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- 01 Dec 1998
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Short Takes
changes in the law that may have made filing easier. The authors base their assertions on an analysis of historical data involving bankruptcies and consumer credit. "When consumer credit expanded dramatically in the 1920s," notes Moss in... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
what to call it until the academics told us it was globalization. It’s like being a supply-chain manager. We were just doing what we thought our customers needed, and people said to me, “This is supply-chain management.” And I said, “Oh,... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
Growing up, Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) thought she was unstoppable. Then she entered the business world. “I grew up thinking I lived in a post-feminist world, “ she said. “I saw no impediment in my way based on my gender.” Six years ago, she... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
learn––users help each other a lot on our forum. Watching these interactions on the forum is one of the most rewarding things ever, and this has helped us to scale our user base with a small team, as a lot of our View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
willing to pay more for the latter. Unfortunately, by purposefully ignoring real differences in what consumers were willing to pay for Black-owned rentals and basing its calculations on data from predominantly white-owned properties, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
A Look at Olook
followers, and a run rate hovering around 15 million reals (about US$6.4 million). The biggest strain on demand? A customer base that just isn't accustomed to online shopping norms: "Being able to return... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
executives from the aerospace and defense industries, Fortune 500 presidents, general managers in the Boston area, and heads of nonbusiness organizations about their decision-making. Based on his interviews, Roberto concludes that leaders... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
HBS senior lecturer David Edelman exploring "The Future of AI and the Customer Experience." Upcoming discussions in the series include "The Future of Leadership in the Digital Era," "ChatGPT and the Future of AI," and "The Future of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Anthony L. Chirchirillo Leveraging China to Achieve Global Advantage for a U.S. Factory Chirchirillo: From Wisconsin base to global competitor. Related Links The Path to Economic Revival James McNerney Jr. Manufacturing's New Reality (HBS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
customer base and are its fastest-growing segment. People assume that it’s mostly millennials who have the desire and savvy to manage their finances by mobile app, Savova says, but “we’ve found that people... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
Twenty years ago, when a broker called to tell Jon Simon (MBA 1980) about the possibility of acquiring Parkway Custom Drycleaning, the broker didn’t initially reveal what it was—a high-end dry-cleaning business founded in 1926. Convinced... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
application in an industry with the most room for improvement. Online retail, particularly online fashion, definitely fit the bill. Why is fashion a good place to focus? The industry faces several challenges that many other retailers don’t. There is quite a bit of... View Details
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
electrolyzer, combines electricity and CO2, and splits water to make formic acid, which can be stored like a conventional hydrocarbon liquid (think gasoline). OCO can then manufacture and sell that formic acid to customers who use it... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
Indian stock market was booming, and investors had grown accustomed to outsized returns. Then the bottom fell out. The financial crisis spawned in the United States reverberated around the globe during the summer and fall of 2008, and iTrust’s fledgling View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
California, at the Plug and Play office, which is an accelerator based in the area, and there was some entrepreneur who was presenting I think like a smart dog caller or something like that. And we both sort of looked at each other and... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Fellowship winner. The organization is based in New Delhi, India, where it provides economically viable housing solutions for under-served populations, starting with India and for communities around the world. (Watch Mehra explain how... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
full-time employees, slashing labor costs by 90 percent. Those two innovations are expected to add up to a net profit margin of three times that of the overall industry. “And that is really powerful,” Pedró says. “You can actually give those benefits back to your View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
guarantee a reliable base of customers during the workday, he says. In the stand-alone locations, Dozie is in the unusual position of teaching his customers to linger. “In... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
without it. Poindexter: I talk a lot to my customers about what life is like without electricity. And one of the most profound things that they said to me was, "Life without electricity, you're always rushing." And it's because you have... View Details