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- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52650 Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture By: Hisano, Ai Abstract—This working paper examines the remarkable growth of wine consumption in the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top teams allow the tension between core and speculative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
platform that made Enron the top buyer and seller of gas and electricity in the United States and Europe in its first year of operation. Many examples of extremely inept management are also positioned... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
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Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
contemporaries, many of whose works were shown in the NAAI exhibition, deftly traversed the worlds of high art, fashion, and commerce. 17 A number of artists in the exhibition came from major metropolitan centers in the United View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
Bradford (MBA 1982) Short Hills, NJ Don’t Punish Success I disagree with Mr. LaMagna 100 percent. First, numerous studies have documented that increasing capital gains taxes negatively impacts capital formation. A decrease in capital formation directly impacts the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
There are over three million corporations in the United States today. From my experience working with a range of businesses, I am sure there is no cancer of immorality among them. The vast majority of our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
employees and customers alike,” Frei says. “I couldn’t think of a service business that fit that description in the United States. We’ve been unable to crack that code of ‘courting the poor’ in any systematic way, so I wanted to... View Details
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
sports industry accounted for around $50 billion in revenues in the United States in 2007, up from just under $35 billion in 2001. On a global scale, total revenues are expected to be nearly $100 billion... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
transitioning green economy. She is now the secretary of the board of the 11-year-old trade association for the waste-heat-to-power industry, Heat is Power. The organization’s website says that it lobbies in Canada and the United View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future
Raised in Seoul, Yu came to the United States when he was 13. After majoring in computer science in college and following a stint as an engineer, he returned home and reclaimed his Korean nationality.... View Details
- 25 May 2010
- News
Commencement and the Winds of Change
most of his young life working to close the divide that separates Israelis and Palestinians. After a career in finance, he left the United States in 2009 to accept a new position overseas. And here’s the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
unreported numbers said. It’s startling to find that managers are not even neutral; they’re somewhat negative.” RESEARCHERS CREATE FORECASTING MODEL To test their ideas, the researchers studied 50 big-box retailers in the United States,... View Details
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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
evolving American consumer is explored. Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism In the mid-to-late 19th century United States, more than 240,000 miles of railroad track was laid. The financial and administrative records of key... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
have died.” Chan, who hails from the People’s Republic of China, obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. In 1994, she was named Director of Health for Hong Kong, where she began her public-health... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
selected you to be part of the class, and if it’s not clear now, it will be soon.” He then added, “Besides, you couldn’t possibly feel more out of place here than I felt when I first arrived.” He went on to tell me that when he first came to the School from View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
on consumers' browsers, resulting in higher prices for returning shoppers, consumer backlash led the company to state that such practice was a "mistake" and that it would refrain from pricing based on customer demographics in the future.... View Details
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi is home to an estimated 700,000 people living on just 551 acres. Featured in the 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Dharavi embodies the characteristics of a slum as defined by the United... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
fifteen years ago, as a doctoral candidate in Harvard’s Economics Department, Lerner was collecting data on the role of VC funding in the biotechnology industry. Before long, he also became intrigued by the concept of intellectual property and concerned about the sad... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Action Plan: Casting Call
market over the years. While the company continues to make envelopes and printed products, it also produces packaging for pharmacies and other e-commerce mailing needs. With 9 manufacturing facilities and more than 20 sales offices in the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; hobbies; balance; meaning; longevity; aging; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
executives by examining how they are penalized in starting pay when looking for new work. The study, co-written with Eric Lin of the United States Military Academy at West Point, reveals these executives pay... View Details