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- 07 Nov 2022
- News
Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me
Morgan Hermand Waiche Morgan Hermand Waiche The Wall Street Journal reported last week that startup lingerie retailer Adore Me was bought by Victoria’s Secret for $400 million. Launched soon after Hermand Waiche graduated, Adore Me aimed to upend the industry. "My... View Details
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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets
Professor of Business Administration Research Interests : customer behavior , customer satisfaction , service management , service operations , service quality Interviews Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Prithwiraj Choudhury Lumry Family... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
go further still, and teach that we have obligations to intangible legal entities like corporations. This aspect of business ethics can raise some practical difficulties. It is relatively easy and natural for a person to remember the interests of friends and View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
families as well. Q: How can a CEO spot a dysfunctional or at least disintegrating culture? What should be the first steps to fixing the problem? A: A CEO in this situation should be tracking and managing by the numbers—the nonfinancial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones
- 2012
- Article
Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency
By: Alvin J. Silk
What restrictions should be placed on advertising agencies with respect to serving accounts or clients that are competitors of one another in order to avoid conflicts of interest? In recent decades, the advertising and marketing services industry has undergone a number... View Details
Keywords: Advertising Agency; Competitors; Marketing Services Industry; Structural Changes; Agency-client Relationships; Hybrid Conflict Policies; Safeguards; Advertising; Advertising Industry; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America
Silk, Alvin J. "Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency." Foundations and Trends® in Marketing 6, no. 2 (2012): 63–149.
- 20 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
heels. I was also raised seeing my sister come out years before me and open the door for how siblinghood and queerness could intersect. I’m grateful every day for a family that supports my path, and feel a deep calling to make sure others... View Details
- May 2022
- Case
Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro Pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!" Harvard Business School Case 722-399, May 2022.
- 15 Apr 2015
- HBS Seminar
Raymond Fisman, Columbia Business School
- July 2020 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Mr. Five Percent: Calouste Gulbenkian and the Origins of Global Oil
By: Geoffrey Jones and Yazeed Al-Rashed
This case describes the business career of Calouste Gulbenkian, a skilled intermediary who was able to secure 5 percent of a vast oil concession covering much of the Middle East that was signed in 1928. Gulbenkian was an ethnic Armenian born in the Ottoman Empire,... View Details
Keywords: Oil; Globalization; Energy Sources; History; Biography; Energy Industry; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
Jones, Geoffrey, and Yazeed Al-Rashed. "Mr. Five Percent: Calouste Gulbenkian and the Origins of Global Oil." Harvard Business School Case 321-003, July 2020. (Revised September 2021.)
- 28 May 2020
- Blog Post
How to Fit in at HBS
from the years I worked in banking. It’s no hyperbole to say you could hear a pin drop in the room that day. Nor words aptly describe the sense of connection I felt to each member of my section at that moment. Somehow, after only a month together, Section J became my... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS
section family supports you. #7: Faculty Our professors bring incredible real-world experience and scholarly research perspectives. They push our class to learn while also building meaningful relationships with their students. Professors... View Details
- 15 Aug 2022
- Book
University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed
T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University and the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at HBS—explores the many ways the three countries have made their mark in higher education over the past two... View Details
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Hawes Hall | About
William, Steven, Tamara, and Thomas Courtney (MBA 2008)—as well as 25 grandchildren. Nearly 40 members of the Hawes family attended the building’s dedication. Rodney A. Hawes Jr. (MBA 1969) with Dean Kim Clark Hawes View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
or the family circumstances of their student populations, had access to resources that supported learning. After going on the road and visiting a wide range of schools, she uncovered a gap in school improvement efforts—that most... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club
like we had our own little family for the coming two years and forever. As graduates of the MS/MBA program, we were privileged to be part of this inspiring group of people. The program’s graduates are at the forefront of building the most... View Details
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
discovering design principles that can act as building blocks to a great product or service experience. The teaching note outlines three examples, using real stories from students to illustrate each one: Solve problems with empathy and exceed expectations. “Our View Details
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
of itself will do little to improve general social conditions Education and family are key ingredients in lasting income generation " Don Powell's suggestions reflected Hiller's concerns: "'Inequality' is a concept of relativity... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
manufacturing business with my family since 1997. —Julie Lopez Santiago (MBA 1994) Back to top “Danaher Corporation” In 2008, the industrial conglomerate Danaher Corporation confronts various challenges that threaten its impressive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details