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03 Jun 2002
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?

social, cultural, and legal environment. Given the prospect for continued movement toward competition and the propagation of "best practice" management ideas on a global scale, is the question largely academic? What do you... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

problem. If entrepreneurial interests try to skew the response, in the form of an agreement, in one direction or another, it could limit the range of possible responses to be encouraged, thereby limiting... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

have a natural authority." In retail, Trumbull found more evidence that diffuse groups impact outcome, comparing retail policy in France and Germany. Mom-and-pop stores in both countries have faced the threat View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

31 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

showed that immigrants who come into the country at a young age build better growing firms than those who come to the United States as adults. So far, the analysis only scratches the surface of what the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

in the subsequent periods. Pricing in installments is one way they can do this. In the case of the country club, I might advise that dues be billed in the middle of the winter... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

Web

A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

06 Mar 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

Keywords: by Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger & Se Yan; Education

01 Apr 2000
News

Rethinking Call Centers: Effective Delivery of Service is Key

Almost everyone has dialed a simple phone number -- be it to order a pair of socks or reserve a flight to New York -- only to end up navigating through a seemingly endless labyrinth of options, all because a... View Details

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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising

by the 1920s. 45 Some companies patented the shape of their product containers, as Heinz did with its original glass ketchup bottle, to ensure that no other product usurped its unique form. Strasser asserts,... View Details

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

to them on Zoom! Campus community highlight: We are originally from Taiwan and appreciate the inclusive community here. My kids are exposed to so many cultures and have learned to embrace difference. Laura Hoffmann | Class View Details

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Ukraine although their sons returned to the US for university and to begin their careers. “We’ve built an incredibly rich network of Ukrainian friends and have bonded with expats from all over the world who, like me, initially came to... View Details

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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

are evident through a survey of Baker’s China trade records, which illustrate that many traders worked for more established operations and then struck out on their own as entrepreneurs in a country full... View Details

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more... View Details

Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking

01 Oct 1997
News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

by Assistant Professor Myra Hart. Working in self-selected teams, students may now spend up to a year on projects that explore organizational problem solving, industry or country analysis, or business plan development. A new field study... View Details

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

speed of a horse, locomotives compressed weeklong journeys into days. By mid-century, the rails moved people, raw materials, and goods around the country relatively quickly, cheaply and, for the most part,... View Details

11 Jan 2024
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

This article was originally published by HBS Recruiting: Insights & Advice. Hi all, my name is Rhea! I was lucky enough to work for the National Park Service this summer as a business management intern with the Submerged Resources... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

start up an unusually innovative venture. It was a "launch" truly deserving of that designation - a company that would rocket commercial payloads into space. Today, the firm they established, Orbital Sciences Corporation, having broadened... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

rules of the game? Companies like to know what the rules are and they like stability in those rules. I believe that businesses will welcome a higher level of certainty and predictability that I expect will... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2014
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Firms and Global Capitalism

By: Geoffrey Jones

This chapter forms part of the two-volume Cambridge History of Capitalism, a definitive new reference work that traces the history of capitalism from its origins to the present day. The chapter focuses on the role of business enterprises as powerful actors in... View Details

Keywords: Political Economy; American History; Economic History; Business History; Labor History; Slavery; Numeracy And Quantification; Science And Technology Studies; History Of The Book; International Investment; International Business; International Marketing; Globalization; History

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17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

This article was originally published in the November 2020 edition of the Harbus. Life at HBS looks different for every student as the campus is filled with people hailing from an array View Details

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