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    Edward T. Bedford

    In 1906, Bedford became president of the newly consolidated Corn Products Refining Company. Under Bedford’s leadership, Corn Products Refining manufactured several forms of oil, including “Mazola,” several... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • 01 Jun 2020
    • News

    Post-Office

    start seeing the strategic benefits of remote work? Prashanth Chandrasekar: There’s actually been, in some ways, a rise in productivity because people are able to focus and be very efficient with their time. We have not seen any kind of... View Details
    Keywords: Dan Morrell; Remote work; COVID-19; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
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    Texaco: A Picture Story - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next Texaco: A Picture Story The Texas Company, 1930 Photographer unknown Explore the full size image... View Details
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    Donald Hills Davenport - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next Donald Hills Davenport 1935 Photographer unknown Explore the full size image Donald Hills Davenport... View Details
    • 28 Jul 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

    shopped at Walmart at least once or twice, and you likely are aware of their "Everyday low prices" tagline. Have you ever thought about the connection between their everyday low prices and the safety of the products Walmart... View Details
    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail
    • 01 Dec 2004
    • News

    A Life by Design

    created the distinctive Studebaker Hawk automobile. “Years later, I realized what an amazing place I had grown up in,” says Ross, who acknowledges her father’s influence on her own choice of careers — fashion product design. Over the past... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

      Michael Kaplan

      Michael Kaplan is founder of MKaps LLC, and an investor, entrepreneur and multi company founder. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of Fashion to Figure, a leading plus-size fashion company for women sizes 12-26. Kaplan graduated from Harvard Business School and... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#20;#Ecommerce;#19;#Digital Health;#29;#Entertainment;#30;#Fashion, Beauty, Apparel, & Retail;#31;#Finance;#55;#Music
      • February 2021 (Revised March 2021)
      • Case

      AptDeco: Circular Economy Furniture Marketplace

      By: Ayelet Israeli and Jamie Merkrebs
      AptDeco, a used furniture marketplace, was growing rapidly in the tri-state area. The co-founders were confident that the business model, financial position, and unit economics positioned AptDeco for scaling in the massive $120 billion furniture market, despite its... View Details
      Keywords: E-Commerce Strategy; Mobile; Word-of-Mouth; Word-of-mouth Marketing; Word Of Mouth; Internet Marketing; Growth Strategy; Platform; Platforms; Two Sided Markets; Two-sided Market; Two-sided Marketplace; Two-Sided Markets; Two-sided Network; Black Entrepreneurs; Black Leadership; African Americans; Circular; Peer-to-peer Markets; Furniture Industry; Furniture; Growth Hacking; Monetization Strategy; African-American Protagonist; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; North America; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
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      • July 2010 (Revised March 2016)
      • Case

      MacroMarkets LLC

      By: Robin Greenwood and Luis M. Viceira
      MacroMarkets co-founder and CEO Samuel Masucci III is meeting with a strategic partner for his firm. Co-founded with Yale University Professor Robert Shiller, MacroMarkets' main innovation is the "MacroShare," which allows investors to take long or short, levered or... View Details
      Keywords: Macroeconomics; Financial Instruments; Financial Markets; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Innovation and Invention; Risk Management; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Financial Services Industry
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      • December 2001 (Revised January 2002)
      • Case

      Nestle S.A.

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
      Peter Brabeck wants to focus Nestle as a wellness company in the global food system and do so in a way that provides both growth in sales and margins in both developed and developing countries. View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Food; Multinational Firms and Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Sales; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland
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      • August 2008
      • Article

      Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

      By: William R. Kerr
      This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Ethnicity; Production; Integration; Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Employment; Performance Productivity; Entrepreneurship; Change; Developing Countries and Economies; Immigration; China; United States
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      • 26 Jan 2016
      • First Look

      January 26, 2016

      disclosure. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50424 forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine Learning By: Chalfin, Aaron, Oren... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • March 2005 (Revised December 2005)
      • Case

      Morgan Stanley and TRAC-X: The Battle for the CDS Indexes Market

      Morgan Stanley's credit derivatives business, specifically its collateralized debt obligation (CDO) business, has been hugely successful. One of its leading offerings is the TRAC-X product, jointly created and marketed by Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. However, a new... View Details
      Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Product; Competition; Capital Markets; Financial Services Industry
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      • 12 Sep 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

      In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 13 May 2013
      • Blog Post

      Becoming a Consulting Expert

      project is given to you, you’re the expert on that piece. Never mind if you’ve never studied that industry or heard of the company or thought about the products at all - someone’s gotta be the go-to person, and that someone is you. In a... View Details
      Keywords: Consulting
      • 27 Oct 2015
      • Blog Post

      Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring Claire Friedman...

      productions including the MTV Movie Awards, an upcoming concert special for Fox, and Dwayne Johnson's Rock the Troops. I'm also serving as the Executive in Charge of our Lip Sync Battle Franchise. How has having an MBA impacted your... View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
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      Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design

      and beverage, semiconductor, and high technology. Passport
      Market research reports about various consumer products and industries worldwide from Euromonitor International. Includes economic indicators, demographic data, foreign... View Details
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      Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

      presence. Recommended and designed business partnerships and product designs for a Chinese telecom company to pursue mobile banking and microfinance for rural Chinese population to access financing. Dates & Deadlines Students work on... View Details
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      Benefits | Information Technology

      the HBS Live Online Classroom production team allows instructors to be completely free of technology responsibilities, so they can focus on discussions and make deep, one-to-one connections. Dynamic case teaching, the way cases were meant... View Details
      • 01 Jun 2003
      • News

      400 and Counting: Surge in HBS Cases with Women Protagonists

      in key decision-making roles. “The cases feature women in all areas of responsibility, including accounting, production and operations management, competitive strategy, entrepreneurship, and service management,” notes Hart in an... View Details
      Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services