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Morris Hall | About

percent of MBA students live on campus, taking advantage of the proximity to classes, extensive academic and social resources, and opportunities for peer learning. About the Name Morris Hall is one of seven buildings named for secretaries of the View Details

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

scientific society with a mission "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge," the National Geographic Society (NGS) soon launched a scholarly journal, National Geographic Magazine. Using revenues secured from members, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

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In The Classroom - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School. Many of our faculty members have also been involved in writing cases. Are you looking for something specific? Please email us and we will direct you to the right materials. Related... View Details

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

common uses of online ratings: restaurants. "Restaurants are a classic example in economics where the consumer has to make a decision based on very little information," he says. In theory, ratings sites fill in the gaps by... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

04 Jan 2022
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Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

Competitive Advantage, available in January 2022. References: Hannah Denham, McDonald’s sues fired CEO to recoup severance, alleges he lied about affairs with workers, The Washington Post, August 10, 2020. David Yaffe-Bellany, McDonald’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

have been doubted, discounted, and judged reflexively on the basis of my skin color,” Brown wrote in The Washington Post. The industry remains vastly white and male-dominated. Investment management companies led by people of color and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

Instead of joining the other parents in a competition for weak Wi-Fi in a crowded waiting room, Dixon camped out in her car. She used the time to strategize her startup; news radio kept her company. In all likelihood she was in her car,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

19 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Seven Lessons from the Section Experience

Michael Bervell (MBA 2024) is from Snohomish, Washington and graduated from Harvard with a BA in Philosophy and the University of Washington with a MA in communications. Prior to HBS, Michael worked as an... View Details

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

Cambridge, but most of us aren’t thinking about the footsteps we’re following as we go: Anderson is the most recent incarnation of the Great Bridge, the first bridge to connect Boston and Cambridge in 1662. Colonial revolutionaries... View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

behind the 2022 theme: "When the co-chairs and I met earlier in the summer to decide on the direction of this year's Climate Symposium, we continued to come back to the themes of intersectionality of climate change across sectors and functions, and how only a combined... View Details

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Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin

Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an... View Details

Keywords: Conferences; Developing Countries and Economies; Information Publishing; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Agreements and Arrangements; Product; Nonprofit Organizations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Bangladesh; Washington (state, US)

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10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

Merrill Lynch can in part be explained by the pursuit of profits for their own sake. HCHP firms, by contrast, grow by using their distinctive capabilities to move into adjacent markets, products and services, and geographies. Risk: HCHP... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

going to depreciate tomorrow or next week or even next month. But over time, you expect it to depreciate. So if you're a business manager, you probably want to be fairly well hedged against this possibility, either by making use of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

continent is also attracting attention from China, Europe, and the US for its immense mineral resources, human capital and consumer opportunity. While opportunities abound in all sectors, more support is needed on the ground: investment,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

CasPhotography What Can the Harley-Davidson Case Teach Us About Managing in a Politicized Environment? The advice to Harley-Davidson’s management from respondents of this month’s column is to (1) ensure that politics doesn’t deter the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

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2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni

Info Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the more contentment we will experience. But the paradoxical truth is that the greater our achievements and worldly acclaim, the harder it can be to find meaning and purpose as we... View Details

04 Feb 2022
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Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

features another common sales incentive--a "president's club" membership for those employees who sell more software than 90 percent of their peers in a given year. The software firm uses a "commission accelerator" program over the course... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

firms, and investment houses, to Pfizer, Disney, Lincoln Center, and even the US Air Force. “These organizations are talent-driven and operate in demanding circumstances and markets,” Dowling notes. “They want actionable, resonant... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

5,000 Bikram Yoga studios worldwide. Deshpandé notes that in a world where the majority of yoga teachers were just scraping by Bikram succeeded through strategic use of branding and legal protections. Bikram also gained an edge by... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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