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- 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006
on two validation databases. The results suggest several important findings. First, methods do matter. The differences observed in predictive accuracy across submissions could change the profitability of a churn management campaign by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
want you to join us in building. Thus, this campaign was born: to reclaim the word feminist to mean “a believer in equal rights for all genders,” without regard to race or religion or ethnicity, sexual orientation or sex assignment at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
general partner. He now cochairs the $21 billion firm’s advisory board. He has also served Harvard University, as a vice provost and senior associate provost from 2004 to 2006, and as chair of the Latin American Faculty Advisory Group. At HBS, Stevenson was the point... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-076 Whole Foods and JANA Partners In 2017, JANA Partners decided to launch an activist campaign at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
money spent on outreach and education campaigns leads to fewer workplace violations. Berkowitz says she experienced firsthand the power that an academic study can have with a 2012 influential research paper co-written by Toffel, UC... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
for tactical purposes, such as promotional campaigns. Its management team is thinking about how to incorporate that information to the budgeting (profit-planning) process. From an analytical standpoint the case looks at the surprising results of a mailing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
remedies, and between discrete campaigns and continuous processes for managing retention. We identify several areas of research where further investigation will significantly enhance retention management. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that politically... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
families like mine have the same opportunity to succeed. My time at the Obama White House and on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has been dedicated to that cause. But, more than ever, that vision of America is under attack. I will... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
grassroots campaign to curtail the power of the railroads and usher in a system of free roads. And perhaps most important, the automobile and its makers began to take the stage as a force big enough to rival the rails. In 1900, motor... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
low prices. Corning denies the accusations. With U.S. presidential campaigns now under way, trade has emerged as a hot topic. Democratic nominee John Kerry of Massachusetts has accused the Chinese of “predatory currency manipulation” that... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
it resists bruising. For consumers, that means increased convenience—potatoes can be prepped in advance—and reduced food waste. The White Russet marketing campaign is unique, too. When the company introduced the potatoes into supermarkets... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
going to Ukrainian relief funds. (Poznansky also encourages anyone looking to help launch a Buy Ukrainian campaign or who knows of Ukrainian companies exporting goods or services to the USA to contact him at joelpoz@hotmail.com.) “It does... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
crowdfunding campaign that has raised £1.5 million and awarded 97 scholarships. “We are a growing network,” says Lewis. “Our eldest scholars are already out working. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, and young professors. Educating people is... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
platform and emphasized his position as a Washington-outsider. He proved to be an unpredictable and incendiary candidate on the campaign trail, garnering much media attention and creating divisions within the traditional Republican base,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
W. Toffel, and Stephanie van SiceHarvard Business School Case 611-049 Seeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a Carbon Negative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
share buy-back campaign after experiencing a sharp fall in its share price following the end of the Dot-com bubble. The case provides a vehicle for exploring the ethical and human rights responsibilities of corporations in the technology... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
campaign urging shareholders to vote against the merger. However, the National Pension Service (NPS)—a major shareholder of Samsung C&T—votes in favor of the deal. The case sheds lights on the political ties between the government and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lackluster financial... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
shrink the pie we all share, and at the end we all lose. This is even truer if other countries follow in the path of the US. I also want to stress that we should not be surprised by the executive order. The current president campaigned... View Details
Keywords: by Staff