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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation
their early stages with the help of gifts of all sizes to the HBS Fund. “In business, venture capital or R&D budgets seed the most promising new ideas,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “In academia, where endowments are generally restricted to... View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
President Obama shocked Wall Street recently with his proposal to cut down to size too-big-to-fail banks by imposing new rules to separate commercial and investment activities. Specifically, Obama would prohibit banks that take customers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
Ballast Point built a new brewery in 2014, featuring a copper brew house three times the size of its previous system. (Courtesy Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits) Ballast Point built a new brewery in 2014, featuring a copper brew house... View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
measured by the maximum Sharpe ratio achievable. We propose a model in which menu setters differ in their ability to preselect the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the menu size is sufficiently small, a lower-ability menu... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
and the size and quality of the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the size of the menu is sufficiently small, low-ability menu setters optimally offer more items in the menu than high-ability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
retailer penny profit and retailer margin. Q: In addition to CLV and pricing and profitability, what other toolkits are available for marketing managers? A: There are five toolkits currently available that cover the key analytical tools marketing managers use:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
Roundtable. These findings are consistent with the view that financial markets placed a positive value on shareholder access, as implemented in the SEC's 2010 Rule. The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
develop the metaphor into a systematic way of thinking about strategy. The approach they describe minimizes the importance of brute size and strength by teaching companies how to make the most of their advantages — and transform their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
breeding, and temperament. He sometimes uses an outside firm to take a horse’s measurements and conduct a biomechanical analysis, including a sonogram of its heart to evaluate size and efficiency: “You don’t want a horse with a Ferrari... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
globalor local, an early- or late-stage investor, confines itself to certain industries, and what size fund best meets your needs. The proper homework can also tell you where a firm sits in its funding cycle. In other words, is there... View Details
- 14 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump
marketer ranks on size of the lie is a matter of opinion, but someone who hoped to learn ethical practice from his marketing manual would be well advised not to follow him in the matter of frequency. The Washington Post scored 64 percent... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Deighton
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
and bactericides to tires and textiles—or for storing intermittent renewable energy until it is ready to be used. OCO’s current electrolyzer design is about the size of a mini-fridge, but the team is working to create a larger version... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Spaces: Convening Power
multipurpose foyer Pre-function reception space A flexible floor design to accommodate events of any size up to 1,000 guests LEED Gold or higher sustainability features Find HBS alumni at Baupost Group View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Serving with Purpose and Pride
advance the School’s highest priorities. Annual gifts of all sizes enable HBS to remain at the forefront of business education, and it is particularly gratifying to see how donors have been inspired by the Campaign to increase their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Blue No Longer
said. In another bold move, Gerstner and IBM opted early on for open systems — despite the company's tradition of developing its own technology — and embraced the nascent Internet. Thus, when the Internet took off, creating a vast new world of potential customers,... View Details
- Fast Answer
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry
Resources Company Analysis and Financing Company profiles on project sponsors Financial fundamentals for valuation Executive bios Size of organization, i.e., number of employees, revenue View Details
- 07 Mar 2019
- News
Smart Marketing Brings Rapid Growth to Latino Brands
“If you fast forward 11 years, what we have been able to accomplish is, first of all, an insanely rapid growth. We have doubled the size of the business every two years. Second, we are close to servicing around 8,000 stores directly with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Himalayan Journey
religion, art, and architecture of western and central Bhutan. Roughly the size of Switzerland, with a population under one million, tiny, landlocked Bhutan is perched between preserving its centuries-old culture while embracing... View Details
- Profile
Pasha Nahass
experience was focused on technology, which is a bit of a bubble. I wanted to be surrounded by diverse people working in diverse industries.” “One of the things that has pleasantly surprised me is the section experience,” says Pasha. “I was worried about the class... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
curriculum." Unlike the MBA curriculum, class sizes and length varied considerably throughout the Foundations module. Students met in groups ranging from 32 to 128 students, and Foun-dations instructors determined the length of time they... View Details