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  • 18 Nov 2013
  • Op-Ed

Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?

communicate and made abbreviations like RT (retweet) and ICYMI (in case you missed it) part of the lingo of Twitter users everywhere. What to make of all this? Senior Lecturer Chet Huber, who joined the School's General Management unit... View Details
Keywords: by Chet Huber; Technology
  • Web

Faculty Mentors | Research Associates

support. Research Staff Services hires all RAs and is happy to answer questions about the application process. Please do not contact faculty directly about opportunities. Accounting & Management Unit Brian K. Baik Assistant Professor of... View Details
  • August 2014
  • Case

Rent the Runway (Abridged)

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch
Two months after a successful launch In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round... View Details
Keywords: Lean Startup; Electronic Commerce; Fashion; Expansion; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; E-commerce; Fashion Industry
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  • May 2003
  • Case

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

By: John A. Quelch
Didier Cherpitel, CEO of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is implementing a new strategy that will fundamentally change the role of its International Secretariat. The organization is in the early stages of implementing a best... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Brands and Branding
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  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

business community stand on all this? Generally, it backs reforms, believing that open markets require political openness. The business community is influential but the government is sufficiently repressive to hurt anyone who pushes it... View Details
  • 14 May 2013
  • Blog Post

Exploring new opportunities at HBS

startup approximately 10% of the size of our entire RC class. Prior to joining the startup, I had a slightly more traditional occupation working on the Loyalty Marketing team at a national luxury retailer (which, yes, did require me to... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 11 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

of its legal and regulatory framework. Rounding out the Top 10 were Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Japan, and Hong Kong SAR. Hong Kong increased its ranking by seven, in part by strengthening View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Shantanu Rege

with the business skills — developing relationships, building consensus, managing teams — I learned as a consultant and financial analyst." At HBS, Shantanu finds himself "surrounded by different geographies, different... View Details
  • 23 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

to write about globalization, accounting standards and, in particular, Indian accounting standards? Gregory Miller: Globalization is the major issue in determining the future of financial reporting. As financial and product markets become... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services
  • May 2010
  • Teaching Note

Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company (TN)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III
Teaching Note for [810105]. View Details
Keywords: Production; Product Launch; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Brands and Branding; Distribution; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry; Indiana; Norway
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  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

understand why some of the other top firms in the business, such as KKR and Apollo, have been tapping the public equity markets for their own funds, and whether they should do the same. They are also pondering how to monetize their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

pressed pleats? Krasnow worked at General Foods for two years, developing fast-food products for the home kitchen. Then he joined the Jewel Companies, a food retailer, first bagging groceries at a Star Market in Cambridge, and later View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

    Jon Staff

    Consumer brand building - Mission/vision/values development and adherence - Co-founder and early stage team building - DTC marketing - Go-to-market strategies - Hospitality startups - Real estate businesses - Investor View Details
    • 27 Apr 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: April 27

    managers and recruiters are questioning conventional business education. Their concerns? Among other things, MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 07 Jan 2015
    • What Do You Think?

    SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

    the Internet? How many of us have then received offers for products that we didn't yet know we needed? Organizational transparency today most often is associated with good management practice There is a movement afoot to thwart personal... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 18 Jul 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: July 18, 2006

    What is missing is any role for market forces in governance, with their promise to achieve better cost effectiveness and innovation in governance practice. The authors argue that governance-linked D&O insurance is a means toward that... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Profile

    Michelle Giguere

    mutual. After completing a nine-month Retail Manager Program of rotations in San Francisco, Michelle acquired merchandising responsibilities for menswear, infant clothing, and ultimately, "the entire toddler boys and girls product... View Details
    • November–December 2022
    • Article

    Your Company Needs a Space Strategy. Now.

    By: Matthew Weinzierl, Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Alan MacCormack and Brendan Rosseau
    Space is becoming a potential source of value for businesses across a range of sectors, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and tourism. To understand what the opportunities are for your company, the authors advise you to consider the four ways in... View Details
    Keywords: Space Strategy; Emerging Markets; Natural Resources; Analytics and Data Science; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Competition; Aerospace Industry
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    • 21 Mar 2016
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

    managed to pull off such a huge success without any of the typical pre-release marketing hype. “You could make a strong argument that an unknown artist could not get away with this. You need to be at a level... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education
    • Web

    Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment

    Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production... View Details