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Sorina Casian-Botez

building something lasting: helping my consulting clients thrive in an exceptionally changing economic environment, nurturing new players in the young markets that need them the most, and one day contributing to the trends of thoughts and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government; Consulting

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Introduction - The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Affirming the role of the employee, then, became part of a growing trend in management as a way to inspire collaboration and reduce alienation experienced in the repetitive nature of standardized working conditions. Elton Mayo, professor... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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The Great Priority Reset

1998), CEO of the global airports and travel retail group daa plc since 2017. (He starts a new role as CEO of UK-based food manufacturer Greencore this fall.) This idea of “travel with intention” is a key trend in the industry that... View Details

04 Nov 2019
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A Home for Startups

Ankit Samdariya (MBA 2013) is CEO of The Hive, a collaborative workspace firm in Chennai, India. In this video, he discusses how the company is serving the rapidly growing trend toward collaborative work among Indian startups and small... View Details

Keywords: work space

01 Dec 2014
News

Making Big Data Fashionable

styles are resonating with consumers. By monitoring data such as social media chatter, shared images, and Google searches, Trendalytics can identify specific trends that a brand can then use to guide everything from the product mix to... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2008
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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

March 2021
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The U.S. Home Improvement Sector in 2020

By: José Alvarez and David Lane

Provides an overview of the U.S. home improvement sector in 2020, reviewing sources of growth in the decade ending in 2020, with special attention to the impact of COVID-19 on market leaders Home Depot and Lowe’s and the spike in online revenues for both. Also noted... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Trends; Leading Change; Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance; Technology; Construction Industry; United States

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Tiffany Pham

learning, for change. After graduating from Yale and Harvard Business School, I knew that I had to get into the industry that had impacted me as a young woman, so I could ultimately use media to impact other women like me. “I subsequently founded MOGUL, a worldwide... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Entertainment / Media; Technology

20 Dec 2022
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7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year

workplace. 6. Resolve to Embrace the Right TrendsA competitor is using TikTok to attract new candidates, does that mean you should too? Maybe, and maybe not.It’s important to stay up to date on industry trends and best practices in human... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2002
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for a higher standard of performance has been emerging for decades in response to the corporation's expanding presence in society. Globalization, privatization, and technology have added impetus to this trend in recent years. To be a... View Details

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Home sales (existing)

How do I find data on existing home sales and prices? Moody’s Analytics CRE allows you to search millions of real estate data points that cover every commercially zoned property in the U.S. Provides trend and forecast coverage... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Full Stream Ahead

long-dated liabilities and need to deploy cash continuously, Soares says. “The appetite for ever-larger buyout transactions from those mega funds trickled into the music industry also.” Those trends collided with a “combustion” of other... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Navigator Project (A)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Richard O. Mason and Melinda Conrad

Provides an overview of the company's recent organizational changes followed by a discussion of the company's new sales promotion software, "Promotion Planner." The president of Frito-Lay's central division must decide how he should proceed with the rollout of this new... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Trends; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Communications; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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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 Sep 2012
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Anti-Social Media

two best-selling books, Open Leadership and Groundswell, and an expert on social media and related technologies. In an interview with the Washington Times (May 9, 2012), Li commented, “One of the most fascinating trends is the focus on... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2012
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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
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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

16 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter

most popular stories during the quarter. At the Top of the Trending List How Companies Benefit When Employees Work RemotelyWork from anywhere policies have advanced from a rare occurrence for companies to a strategic advantage. (31,082... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise

aspects of business and management in emerging markets. Frost & Sullivan - reports on industry research, growing opportunities, market trends encompassing various tech related fields. Statista - quick statistics and analysis on... View Details

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