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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report

reunions, and online products and services. Deborah Farrington (MBA ’76) supervised the programming subcommittee, which recommended that the School offer an MBA “renewal” program to deliver the latest thinking in five critical areas of a... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 23, 2001
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How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

By: R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business Ventures

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01 Feb 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

part of these events, identifying sponsors who could provide consistent support year after year, fine-tuning the conference surveys, and examining the viability of developing alumni vacation programs. This... View Details

Keywords: conferences; committees; leadership; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jan 2022
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Take-Two’s $12.7 Billion Purchase of Zynga Will Combat Apple’s Privacy Changes

06 Jul 2021
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As Office Life Beckons Again, the Pandemic's Digital Nomads Weigh Benefits of a Return

August 2012 (Revised May 2013)
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Milwaukee (A): Making of a World Water Hub

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird

Starting in 2007 Milwaukee leaders from different areas (large established companies, civic organizations, public sector, academia, and entrepreneurs) negotiated a path for converting the region into a global water hub to address economic and environmental concerns.... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Growth Management; Business or Company Management; Leading Change; Wisconsin

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August 2000
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A Conversation with Dirk McMahon: Head of Ground Operations at Northwest Airlines, March 16, 2000

A classroom appearance dated March 16, 2000, at Harvard Business School, by Dirk McMahon, head of Ground Operations at Northwest Airlines. View Details

Keywords: Operations; Air Transportation Industry

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01 Oct 2012
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Some examples of how power posing can actually boost your confidence

2016
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Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2016

By: Michael E. Porter, Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai and Manjari Raman

In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2016 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, the report documents the faltering performance of the U.S. economy and the erosion of America’s business... View Details

Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; United States

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26 May 2016
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Student Speaker at HBS Class Day Ceremony Recounts Her Year of Sadness and Success

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Public Displays of Alignment: Firm Speech in Autocratic Regimes

By: Joris Mueller, Jaya Y. Wen and Cheryl Wu

Political speech by firms is increasingly common around the world. This paper examines the government as an important, yet understudied, audience for such speech, focusing on how Chinese firms rhetorically align with the state. We introduce novel, general, and... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Economic Systems; Power and Influence; Government Administration; Policy; China

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January 2022 (Revised November 2023)
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Expanding the Culture of Learning at Kraft Heinz

By: Ashley V. Whillans and Carolyn Watson

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) was an American food company formed in 2015 by the merger of Kraft Foods Group, Inc and the H.J. Heinz Company. The company sold food products like Heinz Ketchup, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kool-Aid, and Philadelphia cream cheese to supermarkets,... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Culture; Work Culture; Workplace Practices; Mergers; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competitive Advantage; Human Capital; Training; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development; Personal Development and Career; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry

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2016
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Win-Win Corporations: The Indian Way of Shaping Successful Strategies

By: Shashank Shah

Why did Ratan Tata decide to pay for all the victims of 26/11 whether injured in the Taj or anywhere else? Why did HDFC’s Aditya Puri insist that employees leave for home by 5:30 p.m.? How did HUL develop a cheaper, better product to beat its competitor, Nirma? What do... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Success

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Resource Configurations Over the Life Cycle of Ventures

By: M. M. Hart, C. Brush and P. Greene

Keywords: Business Ventures; Resource Allocation

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summer 2003
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The Drivers of Market Efficiency in Revlon Transactions

By: Guhan Subramanian

Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Business Ventures; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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10 Sep 2021
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The Evolution of Black Friday Shopping — And What 2021 May Bring

November 2014
Teaching Plan

Diageo: Innovating for Africa

By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin, Mary Shelman and Andrew Otazo

This teaching plan is designed to help students understand the challenges and opportunities of launching products and building businesses in developing markets. View Details