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Career Coach

Jamal Eason

tactics, and frame strategies. Jamal's expertise is in formulating a tailored and action-based approach based on self-reflection, industry trends and desired career vision. He has experience in assessing all inputs in a career transition... View Details

Keywords: Technology

Spring 2018
Article

The Next Phase of Business Sustainability

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Trends; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Disclosure

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01 Jun 1998
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Devtosh Khare

markets and economic trends in the region and to make some contacts with India's business leaders," he explains. "Then I'll be ready to go out on my own." He believes that India's service sector offers the most exciting business... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail

The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

29 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Global Change in the Built Environment

materials for the first year MBA core curriculum and created three programs for executive education both here and off campus. What did your participants identify as some of the major trends or issues influencing the real estate... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Real Estate

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Stock ownership: statistics

style="font-weight: 700;">Shares Held’. Select output format. FactSet includes Holder Type Trend data. Click on Ownership then search for the security of interest. Click on Holder View Details

2017
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Of Margins and Modalities

Thomas M. Rauch

Through significant investments in research and development, Rauch enabled Smith Kline to build a pipeline of new products and drug applications. During his leadership, Smith Kline’s revenues increased from $259 million to $357 million – continuing a 23-year View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

01 Sep 2020
News

Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

they’re able to destroy countries that were relatively successful. And that’s certainly true around the world. How does this trend affect businesses? RDT: The rise of populism affects the business environment even in places where the... View Details

Keywords: April White

2008
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Accounting, Risk Management and the Aftermath of a Control Debacle

By: Anette Mikes

Despite the widespread adoption of risk management systems in the financial services industry, recent control debacles highlight the apparent lack of top managerial attention to risk controls. Yet in order to understand the workings and uses of risk controls (or any... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Governance Controls; Management Systems; Accounting; Conflict and Resolution; Trends; Financial Services Industry

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Market trends, opportunities in advanced technology fields

pharmaceuticals, plastics, safety and security, and semiconductor manufacturing. Frost & Sullivan - Reports and market trends and opportunities encompassing various technology-, energy-, and manufacturing-related... View Details

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Investing in Life Sciences - SIP Resources

Market research: BCC Research - Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Frost & Sullivan - Reports and market trends encompassing various... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

and Indian scientists and engineers have made an unexpectedly large contribution to U.S. technology formation over the last thirty years, according to new research by Assistant Professor William Kerr. But that trend may be ebbing, with... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management

21 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Missing the Wave in Ship Transport

investors succeed in volatile, cyclical markets as far ranging as real estate, high technology, and truck transport. In Waves in Ship Prices and Investment, a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Professor Robin Greenwood and Assistant Professor Samuel... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Transportation

28 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Leverage Baker Library to Inform Your Job Search Every Step of the Way

Examples of information we can provide include: Targeted list of potential employers Industry overviews and trends Competitor lists Articles on trends in a specific area Company profiles Remote Access Use... View Details

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Sustainability in the Transportation Industry

renew the California Transportation Plan (CTP), updating its models and policy considerations to reflect industry changes every five years. This document is envisioned as a reference for modelers and decision makers. It aggregates current information and research on... View Details

29 May 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Introduction to the Future of Market Capitalism

trend of rising wealth will continue, a view that is shared by many global business leaders. But recent research conducted by HBS indicates that business leaders harbor many concerns about market capitalism and see critical challenges... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower

01 Mar 2012
News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

of retailing through consulting and marketing work for a roster of global clients. Traub recently sat down with Gilt Groupe cofounders Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) to discuss retailing trends and the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

data on trending revenue and customer delivery. We also share successes in biweekly emails from the CEO and in quarterly all-company meetings. Each starts with broad business metrics and then goes into a deep dive on a particular function... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Annual IT expenditures by industry

Annual reported IT expenditures by U.S. industry and by type of IT expenditure. Information and Communication Technology Survey: Annual survey compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau that breaks out IT spending by industry and type of expenditure. Frost &... View Details

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