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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events
gathering of alumni and guests at the Contemporâneo 8076 in São Paulo. Ibiye Harry (MBA 2013), Dean Nitin Nohria, and Scott Malkin (MBA 1983) posed for a photo during the reception held inside Old Billingsgate. Upcoming Regional Events Around the World View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
directly to dealers in Seattle and mangoes to buyers in Europe.” Lack of infrastructure is a major challenge, notes Duch. “We’re helping them to establish logistics platforms, sales forces, and phone-based payment services, using power... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds
told him that his chances of walking again were slim. The prediction, however, did little to discourage his determination. After spending two weeks in a Seattle trauma center, Feagler was airlifted to Denver, where he spent the next... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
really important.” Upcoming Regional Events Chicago* Wednesday, March 16, 2005; 11:00 a.m. registration begins University Club of Chicago HBS professor Rakesh Khurana will discuss “Irrational Succession: Discussion of CEO Succession in Large Corporations.” View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Five-Star Research
data from Seattle restaurants, Luca found that a one-star increase in a Yelp rating increased an independent restaurant’s revenue by 5 to 9 percent. (Chain restaurants didn’t see the same effect.) Yelp uses the arithmetic mean of reviewer... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- News
Can Bezos’s Ties to Boston—and HBS—Seal the Deal?
Harvard Business School in 1997, Bezos has invested in a handful of local companies—and bought others, sometimes pulling their leaders out to Seattle to work with him directly. He has overseen the growth of local Amazon offices, which now... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Seventy Years Out: Class of 1932 Celebrates Reunions
Reconstruction Finance Corporation. “I turned down a $19-a-week job with Macy's because I needed $21,” he recalled. A Seattle native, Sweet's philosophy about success involves luck, being in the right place at the right time, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
neighbors. That approach attracted Karen and Mickey Taylor, owners of Seattle Slew. The only undefeated Triple Crown winner in history also enjoyed great success in the breeding shed, siring over 100 Stakes winners with combined earnings... View Details
- 20 Jun 2008
- News
Risk and Reward
That’s $10 million a year, a sum that could go up (or down) depending on the success of his progeny (the first Smarty foals hit the racetrack next year). Many assume that Big Brown’s bloodlines will merit a higher fee than $100,000. Undefeated Triple Crown champion... View Details
- Profile
Sid Shenai
about HBS is the opportunity to find learning experiences outside of the classroom," says Sid. He helped organize a winter break trek to Seattle where Sid and twenty colleagues met executives from Boeing, Microsoft, REI, Starbucks... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Feedback
traditional, fossil fuel–thirsty techniques. Africa can leapfrog Western agricultural methods directly into sustainable, organic farming, which is more suitable for smallholders. —Tre Baker (MBA 2008) via alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin Frank Fan Re: Frank Blethen (PMD 35,... View Details
- Web
Bibliography - The Human Factor - – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Photography. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1995. Wilson, Richard Guy, Dianne H. Pilgrim, and Dickran Tashjian. The Machine Age in America, 1918-1941. New York, London: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Baker Library |... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
to get inside the system.” Nielsen decided to run for the Seattle school board and was elected in 1993. For the next eight years, he and other reformers on the board pushed through some remarkable changes, making View Details
- May 2016 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Improving Repurchase Rates at zulily
By: Thales Teixeira and Sarah McAra
In February 2015, zulily cofounder and CEO Darrell Cavens faced a major challenge in his business, a Seattle-based daily deals site that catered to moms. The more he spent to acquire new customers, the less he retained them in the form of repeat purchases. This was an... View Details
Keywords: Zulily; Repurchase; E-commerce; Online Shopping; Fashion; Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Digital Marketing; Customer Satisfaction; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Seattle
Teixeira, Thales, and Sarah McAra. "Improving Repurchase Rates at zulily." Harvard Business School Case 516-083, May 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
- August 2014 (Revised August 2015)
- Supplement
Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details
Keywords: Valve; Self-Managed Organizations; Organization Design; Strategy; Flat Organization; Video Games; Organization Alignment; Family Business; Steam; Steam Machine; Design; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Software; Hardware; Video Game Industry; Seattle
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 415-016, August 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
of PowerInbox, says it’s too soon to call it quits on email—far from it, in fact. PowerInbox, which manages targeted ads within subscriber-based newsletters for publishers like Crain Communications and the Seattle Times, has enjoyed 7,500... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
in 2000, when Schultz positioned himself as the company's chief global strategist. Revenues for 2000 reached $2.2 billion, while quarterly reports for fiscal 2001 are already exceeding last year's record performance. Smith spoke to the Bulletin last summer at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
which he and a partner bought in 1971 and built into the largest independent contract laboratory in the world. Retiring early, he spent eight years serving on the Seattle school board, where he helped initiate bold reforms that attracted... View Details
- November 25, 2019
- Article
The Battle of Seattle, 20 Years Later
Keywords: Seattle
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Battle of Seattle, 20 Years Later." Aspen Institute (website) (November 25, 2019).
- December 1991 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
U.S. Bank of Washington
A vice president of the U.S. Bank of Washington, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, is asked to review a $6.5 million loan request from the Redhook Ale Brewery, a Seattle-based microbrewery. The case provides an understanding of the U.S. commercial banking industry and the... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Financing and Loans; Financial Statements; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; Seattle
Mason, Scott P. "U.S. Bank of Washington." Harvard Business School Case 292-057, December 1991. (Revised November 1993.)