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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
manufactured, or improve the way doctors perform surgery. HBS Takes Root in Silicon Valley While the Il Fornaio staff serve up French toast and fresh fruit, the patrons volley the big ideas that have turned Silicon Valley into a global... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
relationships; OkCupid, founded in 2004, which popularized the idea that data could solve the dating dilemma; and niche sites from JDate and ChristianMingle to FarmersOnly. The number and diversity of the sites helped reduce the stigma... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
sample of private firms for which there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering (IPO), I differentiate between those that have private equity sponsorship (PE-backed firms) and those that do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
After having an appointment at Carnegie Mellon University and having taught back at Stanford, I came to HBS in 1996. My intellectual interests evolved in what many would say are pretty surprising ways, from a focus on governance and control, to design thinking and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Photos by Webb Chappell At first glance, the MBA Class of 2006 is an interesting collection of data points: 897 students from 67 countries, 34 percent women, 32 percent international, and 21 percent minorities. But look again, deeper this... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
typical new player, for example, might spend over $100 million in advertising. "There is a big rush for market share," explains Crane. "Firms are gambling that when the dust settles, they will be one of the survivors." F. Warren McFarlan,... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
classmates and friends: They have had your back. So please, stand up and turn around. Take a moment now to show them how much their love mattered to you, and how much they mean to you, and join me in a big and heartfelt collective round... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
capacity will not be profitable. If social distancing restrictions remain in place, not for the next two months but the next year, how will fine dining restaurants survive? Some are contemplating continuing to emphasize curbside pickup, takeout and delivery, which... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
building of closer relationships among those of you who - like our faculty - come from many diverse countries. The issues facing Asia today are too big and complex for any single person, university faculty, or company to comprehend fully.... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
offerings. A typical new player, for example, might spend over $100 million in advertising. "There is a big rush for market share," explains Crane. "Firms are gambling that when the dust settles, they will be one of the survivors." F.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
scheduled the week before Christmas. A finalized plan was scheduled to be presented to Governor Deal in June; meanwhile, Langford is working to ensure that SARA and the GPP provide the data necessary to make the plan as effective and... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
everywhere, as having an outsized influence. Frankly, I think there is more gray than black and white. “The first thing that struck me is the very many respects that business in emerging markets is just business” For a very large group like Koç, government relations... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
2000 respectively, GE Capital and Citi Financial both acquired Japanese consumer-lending companies. In 2006, when the Japanese Supreme Court rules that one of the big Japanese consumer lenders must repay a borrower for "excess... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
identity—in the face of disruptive events. The key thing to understand is that more than being a small extension of the product line, offering an uncoated product could change the company's entire market capability. And it would mean big... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
than being a small extension of the product line, offering an uncoated product could change the company’s entire market capability. And it would mean big changes for the sales force. One thing I like to do in my class is consider how the... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
firm characteristics in understanding variations in the corporate governance practices of firms in emerging economies. Using panel data and a number of model specifications we shed new light on this debate. We find that firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
company is about. Develop preliminary hypotheses. The key here is hypotheses based on criteria and data that the venture can use to test things both internally and in the marketplace. This may sound obvious, but start-ups often try to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Commencement 2017 Address | About
highs, but these data points do not offer comfort to those who experience firsthand the wide and growing inequality in how the value created by businesses is shared with society. Simply put, many people view the capitalist system in deep... View Details
- Web
Faculty & Advisors | MBA
engineering team, which she has grown to more than 150 engineers in Seattle and San Francisco. She started coding when she was five on an Apple IIe, and has built software and led teams at high-growth tech companies for almost twenty years. Bridget specializes in View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
prior work in fairness, the studies show that this effect is driven by violations of norms and the perceived similarity between the inferior, degraded version of a product and the full-featured model offered by the brand. Fundamental Data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel