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March 2025
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Taylor Guitars: Making Employee Ownership Work The Taylor Way

By: Dennis Campbell, Petros Kusmu and Stacy Straaberg

In 2013, guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars’ co-founders Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug were considering several exit options including selling to a competitor or to a private equity firm. The co-founders decided, instead, to embark on a seven-year process to transfer 100%... View Details

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Educators

18 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 18

units in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego located close to several premier Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), or hospitals with adjoining medical schools. The goal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

Anaheim Angels starting pitcher John Lackey, signed in December 2009 to a five-year $85 million deal; San Diego Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, lured in 2011 by a seven-year deal at $154 million; and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

01 Sep 2024
News

Ink: Framing the Full Picture

Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

patient and payer billing accuracy. He was also an early team member at TaskRabbit, where he ran marketing and business development, conceptualizing and launching the company’s B2B offering. Victor lives in San Francisco with his wife and... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

professional note, people will tell you what products, services, and goals are important to them; you just have to constantly, tirelessly listen to them.” Sunday night, we say goodbye to our host village families and convene for dinner in the town of View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

groups, university and system-wide initiatives. She is also affiliate faculty of the George Washington School of International Affairs in Leadership Studies and faculty emeritus for the RISE San Diego Urban... View Details

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

(and when proper oversight makes sure the "rules" are followed), cities can gain a competitive edge since businesses and citizens can benefit from services without their city having to put up the investment capital. The Carlsbad Desalination Project in View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

In Journalists and the Stock Market, published in the 2012 the Review of Financial Studies, Parsons analyzed the effects of these different perspectives along with colleagues Casey Dougal of Drexel University, Diego García of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

markets. Calit2 was the result of a partnership between both the University of California, San Diego and University of California, Irvine. As Calit2's first decade comes to a close, Smarr considers the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

business,” says Cunningham. CMO Morgan Flatley says the good narratives about the business are there. “I think we just need to dust them off and show them in a new light to our consumers.” That April, Cunningham and her team first tested all-day breakfast in the View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

the "X" in "Latinx" expresses gender inclusivity. That is partly true, but it's much more. "X" represents an intersection between our stories and all our identities. So that even a child growing up around the world - far from his roots - is still part of the Latinx... View Details

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

including suggestions for future research. The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim Publication:Chap. 4 in The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. 3rd ed., edited by David O. Renz, 110-121. View Details

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