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Alexandra C. Feldberg
I grew up in Concord, MA, a small town outside of Boston, famous for the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott. I majored in history at Columbia College in New York City, and after... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
A BETTER MOUSETRAP: At a Magazine Luiza virtual showroom, sales staff use computers to help customers make their purchases. Photo COURTESY MAGAZINE LUIZA The inspiration for a new case can strike at any time. For HBS associate professor... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
the unconscious thought condition compared to both conscious thought and mere distraction. As there were no differences in sequence memory for the film, it remains unclear what mechanism was responsible for this effect. These results encourage further research into a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Taking That Hill
sought challenging environments, and I get a lot of pleasure when people say they want to take that hill, and we take that hill together.” As PPG’s growth surges internationally, it’s overseas where new and different hills are... View Details
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
Exporting Countries' so-called spare production capacity—that is, the amount of production OPEC (which accounts for 60 percent of petroleum traded internationally) can bring online within 30 days and sustain for at least 90. Spare... View Details
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
and improved services in the same area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
professional life working as a journalist and real-estate developer in New York, London, and Hong Kong, the hour-to-hour realities of blue-collar life were a revelation. The open-air shipyard was painfully cold in the winter and... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
more tentative for small firms than for large firms. Regarding points of access to capital, community banks have long been crucial to small business lending. But community bank failures have been high and few new ones have started up.... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
federal court in New York City. Argentina categorically refused to negotiate with investors and halted payments to any creditor that rejected its offer. Investors who agreed to the exchange offer received View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
investment in math and physical sciences. Moving on to challenges Merck has faced, Gilmartin explained that new drug discovery tools have increased the speed at which its competitors can introduce new... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
society) than any other development in the past decade. The western dominated economy and society of the past century has yielded way to a new global century, in which no one country or region enjoys an undisputed advantage. Instead, we... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
little effect on the restaurant or movie industry. Their contentment left society slightly better off. It is generally wonderful when parties are able to trade off interests to create value. In fact, one of the most important... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
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Patrick Chun
engrossed," Patrick says, "with the idea that strategic thinking and business had such a global impact, and where the world is going." Eager to learn more about "how strategy moves," Patrick spent two years with the consultancy McKinsey &... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
New Ventures, developed and taught by Professor Frank L. Tucker and doctoral candidate Patrick R. Liles (MBA '64, DBA '70). At about the same time, then Associate Professor Howard Stevenson and then Lecturer William J. Poorvu were busy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
building on Western Avenue. The first floor of that building houses the Harvard Innovation Lab, scheduled to open this fall. The i-lab will bring together students and faculty from across the University to learn about entrepreneurship and to work on innovative ideas... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
signs of weakness. The US-China trade war, Brexit, and Turkey continue to ramp up uncertainty. The new government’s greatest threats might be both the height at which expectations are soaring in the business... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Michael Schrader (MBA 2012) on Finding Entrepreneurial Success with HBS Resources
have the motivation that you are doing something that could be meaningful to the world helps you stick it out through the hard times." A mechanical engineer by trade who had worked in design for Honda and Toyota, Schrader came to... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
Companies often use rigorous R&D processes to guide new product development, but are much less scientific when it comes to creating services. Not Bank of America, which has turned Atlanta-area branches into consumer laboratories.... View Details