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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981
what visibility they give you, and what challenges they give you. I've had the blessing of great bosses, one after the other. I believe that I owe a great deal of my success to my early bosses." CURRENT READING Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary, by... View Details
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
for compensation committees at public companies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109036 Hearts on Fire—Brand Development Manager Harvard Business School Case 709-436 Hearts on Fire, a successful... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
primary market for collectors is to discover a diamond in the rough," Khaire said. "But as a collector, you have to be much more confident about your ability to judge art if you want to do it as an investment, even in the case... View Details
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
able to find the diamonds—that's what separates the Warren Buffetts and Seth Klarmans out there. The first person to find the diamond gets the highest rewards." Outsmarting The Public Markets The trick to doing that is the difference... View Details
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
called Diamonds and Seven Stars. They have the highest lifetime value to the organization and, in addition, exhibit a much higher willingness than other guests to help Harrah's improve its business. Interestingly, this kind of approach... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
and subsequent frustration of Red Sox Nation.) Groysberg contends that the "plug and play" mentality about stars simply doesn't work, whether the playing field is a baseball diamond or a trading floor. In addition to an... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
inclusion (D&I) strategies, she is responsible for the firm’s multicultural initiatives designed to retain, develop and advance diverse professionals. Elena is also responsible for PwC’s Diamond program, a coaching and advocacy program... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
Diamond Horseshoe," theater-impresario Randy Weiner created "The Queen of the Night," a hybrid performance that combines food, opera, circus arts, and dance. While "The Queen of the Night" is the latest in a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
Should OnRamp hire locally with the expectation of being able to reap the benefits of an in-person experience at some unknown point in the future? Or should the founders commit to hiring the best people, regardless of their geography, and embrace an all-remote... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
century-old match industry when he took the helm of Diamond Match Company in 1914. Fairburn designed a manufacturing process using sesquisulphate to produce matches rather than white phosphorus, which had been publicly condemned for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
quite a few of America’s financial and business elite. Repeat business and referrals make up the majority of customers for his firm’s rare gemstones, with most sales averaging between $50,000 and $150,000. Birnbaum tells of one prospective client in the market for a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
church history, need updating to be more creditable. The Hilco Story: Discovering a Diamond in Our Own Backyard by Art Hilsinger (MBA 1952) Independently published Hilsinger offers a candid, clear-eyed look at the process of building a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
Chris F. Liebenberg (100th AMP), chairman of Nedcor, a major South African banking group, and Michael Levett, chairman of Old Mutual, an insurance firm. Nedcor and Old Mutual are both diamond sponsors of the conference. Finally, an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
learn how to formulate a customer value proposition, determine product-market fit, and distinguish between marketing- and sales-led organizations. Highlights Nicole Clay, Co-Founder and CMO, Hue Sales v. Marketing Decision The Diamond... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer Publication:Natural Experiments in History, edited by Jared Diamond and James Robinson. Harvard University Press, forthcoming No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
dealer of loose gemstones in 1969 in Jaipur, India. By the 2000s, it was headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and had expanded into diamonds and retail. The family business was now in its second generation of leadership and aimed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
Africa; its importance to the country is as great as the threat to its existence. Illegal logging fueled Liberia’s recent civil war: “Blood timber” financed the violence, just as blood diamonds have in other African conflicts. The civil... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015
results are consistent with the theoretical prediction in Diamond and Mirrlees (1978) and Golosov and Tsyvinski (2006) that certain individuals with high unwillingness to work maximize utility by planning in advance for their future... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
by a Belgian diamond cutter and water polo champion named Gérard Blitz, the association was inspired in part by a desire to forget the horrors and privations of World War II. Seeking diversion, Blitz put together extended holidays with... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
studies at the Stockholm School of Economics (BSc -79; PhD -87), George Washington University (IB -81) and the Harvard Business School (VIS -82). Dr Sölvell has published in the areas of strategy, competition, competitiveness and clusters. The concept of clusters, and... View Details