Jealousy Of Trade - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Sep 2017
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The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice

elementary school was the whole Nancy Reagan dare to say no to drugs type thing, which now doing this book and reporting, I realize the sheer hypocrisy of the administration. At the same time that you're suborning the contra situation and... View Details

14 Jan 2014
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Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship

each day Provides 2 high school credits Uses area businesses as classrooms Visits dozens of area businesses each year Hosts 50 to 60 guest speakers each year Provides an opportunity for each student to start his/her own business Provides... View Details

Keywords: CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities); Educational Services; Agriculture; Manufacturing

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

have the greatest impact. She may be a COO, but Heidi Brooks is much more than a number-cruncher sitting at a desk all day. A woman of action, occasionally she trades in her pantsuit and briefcase for a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

Pao: A beauty business veteran leverages the HBS network to launch her own skincare line. Photo courtesy Patti Pao Patti Pao (MBA 1987) describes her two years at HBS as “spectacularly unsuccessful,” thanks in part to a culture clash with the section-enforced structure... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2017
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The Big Business of Returns

(illustration by Chris Philpot) Sources: (1) National Retail Federation; (2) Industry analyst Kurt Salmon; (3) Inbound Logistics; (4) B-Stock Solutions View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2013
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The New Rules of E-Commerce

One day in 2010 the CEO of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten announced that thousands of employees would soon conduct business in a tongue most of them knew nothing about:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; e-commerce; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

30 Oct 2014
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The Education of Warren Buffett’s Protégé

Keywords: Retail Trade

01 Jun 2006
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Profiles from the Class of 2006

where he worked on rebuilding subway tunnels at the World Trade Center disaster site. Intent on adding business management skills to his tech-nical tool kit, he applied to HBS. To his dismay, midway through his first year, the Army called... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Nov 2019
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Diversity as a Driver of Performance

Source: Tapestry Source: Tapestry In September, Jide Zeitlin (MBA 1987) was named chairman and CEO of Tapestry, the $5.9 billion parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. A former Goldman... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

04 Oct 2019
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Changing of the Guard at Tesco

chain. Yet the same was true for Lewis, who came to Tesco from Unilever. “I remember people said that I wasn’t a retailer,” he told the Times of London. “I hadn’t been in grocery or a chief executive before, but being a chief executive is... View Details

Keywords: Tesco; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

08 Jun 2011
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George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees

Singapore government, for its part, thought that was a good move too, but felt that Yeo could best serve his country by earning a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School, not an MBA from HBS. “Oh, there... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

15 Mar 2019
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A Model of Drive and Impact

Pablo Fernandez Alvarez (GMP 17, 2014) is cofounder of Clicars, an e-commerce platform in Spain that allows users to buy and finance refurbished cars hassle-free. In this interview, Fernandez explains the business model, the reasons... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2012
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Learning to Speak the Language of Business

Mikitani Main article: Where Innovation Rules Case study: Englishnization at Rakuten From Pinterest to Kobo, how Japan's Rakuten is building a global internet giant (Wired.co.uk) You might call Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) the Jeff Bezos View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; e-commerce; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

20 Mar 2012
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Robotics Warehouse Company Now Part of Amazon

Keywords: robots; robotics; warehouse; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2024
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Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China

Illustration by Patric Sandri Over the last five years, global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress from the pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and general anti-globalization sentiments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trade... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

14 Mar 2014
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Start-up Takes the Legwork out of Shopping

Keywords: fashion; start-up; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

29 Jun 2016
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Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story

notes. “It’s a great drama that is also an honest, accurate portrayal of Wall Street that happens to be from the women’s point of view.” That isn’t just Munger’s opinion, either. The industry View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; photography by Chris Taggart; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance