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- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
3 Projects, 1 Priceless Picture
the company. The 100,000 Foot View: My first project with the Corporate Strategy & Development group was in support of the annual corporate strategic planning meeting for Nike’s CEO and executive team. To help underscore the... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 25 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”
pursuing any interesting marketing or strategy-related projects, and if they were looking for an MBA intern for the summer. “I wasn’t really expecting anything,” Aaron says, “but I found that they were mulling over the idea of hiring an... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- Profile
Jennifer DeWhitt
marketing and finance. While pursuing her degree, Jennifer taught at an alternative school near campus that served at-risk youth. After graduation, she joined Bain & Co., where she “worked on the Dallas expansion View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
making a particularly strong showing.) For Ramaswamy, prepping has involved reading up on market activity, putting in time at the Bloomberg terminals, and asking sectionmates to help talk her through tricky interview questions. “It... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
Lane-Merrill (MBA '82), marketing strategist and director of research at ViA Marketing & Design, a strategic brand management company based in Portland. President of the newly reinstated HBS Club of Maine,... View Details
Keywords: Janine Brunell Looker
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk
more competitive market for Chinese-language media. Lai plans to invest $15.5 million to publish a new Mandarin-language magazine, which he predicts will overshadow his Hong Kong readership in five years.... View Details
- April 1985 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)
Contains a description of some issues confronting management of CML Group as the company progresses toward making an initial public offering. Among the issues and topics addressed in the case are: considerations in choosing an underwriting team, the initial public... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Initial Public Offering; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Planning; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)." Harvard Business School Case 285-092, April 1985. (Revised September 1986.)
- Web
Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
from investors in Japan, and in November 2019, with Nakamura and some friends, he presided over a mostly successful “Yasu & Masa’s Ramen” pop-up event in Cambridge. “Everyone ate well, and no one got food poisoning,” he laughs, “but it was definitely a learning... View Details
- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
archeology and conversation, and marketing and tourism, among other things. He expects the organization to quadruple in size by 2030. Most of the Royal Commission’s focus has been on building a master plan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
Klarman Illustration by David Cowles While other money managers scrambled to survive the financial market meltdown, value investor extraordinaire Seth Klarman (MBA ’82), president of The Baupost Group in Boston, cautiously pursued buying... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
new opportunity, Linzmeyer found himself drawn to the entrepreneurial aspects of the industry where he “reveled” in building business plans, hiring staff, developing marketing strategy, and managing distributors. Making the Hop Into... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Striking a Balance
1989. “She saw the tension between being mothers, wives, and professional managers.” It was a passion for Wilson, who had planned a research project on these issues before succumbing to cancer in 2003. Wilson took the HBS field study... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
suited to a world in which leaders are immersed in a stream of possibilities, surprises, opportunities, and deals in the active, fluid markets that surround and pervade their organizations. Commitments require data, analysis, and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
John, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets unit at Harvard Business School. “They assume the Bachelor can only like one type of woman.” “When you like one lake, people infer that you hate cities” It turns... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology
has decided to compete with Airbnb on its own turf, announcing plans for its own home-sharing service. It only took 11 years and 500 million lost bookings industrywide. Danielle Kost: How do you think Airbnb changed the way travel... View Details
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Charitable Remainder Trust - Alumni
your payments rise or fall based on the trust’s market performance. At the end of the trust term, HBS receives the remainder and will use it for the purpose(s) you specified. You can name non-Harvard charities—or even your family... View Details
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Prizes & Benefits | New Venture Competition
develop a social enterprise business plan, identifying the market for social ventures, financial modeling, pitching and presenting, and perspectives from practitioners and entrepreneurs; and mixers to facilitate multi-disciplinary... View Details
- Career Coach
Martha Tassinari
development, from self-assessment to networking to negotiation to professional development, with a particular focus on marketing oneself effectively (resume, LinkedIn, bio, pitch and interviewing) and navigating the network-based search.... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
sales data. Early product sales, appropriately adjusted for variations in price and availability, are an excellent predictor of overall sales (see the exhibit "No Need for a Crystal Ball"). In fact, retailers that exploit these data for production and... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
three, I’m tired of going around the minivan.” A loss in market share to Ford and GM eventually pushed Chrysler to the left-side sliding door—and market share increased immediately. “This is what happens... View Details