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Sidney Kimmel

Kimmel ran the apparel division of W. R. Grace & Company when it diversified into the fashion world in the early seventies. As Grace sought to streamline its operations, Kimmel bought the fashion business and incorporated it as Jones... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

02 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

some social media platforms soar while others fizzle, and how business can use them to generate profit. "I have always been fascinated that humans interact online when we can interact offline as we have for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

$0.10/kWh. But farms comprising large numbers of megawatt turbines or wave generators are years away. Meanwhile, says Jurgen Weiss, a senior lecturer in business administration who studies ways of... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

05 Aug 2016
News

Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

program for neuroscience entrepreneurs. The company has assembled a core staff and a roster of more than 140 mentors who are experts in its four areas of focus—product development, operations, clinical and regulatory affairs, and business... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

management may motivate managers to operate with insufficient labor levels, which, in turn, degrades profitability. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-040.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsGlobal Talent Management at Novartis Harvard View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Introduction

Home | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School × Please sign in You need to log in to use the bookmarking feature. Sign In Baker Library Databases Ask Us Special Collections Fast Answers All Services Hours Plan Your... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Gotta Dance

harnesses Goldberg’s creative talents as a Broadway performer and Horowitz’s business savvy to produce videos that entertain even as they deliver a (subtle) marketing message. A mini-musical for the dating website Match, for example,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

payments or deferred-compensation arrangements that serve to obscure total pay. And when clubs get rid of poorly-performing players, they do not generally provide them with the equivalent of a golden parachute—a payout that is common... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

ecosystem. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911066-PDF-ENG Cipla 2011 Rohit Deshpandé, Sandra J. Sucher, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 511-050 Dr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

guiding the conduct of the business enterprise. . . . The world cries out for repair. While some people in the world are well off, many more live in misery. Ironically, the magnitude of the problem defies easy recognition. With the global... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

07 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers

protect local businesses from the crushing competition of "big-box" stores. But it turns out such rules often backfire, according to research by Raffaella Sadun, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

02 Jan 2019
News

Not Waiting for Progress

outrageously successful CEO while still in your twenties.” In his current role as CEO of the Los Angeles–based consulting firm Big Answers, Diamond helps clients in business and entertainment who want to View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

Career Coach

Kristen Fitzpatrick

Kristen (HBS '03) is Managing Director, HBS Career and Professional Development. In this role, she coaches alumni and MBA students. Through her interactions with recruiters over the past decade, Kristen is familiar with many industries and how well HBS students and... View Details

Keywords: Education; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Social Enterprise

24 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Meet the Latino Student Organization

whether business school was right for me, I was inspired by Luis Ubiñas (HBS alumni keynote), who challenged all attendees to ‘become the Latino leaders of our generation that were not prevalent within our... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Extra! Extra! Newspapers Miss the Story

their high-margin business of print classifieds with the lower-margin business of online classifieds,” Gilbert told Editor & Publisher. “If that's all they're doing with their online operations, we'd suggest... View Details

09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

passing over it of the loyalty to country and alma mater and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs. In that spirit, Fieldhouse, the director for Emerging View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 1

old lines of business and, if economies of scope are unavailable, to simply reproduce entrant behavior by creating a "firm within a firm." There are two broad streams of explanation for incumbent failure in these circumstances.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 2002
News

New HBSAA Board Members

Flavia B. Almeida (MBA '94) São Paulo, Brazil Principal McKinsey & Company David L. Anderson (MBA '68) Palo Alto, California Managing Director and General Partner Sutter Hill Ventures Eve S. Benton (MBA '71) Bethesda, Maryland Cochairman... View Details

01 Jan 2008
News

Meg Whitman, MBA 1979

Former President & CEO, eBay Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Princeton University, 1977 A.B., Economics SELECTED PREVIOUS POSITIONS Hasbro, General Manager FTD , CEO Disney, Senior Vice President Bain... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

New Releases

Smart Choices by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School Press) Decision-making is a major part of life for every human being. Where should you live? Which house should you buy? Is it time to change... View Details

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