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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business
professor of accounting at Howard University, where he taught for over 30 years. There he developed the marketing program and organized the Howard University Small Business Development Center. He joined the...
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- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
managers, and rationalizes administrative processes. In the end, the acquiring company has greater market share, a more efficient operation, better managers, more clout, and the industry as a whole has less...
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by Joseph L. Bower
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
understand. The bits that classical computers use to store data and perform calculations have only two possible states: 0 or 1. But the laws of quantum mechanics, which govern the world of atomic and subatomic particles, are inherently...
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- 10 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated
data scientist at Amazon; and Nils Wernerfelt, an economist at Meta, Facebook’s parent company. In one of the largest studies of its kind, Luca and his coauthors analyzed more than 800 public health advertising campaigns that reached 2.1...
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- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
PublicationsThe World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz Publication:Chap. 3 in Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2004
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Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
As a driver of both the overall economy and of individual wealth, real estate is pretty hard to beat. As Harvard Business School professor Arthur Segel says, real estate is the largest asset class in the world—the value of housing View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
sent to lead a secret mission in 1944 that the United States thought could end World War II. When the plan fell apart, a new challenge began: survive the Slovakian...
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Economics for Managers Economics for Managers will enable you to drive critical business decisions. Explore how businesses approach pricing strategy, evaluate market demand, and differentiate their offerings, and how you can apply those...
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- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
learn more about creating a sales playbook or experience venture from an investor’s perspective versus as the fundraiser. What tools are missing from your toolbox? What existing tools in your toolbox do you wish to HONE? For example, a...
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by Julia Austin
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
market regulation. New Deal partnerships in planning borrowed from those efforts to manage competitive markets, yet ultimately discredited the fair trade model by mandating economy-wide trade rules that...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
that engineers stable metal alloys at the Nano-scale. Tom was also CEO of Z Corporation, a leading pioneer in 3D printing, where he grew the company from early commercialization to market leadership. He is a...
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- 16 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management
Mississippi planter priced his 48-year-old foreman, Hercules, at $500; recorded the worth of Middleton, a 26-year-old top-producing field hand, at $1,500; and gave 9-month-old George Washington a value of $150. At the end of the year, he repeated this process,...
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by Katie Johnston
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The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back - MBA
East and North Africa South America United States 09 Jun 2022 The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back Dorian Salinas Author HBS Community tag 2nd Year (EC) Alumni International Leadership MD/MBA Student Life Women Now that the MBA Class of 2022...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
the most complex development deals you can do,” he observes. The permitting and engineering took about two years; the $3 million project was demolished and rebuilt in six months. Navigating that kind of bureaucracy is routine for a...
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Departments - Employment
Alumni, Career and Professional Development, Executive Education, External Relations, Faculty, Practitioners, Students Culture A passion for making a difference in the world and improving the environment....
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- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
same degree as the United States by the early twentieth century. There were many reasons for this: The emergence of salesmanship in the U.S. depended on a stable currency, the rule of law, the protection of...
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by Laura Linard
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
Because pricing is such a difficult and complex arena, it has confounded sales and marketing executives and scholars for centuries. In no other marketing element is the...
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- 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
platforms, and hybrid platforms. We suggest that the world is moving towards more and more hybrids, and we identify the key steps in building a successful platform. 3) Failure is more likely than...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023
Healthcare Exchange, where our purpose is to help reduce the cost of doing health care for citizens across the United States and in Europe, and bringing his Deep Purpose messaging to all of our employees...
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- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show that in Brazilian states that...
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Martha Lagace