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  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

mode of governance in the American economy: business schools became essential sites for the development of tools and methods for the management of the new large, diversified conglomerates (input-output approaches, linear programming, forecasting). Finally, we argue... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

plans for HBS research and education ventures in key regions of the world. "We are talking about taking the School to a different level of involvement with the world," said Clark. On to Chicago HBS Alumni Association president Catherine... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

with each and every customer. Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the Real World by Laura Truax and Amalya Campbell (MBA 1997) (Eerdmans) When LaSalle Street Church in Chicago received an unexpected windfall, its leaders made the wild,... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

influence from those valued for non-social reasons. The Effects of a Central Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices Authors:Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth Publication:In Studies of Labor Market Intermediation, edited by David H. Autor, 273-306.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

Greenstein, and Catherine Tucker (University of Chicago Press) As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the effects of digital technology and improved... View Details
  • 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006

Ashraf Publication:In Globalization and Poverty, edited by Ann Harrison. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, forthcoming. Abstract This paper investigates the impact of rich-country agricultural support on the poor. Using non-parametric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Masculinities and the International Journal of Advertising, and his forthcoming book Refashioning Masculinity: Men and Fashion in the Digital Age will be published by the University of Chicago Press. Before his academic career, Ben... View Details
  • November 2024
  • Case

Demond Martin and WellWithAll

By: Hise Gibson, Archie L. Jones and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
This case study chronicles the transformative entrepreneurial path of Demond Martin, co-founder and CEO of WellWithAll, a health and wellness startup. Motivated by a pivotal life experience and deep concern for racial health inequities, Martin transitions from a... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Health; Recruitment; Leadership Style; Management Style; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Relationships; Trust; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Investment; Business Startups; Transition; Entrepreneurship; Equality and Inequality; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Health Industry; United States; Chicago; Boston; Atlanta; North Carolina; District of Columbia
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  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Starting Up and Starting Over

successfully devote itself to providing objective advice and solutions to companies experiencing management problems. In 1933 Bower joined a small Chicago firm of "management engineers," a phrase coined by the firm's founder and namesake,... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

approaches to decision making and management. Finally, we argue that the rise of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago from the 1960s onwards (and its closely related cousin at the University of Rochester) marks the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • October 2015
  • Case

Bigbelly

By: Mitch Weiss and Christine Snively
To accelerate Bigbelly's sales growth and its "smart cities" positioning, its CEO planned to shift his company from equipment sales to a subscription service. Jack Kutner hoped to re-position Bigbelly's solar-powered trash compacting stations beyond trash and recycling... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Smart Cities; Government Innovation; Internet Of Things; IoT; Anything As A Service; Platform As A Service; Infrastructure As A Service; PaaS; Xaas; Bigbelly; Jack Kutner; B2G; Civic Innovation; City Innovation; Government Technology; Govtech; Civic Technology; Entrepreneurship; Sales; Innovation and Invention; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Web Services Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Massachusetts; United States; Boston; Chicago; Philadelphia; New York (city, NY)
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  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45344 August 2013 University of Chicago Press Who Uses the Roth 401(k), and How Do They Use It?" By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—Using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846142734,00.html?strSrchSql=Civilization%3A+The+West+and+the+Rest/Civilization_Niall_Ferguson Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors Authors: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell, eds.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

of a Leadership Team BrightStar Care was a rapidly growing franchise of home health care agencies. Founded by husband and wife team JD and Shelly Sun as a single agency near Chicago in 2002, BrightStar had opened nearly 300 franchises... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

other prime locations in Chicago Downtown, and high interest rates suggested he should think long and hard before committing the company's resources to this speculative undertaking. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Lasting Impressions

"Harvard 'B' for Peace." It was an extraordinary introduction to student life at the B-School, and as events such as the student killings at Kent State and Jackson State, the U.S. invasion of Cambodia, and the trial of the Chicago Seven... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
  • 22 May 2020
  • Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

inspire coming up in an inner-city Chicago gang, escaping its grasp only by joining the Navy. The happiest people I have ever known, the Marshallese, have almost no material wealth and live on an island atoll in the middle of the Pacific.... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

conglomerates. Finally, we argue that the rise of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago from the 1960s onwards marks the decisive ascendancy of economics, and particularly financial economics, in business education... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

York and Chicago between 1977 and 1985, I show that legitimacy and status have a favorable impact on the growth of new firms' revenues and number of employees. The paper makes important contributions to social embeddedness and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace