparate things. And while it’s rooted in familiar traditions, it’s also open... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

13 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Gorton's Seafoods