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- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
worldwide PC market still languished below 5%. Growth in iPod sales was slowing down. iPhone faced increasing competition in the smartphone industry. And would Apple's latest creation, the iPad, take the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
on sales that is positive for most brands. These results imply that brands seeking to attract multitaskers' attention and dollars must select their advertising copy carefully. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
since 1980 when compared to firms in Europe or Asia (measured both by sales and by numbers of new product introductions), this essay explores the interplay of regulation, definitions of "patient" and "consumer," and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Oral Histories | Baker Library
Institute, Harvard University. I really quite enjoyed (the classes), I especially liked the ones dealing with people: the personnel management, time-and-motion studies, the puzzles and games. Lloyd Mitchell's first job after graduating from HRPBA in 1957 was in the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
United States specializing in sales promotion, design, and direct marketing. But WPP wasn't small for long. In 1987 Sorrell made an astonishing move. Using both debt and equity, he bought one of the most famous names in the business, the... View Details
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
help to scale impact investing, if not bring it into the mainstream. The case is set two years after the acquisition. It describes impact investing, the founding of Imprint, its evolution from serving foundations and home offices to financial institutions, and its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
the 1930s, for example, per-person movie ticket sales were seven times higher than at the end of the 1990s. Fox Photos/Getty Images In the sweep of U.S. history, consumption had been a force for great change. Much of this change played... View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Online Sales By: Teixeira, Thales S. Abstract—Consumers have become avid media multitaskers, moving seamlessly between their TVs and digital devices. Shorter TV commercials have reduced both the quantity and quality of consumer attention... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
serve as the glue across functions and business units. But without clarity about strategy and the ability to articulate strategy, people can only pick up random, disconnected cues about priorities, and alignment is then hit-and-miss, especially when it comes to linking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
architect of the course, emphasized the idea that capitalists could be defined as people who "put bets on the future"—by, for instance, making investments, opening sales campaigns, and founding new firms. The subject of forecasting, I... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
the person who was best suited to lead the early stage of company development is no longer the best person to continue leading the company. Now, the product has to be sold: You have to create a sales organization, manage multiple... View Details
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Phillip Michael Strazzulla
triggered a desire to become an entrepreneur. He did sales at a startup marketing company and thought, “I can do this. This is really fun.” He graduated with the belief that building something would be far more fulfilling than... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. The book represents a unique comparative study of the complex and non-linear impact of globalization and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
size of its stores), the decline of mall-based shopping, poor floor-level sales capabilities, lack of appeal to younger consumers, intensifying competition, and an overall dearth of future growth... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
our stores. While some are growing at a single-digit rate, we have registered 20% to 40% sales growth in many of our stores. Turns are up nearly 20% and profitability has improved over 90%. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
small cancer diagnostics start-up is deciding whether to acquire a laboratory to make and sell its bladder cancer test or build its own manufacturing and sales team. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811015-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
competencies required for achieving top-line growth through global partners are different than the competencies required to be successful in reducing costs via outsourcing. Yet, many companies continue to manage global collaboration... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
to hear the lore of those early days.” It wasn’t unusual for the whole team to know every facet of the business—where you were with sales and fundraising, and how customers were feeling about every little change you made to the product.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
thickening of the left-hand tail of the firm-size distribution suggesting a significant increase in the number of small firms. However, the dominance and growth of large incumbents remains unchallenged. Quantile regressions reveal that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne