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  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Answering the Call

and the pile, must transmit force while protecting the pile. The new Cumberland pad does this particularly well, and the company believes the product could become an important source of revenue. But how much should the company charge for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

functions Allow me to develop strong professional relationships Be a launch pad for future career growth I found this ideal role with BCG Boston, and am excited to join them after graduation, and wanted to share some of the lessons I’ve... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
  • 09 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

reason that the UK has been able to attract top Japanese and German company investment is that it is both a relatively efficient place to do business and one with access to the broader EU market. Companies in the United States have also seen the UK as a natural... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 22 Mar 2017
  • Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

observe how the quotas might affect sales on both low- and high-ticket items—mouse pads on the low end, wireless routers on the high end. Three, and most importantly, the retailer was willing to participate in a field experiment. “Finding... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Nov 2008
  • Research Event

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology

Internet-connected televisions, social media, and the power of simplicity were all cited as launch pads for future innovation in technology, according to a panel of experts that convened at Harvard Business School as part of the HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

Case Study: Glass Half Full

together, Mitchell and Humpierres launched a line of microwavable heating pads filled with cherry pits. “It’s a very niche market,” Humpierres acknowledges, but once they saw that it was also successful, they decided to diversify. In June... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 23 Apr 2014
  • HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

the same time giving them cover against criticism by allowing them to point to "healthier alternatives" in their product portfolios. When entrepreneurs first created e-cigarettes and marketed them as a way to quit smoking, they probably didn't intend to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • News

Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

Alumni New Venture Competition, cohosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Alumni Relations, serves as a launch pad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Mar 2025
  • News

Patch Work

The week before the November 2024 US elections was like so many that came before at Winning Connections, with John Jameson (MBA 1991) padding around his firm’s Capitol Hill town house in athletic shorts, trying to demonstrate that the telephone still has a role to play... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar
  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

added Bolnick. Many businesses enter individual countries "and just try to pad their pockets and use the government to create protection subsidies, reduce taxes and all that,"he complained. While there are some very good,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Promise & Perils

champion of Asian studies since that first visit to China, noted in his welcoming remarks that HBS opened its Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong in 1999, creating a launching pad for case writing and research from Indonesia to... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Making Change

operations in 2009, SHE, with a staff of 10 and aiming to reach 3,000 girls this year, has developed a franchise model to manufacture and distribute low-cost, eco-friendly menstrual pads by sourcing local, inexpensive raw materials (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

Lighten Up

trade organization, the Outdoor Industry Association. In 1999 GoLite introduced its first line of products. They consisted of Jardine designs to be used together: backpack, sleeping pad and bag, insulated clothing, tent, umbrella, and... View Details
Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • 29 Aug 2018
  • News

The Value of Valleys

So the experience in a lot of ways was really great. I thought as far as a professional setback goes, I think at the time I was hoping it would be the launch pad to a very comprehensive marketing experience whereby I would get to make a... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

The New Space Race

rocket fly more than 62 miles up in the sky on November 23, deliver a vehicle into suborbital space, and return to Earth intact on a landing pad a few miles away. The experience was visceral: A sonic boom when the rocket entered the... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 10 Dec 2014
  • News

Front-Row Seat

to do.” To that end, Bradley explains, he and editor-in-chief James Bennet will go on a “listening tour,” pen and legal pad at the ready, to jump-start the process of figuring out what that “something” might be. The destination is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

An Entrepreneurial Journey

always-open Store 24 convenience stores. T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56) focused on perfecting the packaging elements that would make Sealed Air padded mailers as ubiquitous as the mail itself. Putting in place his environmentally friendly... View Details
  • Web

Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Winners & Success Stories The New Venture Competition has been the launching pad for many ventures, and not just from the winning teams. With more than half of Harvard Business School alumni classifying themselves as entrepreneurs at some... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

The Long Run

that touched him personally. To understand that connection, you have to go back to Langford’s hometown of Calhoun, about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta, where he played on the high school football team. He was second string, he points out, so he could take notes about... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

low-powered incentives (and more generally low wages). We also discuss the role of ability, the tax system, and the way to derive a measure of the value of illegal funds for the agent. Cost Reductions, Cost Padding and Stock Market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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