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Floyd L. Carlisle
Carlisle purchased Northern New York Utilities with a group of paper manufacturers, which allowed St. Regis Paper and the other involved paper mills to control their own supply of electric power. Acquiring... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of Manhattan's Central Park. Most homes are single-story structures and the density is 3,000 persons per hectare (compared to 43 in London, 100 in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
managers and policymakers whose actions we study.” The consequence of the lack of relevant research is that the business world—and the rest of the world, for that matter—is losing out on some serious brainpower and analytical reason. Consider the 2014 View Details
Jean Nidetch
Nidetch believed that her efforts to lose weight would be enhanced by talking to others going through the same process. What began as a small support group meeting in her New York apartment in 1963 turned... View Details
Keywords: Services
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
shortly after taking off from New York City. He had served in the military, flown all sorts of planes, and accumulated over 30,000 hours of flying experience. And yet, in the 208 seconds that he had to make... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 08 Oct 2008
- News
Bailout Role Elevates U.S. Official
- 13 Oct 2008
- News
Intervention Is Bold, but Has a Basis in History
- 20 Oct 2008
- News
This Bailout Doesn't Pay Dividends
- 02 Nov 2008
- News
Debt Linked to Buyouts Tightens the Economic Vise
- 25 Nov 2008
- News
The C.E.O. of Thanksgiving Dinner
- 22 Mar 2009
- News
Try, Try Again, or Maybe Not
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
illustration of first-mover advantages. From its beginning in 1914, it created an integrated learning base to commercialize a new data processing punched-card technology. By the 1920s, its initial factory in View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Good Luck Charm
at Time Warner, who said the satisfaction she gets from helping deserving local organizations makes her “the luckiest girl in the world.” In 2006, Time Warner gave a total of $50 million to support arts and education in New View Details
Leonard S. Riggio
Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and turned this small book store into a leading retailer. He acquired the venerable Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York in 1971 and adopted its name for... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 28 Nov 2008
- News
Stimulus for Skeptics
- 29 Mar 2009
- News
How Crisis Shapes the Corporate Model
- 26 Apr 2009
- News
The E-Mail Handshake
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
closely and talk to people (like Frederick, the auto shop owner) in your neighborhood. On the very day that the Wall Street Journal had a story on how venture financing is down—February 11, 2009—the New York... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace