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- 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
- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
sales and cost trends that helped them weave an end-to-end picture of their business’s financial health? This future is appealing because it responds to the fundamental need of small business owners to be able to see and more clearly... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
big-name fashion icons and brands will expand their impact by doing what they do best: setting trends and making masks “cool.” VPL launched a mask line using kimono fabric Hanazawa had inherited from her family business in Japan. Louis... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Air Time
trying to find parking.” “About 30 percent of the traffic in most urban areas is caused by people just driving around trying to find parking.” — Bryan Mistele (MBA 1995), founder of INRIX transportation information firm Trending... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
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
- 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
- 19 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Podcast: Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal
worsen. The industry is now going through full-scale consolidation and reorganization in the face of competition from Internet properties. The trend begs the question: Is Murdoch overpaying for Dow Jones? Harvard Business School professor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
Given her unique perspective as head of a publishing powerhouse, Moore seemed the ideal member of the MBA Class of 1978 to provide an overview of major trends that have shaped the last 25 years. From her spacious corner office in... View Details
- June 1993 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
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
Applegate, Lynda M., Richard O. Mason, and Melinda Conrad. "Frito-Lay, Inc.: The Navigator Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-025, June 1993. (Revised December 1995.)
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Podcast: The Potential Partnership of India and China
powerful economic development programs that each is pursuing, these countries are poised to become dominant economic powers in short order. But there is a subtle trend occurring that could make these 2 competitors even more formidable on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Sarah Zaidi
trend lines and action plans. By rising through the professional ranks, I am inspiring not just young women, but—unexpectedly—a generation of men. Thank you, Hafiz. I vow to instigate further acts of rebellion in my homeland and beyond. View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
A World Without Borders
Africa has increased 9,000 percent in response to an increased demand for rhino horn, which is used in traditional Asian medicines. If the trend continues, the rhinos could be extinct by 2020. “That is unacceptable,” Kent says. Through... View Details
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Women's Business Leader
growing segment of new businesses in our economy and the trend is growing. Under Carla's leadership, the NWBC will be an effective advocate for women-owned small businesses, ensuring they have access and opportunity and make a strong... View Details
- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa
impact investing was doing in other parts of the world, and we thought that it would be a very good trend to bring back investing to Africa, given what else was going on. “At the moment, our Impact Fund is focusing on rural development.... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity
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: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 04 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley
provided an inside look at investment trends and career strategies. Kevin Zhang, partner at Bain Capital Ventures, emphasized the power of long-term relationships with founders. He also led an engaging discussion on emerging View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
Challenges and Trends The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." For many Americans, the World Health... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
his wallet and saw he only had seven dollars left. That stuck with him, and it has fueled him ever since. “The power in the entertainment industry is shifting to the superstars, and the smartest among those stars are finding ways to capitalize on that View Details