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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
injured or die every year from avoidable medical errors. This field manual provides practical guidance on how hospital patients and their advocates can avoid those errors by taking up a weapon and bringing the fight to the enemy. 48 Peaks: View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
and hiking in New Hampshire. Now that we’re back in LA, we miss the proximity of all of those things but 100 percent definitely don’t miss the weather.” What advice do you have for HBS students interested in launching their own startups?... View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
began making hiking boots. The cluster later expanded into ski boots and sneakers, and drew investments from major brands like Nordica and Nike. Lead firms started offshoring production to cheaper economies like Romania and China,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
large contract from the U.S. Army that put its combat boots on the feet of more than two million soldiers. Its success carried into the postwar boom economy. Building on the Sport-Man brand, the company added a line of hiking boots and... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
and Corporate Tax Strategies: Evidence from the 2013 Tax Hikes By: Pérez Cavazos, Gerardo, and Andreya M. Silva Abstract—Exploiting the increase in personal tax rates due to the American Taxpayer Relief Act and Healthcare Act, we identify... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
bookseller might only recommend books that are similar to previous purchases. Or if someone “likes” a fancy Manhattan hotel on Facebook, her Facebook friends might not invite her on an overnight hike in the woods. Or, more seriously, a... View Details
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Meet the Team | Information Technology
Administration, Chris worked as the Lead Videographer and Editor for a South Shore digital media company, and he founded SkoVenture Media, an agency that provided film production services to small businesses. When the camera is not in hand, Chris is an avid fly... View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
activities, specifically hiking and backpacking throughout the Sierra Nevada Mountains.” No surprise – MJ’s focus shifted to her career, HBS, marriage and her family. But in 2003, when she “retired” from paid work, she began visiting... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
Invention Factory, an advanced concept lab, would develop new breakthrough products and reinvigorate the company's culture of innovation. Since the 1960s, Timberland had relied on innovation, developing the world's first waterproof boot and, in the 1980s,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
the Northwest. So that's a really big trend that we see. Another one that's really important to us is getting the next generation into the outdoors and learning activities like hiking and climbing. White: You get to see this as a sport.... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
default. Finally, in April, he released his budget-calling for spending cuts and tax hikes adding to $1.8 trillion (over 10 years). However, in the preceding two weeks, both the House Republicans and the Senate Democrats had approved... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
with excellent wines, friendly tasting rooms, and English-speaking staff; lists of markets, site-seeing ideas, and where to hike and bike. An Insider’s Guide to Provence will help you make the most of this glorious corner of France.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
especially as the government did not want a rate hike that could potentially hinder economic growth and increase its already large fiscal debt burden. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
aggressive short-term investors. These recommendations are closer to conventional wisdom on investing. Q: There's speculation the Fed will continue to raise rates in the year ahead. What are the implications of interest rate hikes on your... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
less like a game of Russian roulette; high prices and grumpy drivers were all too common. “People didn’t trust the Malaysian taxi system,” says Anthony Tan, echoing criticisms of Jakartan taxis and ojek. Tan recalls the early days of the business, View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
from that rate hike and from just saying it again and again and again. And lots of people shifted and started feeling that Obamacare wasn't working as a result of that. And it came right around the same time as the Comey revelations.... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
B). Set in 2015, it first describes Imprimis’s decision to introduce its own line of compounded eye drop medication called LessDrops. The case then examines the moral dilemma faced by CEO Mark Baum, who was struck by the problem of high drug prices in the United... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Business School Case 113-018 In autumn 2011, Netflix was working to right the ship after publicly stumbling through a price hike and strategic shift and then retreat. The company was changing its business model to focus on streaming video... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
did not want a rate hike that could potentially hinder economic growth and increase its already large fiscal debt burden. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709056 The Metropolitan Opera (A)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
left the corporate world to pursue that passion full-time. His long list of travels include hiking the Appalachian Trail, walking from Mexico to Canada and back on the Continental Divide, and completing two three-year tours of all 25... View Details