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Vivian Scalfi

market research stint and five years with General Electric, where she progressed through the commercial leadership rotational program in health care, oil and gas, and power, Vivian shifted into consumer View Details

Keywords: CPG

Portrait Project

Meka Millstone

I hope to act like a big yellow highlighter, helping others (and reminding myself) to focus on the important things in life: love, laughter, health, wealth (of all kinds), and happiness. As a business leader, I hope to help people feel View Details

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

fills this void by showing that the expansion of self-service operation and the increasing use of transparent packaging had a significant impact not only on how consumers purchased foods but also on how they... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

accounting have to do with improving patient outcomes in Haiti? HBS faculty members discuss their research and what it means for patients, providers, and industries. A Good Place to Start Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health CareIn a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

in governance. In spite of all the checks and balances, failures occurred with boards of directors, auditors, regulators, financial analysts, and professional investors and money managers. We thought we had a pretty good system, one the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

Fast Answer

Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

Filling the Gap: Underserved Markets in the Black Community Use these resources to validate the need underlying your business idea. Please contact infoservices@hbs.edu to schedule a consultation with a Baker librarian. Research Task View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Case Study: Bionic Banking

hope of digging into Wall Street’s high profit margins. Current robo-advisors focus on passive “buy-and-hold” strategies, selecting a handful of low-cost exchange traded funds (ETFs), investing the funds according to a standard portfolio model, and facilitating... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

directors, auditors, regulators, financial analysts, and professional investors and money managers. We thought we had a pretty good system, one the rest of the world looked to as a capital market that effectively allocated resources in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 1998
News

A Marketable Skill

assertive." As an undergraduate at Northwestern, she discovered an aptitude for design while working in the college print shop. Following that path to New York's Pratt Institute, she earned a master's degree in package design. "At Pratt... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

16 May 2011
Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

industry's rich array of data made it a prime subject for such a study. "Banks maintain customer data at a very fine grade level, and the government captures competitive data, so we have a very good picture of when competitors enter... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

managing a Beijing sock factory, came packaged with a CD-ROM of short video clips. The case laid the foundation for a new type of storytelling within the confines of the tested HBS case method, but the fledgling online video technology... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

financial officer of Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer and consumer finance company. Global banks are decreasing their positions in Latin America. Last year alone, he said, major banks reduced investments in Latin... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

the chain best positioned to create a process that benefits all. In this excerpt, Rangan discusses the promise of channel stewardship. (Look for an HBS Working Knowledge interview with Rangan next month.)Senior managers of most of the companies involved in moving View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

24 Apr 2014
News

Using storytelling to transform the retail experience

Stories make sales. That’s the philosophy of Jennifer Lee Koss (AB 2001, MBA 2008), cofounder of BRIKA, an online shop for modern and elevated craft. BRIKA (from fabricá, the Spanish word for factory) enhances the appeal of its well-crafted View Details

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

For companies to redeem credibility with investors, argue Harvard Business School professors Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu, "fundamental and even radical reforms must be made to the way America's markets process the flows of information between View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

Victor Emanuel

During World War II, Emanuel produced all types of military aircraft, including giant bombers, aircraft carriers, and cruisers. After the war, Emanuel led the conversion of AVCO from a producer of aircraft and heavy goods to a... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Jun 2011
News

Alumni Books

find the right opportunities; how to package yourself to make sure you secure an interview; how important preparation is for an interview so that you are relaxed and give a great performance; how to show your passion and ask the perfect... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government

22 Jan 2018
Blog Post

"Luxury, Technology, Integration"

customers who did not have time to go to a physical luxury store or simply did not have one near them. I came to the MBA program to explore my passion for fashion and luxury goods as business, a passion that is in my blood as my... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

income, adjusted for inflation, was 300 percent higher than in 1869. Combined with the early 20th century’s rise in leisure time, the use of installment credit, and advertising, Americans acquired a taste for consumer View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

10 Oct 2024
Blog Post

High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands

The company plans to pair this with input from consumer panels, distributor and retailer feedback, and most importantly, feedback from growers. Additionally, the company performs DNA sequencing on most of the varieties it tests to build... View Details

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