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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
School, has shaped Friedlander’s time at HBS and he’s enjoyed meeting members of the donor family and expressing his appreciation for their support. (photo by Susan Young)... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
of the most powerful political and economic jobs in the world, this book charts Al-Naimi’s extraordinary rise to power. Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today’s Business and Create the Future by Scott... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS
Lindsay McCurren (MBA '19) grew up in Grand Rapids, MI and attended Michigan State. Prior to HBS, Lindsay spent over 6 years working in Corporate Finance at General Mills. Lindsay came to HBS with her family View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
of directors, and am beginning to look into public speaking opportunities. I’m thinking about the different pieces of what makes a full career for me. I was having dinner earlier this year with a friend who... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
David Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus; Herman B. Leonard, George F. Baker Jr. Professor of Public Management and Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business... View Details
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The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade
— John Heard referring to the hong merchants, from his diary, 1891 10 The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System During the period known as the Canton trade system (1757–1842), hong merchants acted as exclusive liaisons between... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
belief in the power of imagination, and by his relationships with people who had provided encouragement when he most needed it. When he left Dell Computer Corporation to teach, Walker discovered that the stories he took with him—of his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
and split their time between two countries, slowly mastering a new language and making friends with the locals over long meals. Van Sickle makes wry observations on France,... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
pieces of what makes a full career for me. I was having dinner earlier this year with a friend who is a career coach. We were talking about the career versus family identity crisis, View Details
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- September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (A)
By: John A. Davis, Louis B. Barnes and Peter K. Botticelli
After establishing a small but profitable skiwear business, an entrepreneur decides to sell a minority stake in the firm to outside investors. His goal is to acquire the capital needed to grow the business, even though this will entail a substantial transformation of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Equity; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Davis, John A., Louis B. Barnes, and Peter K. Botticelli. "Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-084, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- 02 Aug 2015
- News
Father and Daughter Both Drew the World Close
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
purchases. This approach would not only insure more people, but could lead to more innovative, less costly approaches to generating medical breakthroughs, the team says. Chandra, who is the Henry and Allison McCance View Details
- 2013
- Article
Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets
By: Fuhito Kojima, Parag A. Pathak and Alvin E. Roth
Accommodating couples has been a long-standing issue in the design of centralized labor market clearinghouses for doctors and psychologists, because couples view pairs of jobs as complements. A stable matching may not exist when couples are present. This article's main... View Details
Keywords: Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Balance and Stability; Jobs and Positions; Family and Family Relationships; Health Care and Treatment; Employment Industry; Health Industry
Kojima, Fuhito, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth. "Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets." Quarterly Journal of Economics 128, no. 4 (November 2013): 1585–1632.
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
Kominers’s Conundrums: A Heist Leads to a Virtual Adventure
- August 2022 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Wasabi Technologies (A)
By: N. Louis Shipley and Mel Martin
After launching a successful hot cloud storage company, Founder and CEO David Friend is ready to scale the venture rapidly. Wasabi Technologies had focused primarily on direct sales, but an opportunity to pivot to channel sales was on the horizon. The company’s major... View Details
Keywords: Direct Sales; Channel Sales; Information Management; Sales; Product Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Divisions; Information Technology Industry; United States
Shipley, N. Louis, and Mel Martin. "Wasabi Technologies (A)." Harvard Business School Case 823-021, August 2022. (Revised March 2025.)
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Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand's Social Network on Marketing Outcomes
Does “liking” a brand on Facebook cause a person to view it more favorably? Or is “liking” simply a symptom of being fond of a brand? We disentangle these possibilities and find evidence for the latter: brand attitudes and purchasing are predicted by consumers’... View Details
Keywords: Brands; Marketing Effectiveness; Brand Evaluation; Peer Influence; Brands and Branding; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Media
John, Leslie K., Oliver Emrich, Sunil Gupta, and Michael I. Norton. "Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand's Social Network on Marketing Outcomes." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 54, no. 1 (February 2017): 144–155.
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
research and development centers fostered more patents than those who had not crossed borders. Since then, the geography of work and innovation has been the focus of his research. These days, Choudhury, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
core principles of family, faith, free enterprise, and entrepreneurship. Ian Rowe (MBA 1993) is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on education and upward... View Details
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Mira Mehta
offers much more than a purely academic learning experience. I came to school with a clear vision of what I cared about, but without a strong sense of what path I should or could take to achieve my goals. My friends from the HBS Africa... View Details
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
right away. He was with E Ink for 12 years, six as CEO, guiding it through multiple near failures to runaway success. The company sold in 2009 for $215 million. Wilcox then followed through on a fatherly promise to his wife—and former classmate—Gina (MBA 1995) View Details