John H. Davis - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

engage (or not engage) in our workplaces, homes, and communities. A Boyhood in Wartime Britain by Michael H. Coles (MBA 1961) CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Collecting shrapnel from his front yard; identifying incoming... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking. Drawing on his extensive research on a subject he calls his "passion" - customer loyalty - Sasser led a lively discussion on the topic of customer retention that included a videotaped segment on... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Short Takes

development cycles and can't respond in mid-project to changing customer needs. But there's a solution to this dilemma, according to HBS assistant professor Stefan H. Thomke and Donald G. Reinertsen (MBA '79) of Reinertsen & Associates in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

01 Apr 2000
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Time to Vote in University Elections

Source Media, Inc.; Principal, Washington Advisory Group. New York, NY. F. Barton Harvey, AB '71 magna cum laude, MBA '74. Chair and CEO, The Enterprise Foundation. Baltimore, MD. Walter H. Morris, Jr., AB '73, MBA '75. Senior Manager,... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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End of Campaign Celebrated

Hilge Hurford and Kate Kohler (HBS '06), recipient of the John B. Hurford (MBA '65) Fellowship. Despite near white-out conditions, HBS alumni and friends made their way through the December 9 blizzard to join faculty, staff, and students... View Details

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

01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over

firmly anchored it in the School's mainstream, a process due in large measure to the leadership of then Dean John H. McArthur and the efforts of Professors Howard Stevenson and William Sahlman. (The work of... View Details

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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Paradigm & author of ‘Wikinomics’ “Michael Porter’s best contribution was broadening the definition of competition with the Five Forces. It was a seminal piece of work.” — Jagdish N. Sheth Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

In 1943 John H. Johnson sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt inviting her to write for Negro Digest, a fledgling magazine that he had recently founded with a $500 loan. The First Lady politely replied that she... View Details

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

markets relative to one-sided markets. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-011.pdf Future Lock-In: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices Authors:Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Revised... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

James F. Morgan (HBS MBA '64) established Flagship Ventures (formerly Morgan, Holland Ventures); and William H. Congleton (HBS MBA '48) and John A. Shane (HBS MBA '60) founded The Palmer Organization. "If I... View Details

July 2017 (Revised April 2018)
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Keurig: Hostile Takeover (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall, John H. Lynch, David J. Donahue and Philip B. Rich

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July 2017 (Revised April 2018)
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Keurig: Hostile Takeover (A)

By: Paul W. Marshall, John H. Lynch, David J. Donahue and Philip B. Rich

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25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

advance class discussion of the (A) and (B) cases to encompass events as they unfolded. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210066-PDF-ENG CityCenter (D): Financial Crisis, Grand Opening, and a New Paradigm John... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

film that had not been met. Bello, “The Magic That Made Polaroid,” 126. Meroë Morse to Edwin H. Land, July 26, 1957, 4. HBS Collection, Box VII.03, Folder 13. Victor McElheny, personal communication with Melissa Banta, June 21, 2024.... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

Dean Kim B. Clark. "He paved the way for the kind of international point of view that we regard as so essential today in educating leaders for the 21st century." Former HBS Dean John H. McArthur praised... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Karen Gordon Mills

1977 John R. Davis: Nature's Blessing Michael F. Cronin: A Focus on the Fundamentals Ann M. Fudge: Enhanced Perspective Steven C. Watson: Course Change Karen Gordon Mills: Her Excellent Adventures Amy S. Langer: Fighting the Good Fight... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.

Deborah Blagg (send e-mail to the author) DISTINCT YET OF A PIECE PROFILES FROM THE CLASS OF 1977 John R. Davis: Nature's Blessing Michael F. Cronin: A Focus on the Fundamentals Ann M. Fudge: Enhanced Perspective Steven C. Watson: Course... View Details

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

instead, that economic activity could be greatly affected by policy gained prestige. Thus, even while Fisher sunk into poverty, his econometric ideas were gaining strength. Of course, the most popular economist of the 1930s became John... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

February 2013 (Revised February 2014)
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Phu My Hung

By: John Macomber and Dawn H. Lau

Privately held city development promoters decide whether to partner on next phase or go it alone in a 20-year, 4000-acre project. Set outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this decades-long project led by two Taiwanese families reshaped and built the economic... View Details

Keywords: Urban Development; Infrastructure; Real Estate Industry; Viet Nam

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