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31 Mar 2011
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Building an Online Swap Shop

labels and schedules home pickups. The Times called thredUP an example of how “shopping is changing in the wake of the Great Recession,” with Americans burnt out by their decades-long spending spree. In a phone interview in early January,... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

07 Dec 2015
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Easing the Costs of Adoption

When Kerr Taylor (OPM 39, 2010) and his wife, Jill, returned home from Russia in 1998 with their adopted daughter, Christina, they brought with them a desire to make the process easier for other families. They created Pathways for Little... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Action Plan: Yes, Chef!

Spago-devotee Johnny Carson take stacks of pizzas home to freeze, Puck decided to branch out and sell his frozen pizzas to the grocery-buying public. Puck—the man and the brand—was suddenly everywhere. The 1990s brought still more... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune

04 Sep 2019
News

Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers

Executive Vice President for Strategy, Technology, and Innovation at Major League Baseball (photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos) If you haven’t picked up a pack of baseball cards lately, you might be surprised... View Details

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Kelly Carson

value of what's happening now, in class, and of the opportunities you see for yourself in the future. The truth is, you don't just come for career enhancement. You come to be... View Details

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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive... View Details

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools

What GIS resources are available to Harvard affiliates? Harvard provides access to several tools that allow you to map data: SimplyAnalytics: web-based mapping tool that incorporates market research data from Experian... View Details

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Missy Blakeley

I'll share with you a dirty little secret: all these wonderful opportunities... scare the heck out of me...! When I was growing up, my parents told me I could do anything I set my mind to – yet I was still not allowed to bike past the... View Details

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Preqin | Baker Library

Preqin Data and information on private equity and venture capital companies, funds, and deals; debt, real estate and infrastructure. Read More Preqin, a part of BlackRock, is known as the home of alternatives, with coverage spanning... View Details

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

touched controversial issues including gender equality and the conflicting emotions experienced both by women who work and those who stay home to raise families. Other popular stories, listed below, looked at such diverse topics as the... View Details

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Admissions Resources - Doctoral

faculty at HBS and departments across the university, and much more. Watch this video to learn more about why HBS may be the right home to launch your career into business academia. PhD Admissions Info Session Are View Details

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Jolie Chow

finance." HBS has changed the way Jolie sees leadership and decision-making. "I used to think that there was one right answer," Jolie says. "In my first cases, it was hard; I was scared to pick choice 'A, B, or C.' But what View Details

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

Korean entrepreneur living in Silicon Valley. I was impressed during this project with both the importance of foreign-born scientists and entrepreneurs for U.S. technology formation, and the close ties that some of these expatriates maintained with their View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

01 Mar 2019
News

From Das’s Desk

plays in finding balance in work and life. Anxiety and fear. How to deal with the unknown and unexpected along the way. Work-life imbalance. What to do when faced with the choices and demands between a busy career and a full home and... View Details

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

are perishable and you need to wait at home for them to be delivered. In that light, do you think there's a future for online grocery shopping? A: Home-delivered groceries?... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

21 Dec 2017
News

A Decent Place to Live

Humanity International. What attracted me there was this very simple and radical notion we have that everyone deserves a decent place to live. “If you think about it, home affects where View Details

13 Mar 2018
News

Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

as the protagonist? What were you valuing at the time? Where were your blind spots? And really being clinical about it helps process these past experiences, and helps you learn... View Details

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Emmanuel Mensah

entire section HBS’ initial appeal came from its general-management approach, an opportunity, Emmanuel says, “to become exposed to different industries and businesses, to absorb new approaches to problems.” Among so many colleagues with rich and diverse backgrounds, he... View Details

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Using Personal Devices for HBS Business | Information Technology

our work. Since these devices aren't managed by HBS IT, it's important to remember that you are responsible for ensuring that they are configured in a way to protect not only Harvard systems and information, but your own as well. protects... View Details

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Adam Kanner

percent to 50 percent of tickets to live events go unsold. Reasons for this excess capacity vary, from a hefty rise in ticket prices for concerts and sporting events over the past decade, to a wave of digital entertainment options that keep customers at View Details

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