Folding - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2017
News

How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe

Associates, OK? A league had started up, I guess, 1978. I think maybe a year before we started our company. It was well-intentioned, but it was done at a very modest level. Players were paid just a pittance, and it certainly didn't last very long. The league View Details

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

the Netherlands within the broader regional structure. In April 2002, when Philips announced plans to set up a regional superstructure in Asia Pacific, it also folded the Netherlands into an expanded region comprising Europe, the Middle... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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Art Nature Business

collage Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, 2011.12 Miler Lagos's works investigate materiality and often incorporate reused or recycled materials, in part as a comment on diminishing natural resources. This work, which looks like a cross-section of a... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

My HBS Eureka Moment

the rules in this class?" So I decided just to sit there with folded arms and say nothing. "I'll show him," I told myself! Then the most amazing thing happened. I heard my voice going on about pricing cars at the Chevrolet Division of GM.... View Details

Keywords: Walter Frese; Martin V. Marshall; C. Roland Christensen; Lawrence Fouraker; Educational Services

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

School Case 218-090 The Fidelity Growth Company Fund No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218090-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-050 Big Apple Circus: Time to Fold the Tent? By 2016, the Big... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

experts have deemed this approach inadequate. As Pankaj Ghemawat notes: The emphasis on folding non-market considerations into the analysis of market relationships tends to focus on the effects of non-market variables . . . at the expense... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

10 Dec 2014
News

Front-Row Seat

mother, Terry, with office furniture consisting of a few card tables, folding chairs, and Princess telephones. “I found business so much harder than I’d anticipated,” says Bradley, who started the venture while still a law student. “So... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

Authors:Michael I. Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely Abstract In a series of studies in which consumers assembled IKEA boxes, folded origami, and built sets of Legos, we demonstrate and investigate the boundary conditions for what we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

Publication:Journal of Consumer Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract In four studies in which consumers assembled IKEA boxes, folded origami, and built sets of Legos, we demonstrate and investigate boundary conditions for the IKEA effect-the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

impact on our trajectory." Last year, with three remaining locations in the Boston area, Finale's original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island-based holding company where Conforti... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

01 Jun 2011
News

The Best-Laid Plans

Finale’s original lead investors acquired a majority ownership in the business, folding it into a Rhode Island–based holding company where Conforti now serves as managing partner of the restaurant group. “When I started Finale, I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

equal opportunity, awareness, and exposure for January students who want to run for club positions. Another highlight this year has been approving and welcoming three new clubs into the HBS fold - the Middle East Club, the Young... View Details

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

healthcare system. "Since we opened our factory on April 1, we have produced 250,000 masks and 15,000 gowns with redeployed labor who are folding the masks and using sewing machines to stitch gowns," says Chatterjee, who is happy to... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

'em and when to fold 'em) 5. How to understand how compensation issues affect performance Course Content and Organization Conceptual Framework: the course is divided into three parts with special emphasis on private equity financial... View Details

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