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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
business? Sarah Ford (MBA 2007)’s experience with Amazon highlights its allure and drawbacks. In 2012, Ford founded Ranch Road Boots, a high-end shoe company inspired by her roots in West Texas and her experience as a Marine Corps... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
a trigger point for his classes to start broader discussions about how to grow a sustainable, profitable business. They need to weigh what Thomke calls the P’s: production, pricing, products, and productivity. It also raises the question... View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
unrestricted funds. Improved visitor services. Renovation of the David Rubenstein Atrium/Visitor Services became the central launch point for all information about the center and its 10 organizations. It now houses a 42-foot-wide media... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
investments that keep them going.” In fact, companies cut their longer-term investments by 10 to 40 percent—an average of 17 percentage points more than shorter-term investments. In financial terms, that carries the same financial impact... View Details
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
Often the CEO is portrayed as 'the only person in the world who could do this job' You can thank the financial press for this mystique." In pointing out the futility of the effort, Rebecca West... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
nuanced cultural approaches." Whether this will produce sustained economic superiority or a model to be emulated in the U.S. is debatable.—James Heskett Roy Bingham points out that "American management seems to work best when... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
for gasoline in the United States to consist of five distinct regions. Other large markets where transport costs are relatively high in relation to product value, such as cement in Brazil or beer in China, can be similarly broken down. The general View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
Solutions Award from the Women and Gender Constituency. “We have assisted nine villages, and three ‘graduated’ at the end of last year by reaching self-sufficiency. That is really the holy grail of the work,” says Ruhr, who visits the View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
two forums—one for West Coast alumni and one for East Coast alumni—with nine members in each. "It really took off after that," says Donaher. "From the beginning, people got into the spirit and openness of forum." According to association... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
look ridiculously easy, but it's not. It involves hard work that takes a considerable amount of focus and dedication." HENRY McCANCE Yale University, 1964 B.A., Economics "At HBS, I remember the challenge of analyzing difficult problems, making decisions, and... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Publications Civilization: The Six Ways the West Beat the Rest Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Review the book: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
Mandarin Yung Wing, trusted by both China and the West to catalyze change. There are certainly influential Chinese, equally comfortable in the United States and China today, who already serve as such change-agents. That China is receptive... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
reasons for this correlation," Cohen says. "In California, for instance, you may have more Japanese immigrants because it's the closest point of entry with Japan. And you may also do more trade with Japan because it's the closest place... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Terry Finley turns race horses into investment opportunities. As president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, New York,... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
bit more complicated than originally anticipated. A new Harvard Business School case study called "Marketing the '$100 PC'" spells out these opportunities, problems, and challenges from a marketing point of view. As the case... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022) and Nembu Emmanuel Photo courtesy Pelkins Ajanoh The earthy cassava root is a dietary staple for millions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. For Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022), the tuber was also the starting View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
more visible — lessons than do other endeavors is subject to debate. (Popular HBS cases include ones about Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, the West Point crew team, and the NFL’s New England... View Details
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
research point of view, we want to get a better understanding of why some firms are more transparent than others about their environmental practices and performance," Toffel explains. In the second project, the researchers hope that... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
markets around the globe: What can Silicon Valley learn from your experiences? And what happens if the Startup Capital of the World ignores these lessons? READ MORE Nicole Poindexter: My name is Nicole Poindexter (MBA 1997) and I'm the CEO of Energicity Corp and its... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
whose campus occupies 26 buildings surrounded by 800 acres of forest on the northern side of an Appalachian mountain ridge. As he walks the grounds, Marietta points to evidence of what a thriving, diversified economy in eastern Kentucky... View Details