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02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

In the six-year history of Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, some types of articles have always been popular with our readers. Want to generate a lot of reader buzz? Then write about negotiation strategy, managing IT,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

Buyers are more apt to use a product right after they purchase it, a fact you need to ponder as you consider how to keep customers coming back for more. In this e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Manda Mahoney, Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

April 4, 2009
Article

The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?

By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias

The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details

Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations

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14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

they do like the United States—and leave the issue alone? The answer may lie in determining when, why, and how businesses can thrive by balancing their boards, says Harvard Business School Professor Boris... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Apr 2021
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IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

company to a larger one. In contrast, startups funded by a VC syndicate with less familiar co-investors are most likely to exit through a potentially splashy IPO that could let founders retain more control, says Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

09 Jun 2015
News

Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

investor and CEO of Veritas Investments to his HBS experience. “I saw opportunities for growing the business but wasn’t sure how to capitalize on them,” says Au who purchased his first building in Silicon Valley in 1996 and later founded... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey 2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey 1. Survey Background In October of 2018, Harvard Business School hosted The Global Financial Crisis: What We Learned, Where We're Headed, a conference... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

automation slashes jobs Service industry outpaces growth in manufacturing Civil Rights Act Equal Pay Act Unions concentrated in big businesses Formation of United Farm Workers union Influence: Medium 70 1970... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

annual SXSW Pitch Event in the Enterprise and Smart Data category. “Inventory in commerce is a really big problem from both an environmental and a financial perspective,” Theuerkauf notes. The problem is especially acute in the fashion... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself

Spain, I was forwarded an email about the HBS Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) with the commentary, “You might be interested in this.” After learning more about the program, I definitely was. I had never considered business... View Details

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

Companies are increasingly looking to emerging markets like China as a vital source of growth. The problem is these companies often lack an effective strategy for identifying which countries to do business with. In a June Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

Although CEOs hold positions of power, many can feel powerless in certain ways—particularly when it comes to influencing the behaviors and performance of their employees. Yet perhaps they aren’t taking the time to understand what drives and motivates their employees,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

20 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

“Even though investors may want to see higher growth, it may be better to sacrifice some short-term growth to gain persistence.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: Nikada] Related Reading How View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

Investing: Emerging Trends in a Changing Landscape," a recent panel discussion hosted by Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative. They also touched on growing trends including venture philanthropy and social impact... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

14 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Understanding Users of Social Networks

If the ongoing social networking revolution has you scratching your head and asking, "Why do people spend time on this?" and "How can my company benefit from the social network revolution?" you've got a lot in common with Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising; Publishing

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

that Bezos has shown in his leadership at Amazon, including constant commitment to the customer and a long-term approach to innovation, are good news for DC's paper of record. Three Ingredients For Success By: Bharat Anand Henry R. Byers Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

five years, or 18.5 percent of the total by then. “All brands, big and small, are firmly in social media today,” says Jill J. Avery, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. “Social media has become a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

16 Feb 2021
Blog Post

The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard

classmates and many of her teachers, and making it a challenge to find clothes that fit. In the years that followed, Girard grew into “the sixes” now standing proudly at 6’1’’ and the idea for the business she would one day start, a View Details

01 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

this tendency to shut off the new and basically transfer the corporate culture over to the new employee," says Francesca Gino, an associate professor at Harvard Business School who cowrote the paper with Daniel M. Cable of London View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

10 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal

Colleges and universities are learning what companies have known for a long time—when scandal breaks, business can take a significant hit. New research from Harvard Business School concludes that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

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