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- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
But he is doing what makes him happiest: helping others onto the launch pad of life. "If I'm doing anything to change the world," he says, "it is using any power and influence I have to lift up other people." View Details
- 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
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
attached to a crane. The cushion pad, which sits inside a "helmet" placed between the hammer and the pile, must transmit force while protecting the pile. The new Cumberland pad does this particularly well, and the company... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 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
- 20 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
satisfy the following criteria: 1) be sustainability and technology focused; 2) challenge me to solve tough problems; 3) teach me how to work in business strategy and/or ops functions; 4) allow me to develop strong professional relationships; and 5) be a launch View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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