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Bibliography - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

Houghton Mifflin, 1979. Garber, Peter M. Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias . Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2000. Grebler, Leo, David M. Blank, and Louis Winnick. Capital Formation in Residential Real Estate: Trends and... View Details

September 2021
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Perceptions on Undertaking Regular Asymptomatic Self-testing for COVID-19 Using Lateral Flow Tests: A Qualitative Study of University Students and Staff

By: Marta Wanat, Mary Logan, Jennifer A. Hirst, Charles Vicary, Joseph J. Lee, Rafael Perera, Irene Tracey, Gordon Duff, Peter Tufano, Thomas Fanshawe, Lazaro Mwandigha, Brian D. Nicholson, Sarah Tonkin-Crine and Richard Hobbs

Objectives: Successful implementation of asymptomatic testing programmes using lateral flow tests (LFTs) depends on several factors, including feasibility, acceptability and how people act on test results. We aimed to examine experiences of university students... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Self-testing; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Behavior

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01 Sep 2013
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Passion & Purpose

to become Brazil's largest investment bank. Today the Baker Scholar runs JGP, one of Brazil's leading independent asset management firms. JGP has delivered positive returns every year since its 1998 inception. Thomas View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 1998
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HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco

a panel of prominent African-American CEOs and executives. The conference included a session on navigating corporate environments, moderated by Associate Professor David A.... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Mar 2006
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Back to School

working with leadership teams from nine urban school districts over the course of three annual sessions to coordinate research and create coherent, scalable systems for education reform. Two cases written for PELP and taught by HBS... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

March 2018
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In Pursuit of Enhanced Customer Retention Management: Review, Key Issues, and Future Directions

By: Eva Ascarza, Scott A. Neslin, Oded Netzer, Zachery Anderson, Peter S. Fader, Sunil Gupta, Bruce Hardie, Aurelie Lemmens, Barak Libai, David T. Neal, Foster Provost and Rom Schrift

In today’s turbulent business environment, customer retention presents a significant challenge for many service companies. Academics have generated a large body of research that addresses part of that challenge—with a particular focus on predicting customer churn.... View Details

Keywords: Customer Retention; Churn; Customer Relationship Management; Measurement and Metrics

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01 Apr 2000
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Books

overseas. Although it is questionable whether the industry can continue to grow at the same pace as in recent years, the authors predict that venture capital firms will be "an enduring feature on the global economic landscape in the years to come." Learning in Action... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pseudo-Set Framing By: Barasz, Kate, Leslie John, Elizabeth A. Keenan, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Pseudo-set framing—arbitrarily grouping items or tasks together as part of an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

January 2007
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Sonoco Products Company (C)

By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and David Lane

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry

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01 Jun 1997
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Quick Studies

articles here: Carla E. Small–A Mother's Work David M. Hughes–Civic Whirlwind Thomas C. Høegh–All the Worlds's a Stage Taylor R. M. Keen–Against the Current Ronald P. Mitchell–Family Values Jennifer L.... View Details

January 2011
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Shar Matin (B)

By: David A. Thomas and Elisa Farri

The head of the subsidiary of a US company faced the decision to present an aggressive growth plan despite his CFO's lack of support. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Decisions; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning

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July 2002
Case

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Mentoring Program, The (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Gina Carioggia

Describes steps taken to implement and manage a successful employee mentoring program at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. A cultural change at the bank provided the context out of which the program grew. The case describes the development of the program,... View Details

Keywords: Design; Training; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Public Ownership; Planning

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May 1998
Teaching Note

Development Relationships TN

By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy

The final class of the Career Development module of the Self-Assessment and Career Development course (SACD) uses the topic of mentoring and developmental relationships to encourage students to think beyond the point of finding and accepting a suitable job offer. The... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Curriculum and Courses; Job Offer; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Strategy

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February 1998
Teaching Note

Bob Fifer TN

By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy

Teaching Note for (9-495-013). View Details

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23 Oct 2019
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Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program

a team project in the new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, offered jointly by HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). With just three days to complete a... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations; MS/MBA

01 Feb 1999
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New Releases

implement the book's concepts and models in their own organizations. Competing on Internet Time by David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano (Free Press) Last fall, a new book... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Sep 2003
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Class Day & Commencement

Class Day Student Speaker Brendan McGeever (MBA ’03). More Class Day and Commencement photos. Photography by Stuart Cahill and Thomas J. Fitzsimmons Conditions were cloudy and cool but the mood was festive... View Details

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

01 Jun 2002
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Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse

the company's collapse — faculty members spoke off the record. There were four sessions: “Was the Failure of Enron the Result of a Flawed Strategy?,” led by Professors Joseph Bower, David Garvin, and Michael... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Enron; faculty; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
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Alumni Books

to permanently gain the trust of their clients, coworkers, partners, and constituents. Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire That Transformed the Nation by Rusty McClure (MBA ’75) with David Stern and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information