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- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
the growth of the total size of the operation in terms of the total number of stores? Does the acquisition of China Paradise put Gome in a position that it would again be very high in total number of stores... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
Coup says. “Timberland’s on two orders of magnitude larger than us in terms of people, in terms of sales, in terms of complexity of operations, and in terms of the number of countries it operates in.” But size has its advantages. As a... View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
Throughout history salespeople have come in all sizes and stripes—peddlers, drummers, canvassers, agents, sales reps, and of course the iconic door-to-door salesman. But it's only been relatively recently that historians have focused... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
would cost less and would be a faster, healthier way to get to the $1 million mark. —Karen Barth (MBA 1986) They should grow the old-fashioned way: hold back enough cash to grow in a controlled manner. Borrowing money to double in size... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
changing the way she stores and releases carbon and heat.” Tell us about the Arctic Commission’s mandate and activities. Seven of us are appointed by the President to recommend research goals and to help the United States build... View Details
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
its stores and its supply chain, lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions, safer products for customers and manufacturers, and better treatment of its workers. The company promoted the idea that its size... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
explanations for the phenomenon and its success or failure. These included such things as the nature of the industry or product, the way such goals are implemented, and the size of the organization making use of them. There were,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
effect on any of these outcomes, we find that the system had a significantly positive effect on the quality of creative work when it was more frequently accessed. It also had a positive effect on the quality of creative work in stores... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
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The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising
advertising media such as trade cards or souvenir publications, broadsides and posters occupied the domain of large public spaces—their size being a significant advertising asset. In his 1910 guidebook on poster advertising, G. H. E.... View Details
- Web
Leading a Family Business (LFB) - Course Catalog
60% of global employment. They range in size from the corner store to the conglomerate, and include industry leaders in many sectors. Most family businesses begin as decisions made by founders to continue... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
strategy for building Faction embraces that aura of distinction (“for the few” is one tagline) while leveraging several key retailing trends. “The average size of an interesting, exciting brand is smaller and more premium than it used to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
released through such refactoring efforts. We address this gap by analyzing the relationship between system architecture and maintenance costs for two software systems of similar size but with very different structures: one has a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
microfinance institutions and banks in developing countries that make small loans to low-income women-and in some instances, men-so that they can build their own business and move beyond poverty. A customer in The Gambia, for example, used her loan to purchase a... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
whose millions of customers could be lured by college savings. A classic example of "simultaneity," the work involved what Bussgang called "the dance of a dreamweaver": selling venture capitalists on the potential size... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
help address the climate change crisis by removing excess carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere. The promise of this approach has launched a raft of companies that not only capture but also store and even reuse the carbon—creating an... View Details
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
photographs Cotton purchased from Texas and Oklahoma was delivered by rail to the Houston Compress Company in Texas, where it was stored and protected in fire-resistant concrete warehouses. The company’s high-density compress machines... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
that we hadn’t structured our capital right; we had a payment problem. In the consumer world, if I walked out of a store without paying, that’s called stealing. But in B2B it’s accepted that I’ll deliver my product or service and send you... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
following supplements to the main text: (i) additional facts regarding the size and concentration of the CDS market; (ii) some analysis relating buyer and seller capital to the CDS-bond basis; (iii) a discussion and some support evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Managerial-Accounting-Decision-Making-and-Motivating-Performance/9780137024872.page February 2015 Rajiv Lal Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick & Mortar Store Survive? By: Lal, Rajiv,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
effect of the policy reforms on the entry of startups versus facility expansions by existing firms. We find that the deregulations reduced financing constraints, particularly among small startups, and improved allocative efficiency across the entire firm View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace