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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures Background Harvard Business School (HBS) has a long tradition of entrepreneurial activity. In recent years, the emphasis on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School specifically and at Harvard... View Details
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Communications Satellite Corporation TN
Teaching Note for (9-276-195). View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
(Photo source: iStock) Economic cluster theory has been used to describe the growth of many industries, including the automotive business around Detroit, high tech in Silicon Valley, and digital media in Seoul. These regions benefit by a... View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
someone, perhaps a highly experienced, high-profile executive, who might not otherwise be available or interested in the job? On the other hand, if the person is to be hired, what are the costs in terms of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2020
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Task Force
second round of funding, with the goal of expanding into the Mexican market before moving on to Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile. In its first year, through word of... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of "what is my calling?" It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to work on problems that mattered to me, that I could have fun doing,... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
and then simply copying it? Nonetheless, belonging to a platform is a way to engage in a platform market quickly at relatively low cost and learn the tools of the trade. In the book, we explore a number... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
cause different individuals to pay different prices. Real estate is the most imperfect of all asset classes. A simple example that illustrates imperfections in the real estate market is the high level of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
Haft himself, then head of the company, sat amid a pile of hardcover books. “Books cost too much, so I opened Crown Books,” he said to the camera. “Now you’ll never have to pay... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving
Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives The Cost of Cutting in Line Feedback or ideas to share? Email... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- September 2003 (Revised February 2007)
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PolyMedica Corporation (A)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
The Securities and Exchange Commission and investors question PolyMedica Corp.'s practice of capitalizing rather than expensing of direct-response advertising. View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Earnings; Advertising; Private Sector; Budgets and Budgeting; Cost Management; Capital Markets; Marketing; Private Equity; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "PolyMedica Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 104-023, September 2003. (Revised February 2007.)
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My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details
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Robert Kimmel
Texas A&M. He is a Baker Scholar. Work Experience: Harbour Results (Strategy and Operations Consulting), ColorMatrix (Senior Director of Operations and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt), Audax Private View Details
- September 2001 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Eskimo Pie Corporation (Abridged)
In early 1991, Reynolds Metals, the makers of aluminum products, decided to sell its holding of Eskimo Pie, a marketer of branded frozen novelties. Reynolds had an offer from Nestle to acquire Eskimo Pie. However, Reynolds decided instead to make an initial public... View Details
Keywords: Food; Initial Public Offering; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Business Divisions; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry
Ruback, Richard S. "Eskimo Pie Corporation (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 202-037, September 2001. (Revised December 2003.)
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
medicine. They do not know if they received good value for the money. Partially as a result of this lack of transparency, increases in employers’ health care costs have... View Details
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By: Iavor I. Bojinov
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Pioneer Petroleum Corporation TN
By: Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-292-011). View Details
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
the cost of being affiliated with end users exceeds the benefit. With more clarity brought to what makes MSPs special, Hagiu and Wright expect future research to further refine the modeling View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average View Details