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- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
that what have I done? Wanted to do the takeover, I mean yes, we increased operating profits. So I suppose my hypothesis that it wasn't being as managed as optimally as possible, this proved correct. But so what? We lost control and what... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Illustration by Marcos Chin It’s market day in Barrio Curtidores, which means the main thoroughfare is packed with shoppers perusing makeshift stands that offer everything from jeans and blenders to vegetables and tacos. Moto-taxis... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
tuition, and Harvard Business Publishing—are facing constraints. A desire to limit tuition increases, for example, and growing competition for professional development mean that growth trajectories across these three areas are lower in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)
skilled agents and a powerful players' association, the average player earns $1.1 million. "Because the NHL doesn't have a lucrative, full-season, North America–wide TV contract," explains Kluzak, "steep ticket prices - often beyond the View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 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
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Research Brief: The Power of Could
Say you’re in a bind, a tough one. You’ve got cancer and your only hope is chemo—the problem is, it’s wildly expensive and you’re flat broke. Do you follow your moral compass, even if it means dying? Or do you leverage your knack for... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
the donor has been touched—a family member receiving specific services from nonprofits, for example—and they have a sense of empathy and compassion,” she says. “I am able to get to that quickly, tap their charitable senses, and then ask for funding.” That View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
United Arab Emirates, it can be more like 99.9 percent indoors for some people.) To put this 90 percent figure in perspective, it’s useful to think of what it means in terms of our own lives. By the time we hit 40, most of us have spent... View Details
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Advancing Opportunities for Others
the whisper network, meaning we just put it out in our own networks. We didn't advertise on the web. We didn't advertise on TV. We just told people this is what we're doing. In two weeks, we had 100 submissions for five spots. So that... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
officials and transit advocates. Shortsleeve said his goal is to balance the agency’s books for the first time in 15 years, even if that means taking on sacred cows. He said any savings will be reinvested in the system to make it run more... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
matching the ratio between his cost and the price he charges. For example, if he buys the papers for ten cents and sells them for seventy cents, and his records show that demand is typically ten papers or less six days out of every week, he should always buy ten... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
HBX: Expanding Our Reach
business education and pedagogy.” — Professor Bharat Anand, HBX Faculty Chair The strategic focus of HBX centers on the potential for impact. For new audiences, this will equate to transformational educational experiences delivered around the globe. For faculty... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)
girl. Maybe this was due to a language difference. “Kitty” doesn’t necessarily mean “cat” in Japanese. It’s a name like Katy or John. Lost in translation. A character needs to be a different creation from the animal that inspires it—when... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
pleasure and purpose aspects of the organization are reconciled in a thoughtful way. If we’re having amazing events to showcase the best of American food, in the same breath we should be talking about what we mean by an equitable food... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Mark Tatum
a fax machine, and private space for conducting career research. "The center has been a tremendous help to students in their job searches," he says with pride. "That really means a lot to me." Tatum arrived at HBS with a clear goal in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
three were acquired in 2013. From an investor perspective, a minimum investment might be $400,000 to $500,000 spread across 8 to 10 deals to minimize risk. "If we can mobilize extra capital into really exciting life-science innovation—that is a big opportunity,"... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- News
Level Up
entering the Age of the Fluid Fan, she says, in which fans are becoming more open to switching allegiances, trying out new platforms, and constantly demanding convenience. “Our thesis is you need to operate differently in order to engage that fluid fan,” says Ruggiero.... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
Risher: E-reading the African story “Treasure of the Trees” at the Kade Primary School in Ghana. Courtesy David Risher If you’ve just read Curious George Visits the Library and desperately want to get your hands on Curious George Goes to the Beach, being a second... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Learning to Lead
try to figure out what it means when someone tells you, ‘Go to the game.’ Are they trying to see if you’re really loyal to the firm? Or are you going to look funny when you show up uninvited? That’s the organizational reality our students... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
fortunate despite my injury," he reports of his experiences in Singapore, Egypt, Taiwan, France, Japan, and Italy. "I also found new meaning in my commitment to public service." At the end of his travels, Jefferson enrolled at Harvard's... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner