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- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
look at its purpose and what it was giving back to the public,” says Lewis Braxton III (PMD 66, 1993), who recently retired as deputy director of NASA’s Ames Research Center and is now pursuing a position with a space startup. Over the... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
emissions can have a positive return on investment but hurt earnings and cash flow in the short term. Some commitments may actually result in a wealth transfer from shareholders to another stakeholder group, such as paying a "living wage"... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
of the river and recently endowed the College's baseball program with a gift of $2.5 million. "There are many people along the way -- starting with your parents -- who help you to get to a position where you can make a difference,' he... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
available today does not address the needs of senior job seekers. Building a Winning Career sets out a proven process that has worked for hundreds of senior executives, delivering superior results for those considering their next career move. William Cowan describes... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
a number of unintended consequences can overshadow these positive effects for the retailer. First, loyalty programs can negatively influence the consumer's price perception of retailers. This conclusion directly follows from the arguments... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
could not understand some of the assets on the balance sheets of these firms. The assets were complicated, and were not traded, so there was no open market, and the models were difficult to understand. Commercial banks, however, were in a different View Details
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
courses taught by Unger at Loyola include Globalization and International Business, Managing in Developing Countries, Global Strategy, and The Microeconomics of Competitiveness. Having held senior policy positions in the U.S. Government,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
help us manage climate change.” There are possibilities in genomics, she says, where data is expanding beyond our capacity to grasp it. There’s potential in health care, helping to eliminate simple things like false positives in hospital... View Details
- May 2022
- Supplement
Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-401, May 2022.
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
and the consumers' discount factor, while statistically significant, fall in the region where PlayStation 2's position is unsustainable. Working PapersPay Dispersion and Work Performance Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
building a global position and entering markets where offshore wind is nascent. The case examines the transformations in strategy leading to Ørsted’s success and the challenges of adopting that strategy in order to enter the U.S. market.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
money on other people may have a more positive impact on happiness than spending money on oneself. Providing converging evidence for this hypothesis, we found that spending more of one's income on others predicted greater happiness both... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
financial perspective. Building a Bridge to PE/VC At HBS, Mbanusi and Sheil became friends and were linked together by a shared desire to pivot their careers into investing as well as a passion for making a positive impact on the world.... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
teach, inspire, and motivate our readers to create their own positive stories - ones which prioritize the human side of climate change. About the Author Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) has spent her career as a journalist, author, and... View Details
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
(MBA 1978). Adams has spent her career as a journalist, author, and convener. Over the next few months, she will share a variety of stories that we hope will teach, inspire, and motivate our readers to create their own positive stories -... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
someone who is more precise and rigorous because I tend to be a somewhat vague, speculative thinker.” Secret sauce: “Three of my students have won the Nobel Prize, but when these brilliant young people pass through our program, it’s not my doing. The key thing with... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
York City to his time as an internationally touring opera singer, his business launch during the Great Recession, and ultimately to his position as founder and CEO of Aria, a real estate company with a mission to humanize the experience... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
with the orchestra. The post was followed by a series of conducting positions in the United States (Alabama’s Huntsville Symphony and the Houston Symphony) and Mexico (the Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa) before his guest-conducting stints... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
pioneered the vast amount of paperwork required by modern firms, which innovations such as the Hollerith punchcard machine (a predecessor to IBM) only multiplied. At DuPont, a manager was required to submit eight copies of the application form, Number 16822 (!), to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne