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- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
desperate as the day of reckoning approaches. They flood the airwaves with negative ads, especially in closely fought states like Pennsylvania and Indiana where the margin of victory was as important as who wins. Political brands, on the... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Profile
Joseph Abel
and figuratively. “I had never been further east than Israel,” Joe says. But the real expansion came with an insight he had while traveling through India’s rural countryside. “You see all these subsistence farmers who have very little View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
1960), former chief economist, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada The United States has the worst of all worlds: a relatively high marginal tax rate that influences behavior negatively, but a considerably lower average tax rate that precludes... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS
presentations to a group of some three hundred top investment professionals. Presenters spoke of markets with multibillion-dollar potential, margins over 70 percent, eighteen-month paths to profitability, and, of course, products... View Details
- 25 Jun 2025
- News
Hitting A High Note
As the Atlanta Opera's general and artistic director, Tomer Zvulun has big ambitions for the organization, imagining a “new model of performing arts." Photo and video credit: Melissa Golden Tomer Zvulun video Tomer Zvulun discusses the Atlanta Opera's contributions to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
dramatically disproportionate effects of the death and devastation it has wrought on the poor, women, and other marginalized members of communities across the world. We hope to host a thoughtful conversation about these themes, the crises... View Details
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
Its forecasted revenue growth rate is more than 90 percent, and its pre-tax margins run between 80 and 90 percent of sales. The problem is that John is seriously considering selling McAfee to Symantec.” That didn’t happen, according to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
in the reduction of greenhouse gases, customers need to play a more significant role.” — Piersten Gaines (MBA 2018) Vail Ski Resort Data point: “The typical ski resort needs 100–105 days of skiing to secure the average industry profit View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
managing call centers for insurance companies but wanted to switch from telephonic to face-to-face service, so I decided to focus on restaurants. I spent the first year at HBS researching the industry and settled on desserts. They are the highest View Details
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
accepting lower profit margins for other products, such as those from China. Overall, Cavallo and his colleagues found little difference between the impact on prices of affected and unaffected goods. The comparison indicates that many... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety
diversity and inclusion, but inclusion itself is more elusive. To be genuinely inclusive, the work environment must be psychologically safe for everyone—including people in historically marginalized or underrepresented groups.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
with gross margins of 75 percent. Right now, we’re basically gross profitable, and we hit a gross margin of about 50 percent at one point before we chose to reinvest in editorial. Now I’m hiring two to three... View Details
- Profile
Rob Casper
great idea. I want to get my hands dirty creating a real product. I'm less interested in scaling a company than making marginal improvements and running the daily business successfully." Because his search is still in progress, Rob... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
Such entrepreneurship is also the best way to allow marginalized groups such as women and those outside the existing power circles to gain a foothold in tomorrow's Afghanistan. The dénouement of the multi-stage Afghan war drama is not yet... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
by Gabriel Wisdom (OPM 26, 1998) (Wiley) Wisdom shows how to capitalize on value plays where the fundamentals are strong but the “general wisdom” about the security has turned negative. Most promising are the stocks Wall Street has marked down without regard to their... View Details
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
government as well as embezzlement. They might very well be willing to pay the same, or higher, taxes to finance good government, which would include a profit margin to the elected firm. Corporations might find that some parts of running... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Bookshelf: Try As One Might
A professor of management at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on design thinking, Jeanne Liedtka (MBA 1981) helps people make better decisions through experimentation. The concept sounds simple enough in the... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
greenhouses appeared to be less than three quarters full. When asked, Baan explained that he grows only enough to meet demand from his clients and no more. With high margins and a maximum production cycle of six weeks, Baan can afford... View Details
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
financial projections for the firm. Profitability analysis begins with calculating the revenue the firm will generate from sales of its products. Then, an analysis of variable and fixed costs is undertaken. Finally, these numbers are used to calculate the profit or... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization
unkind to another. As Manso-Brown explains, “Racism is around us all the time without us doing anything. It is a system created for economic, political, and social reasons that privileges white folks and marginalizes people of color.”... View Details
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