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- 01 Apr 1998
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Going For The Summit
women - has climbed well above the competition. With some two million visitors to its Web site each month, iVillage attracts more than twice as much traffic as its nearest competitor. "We've established a commanding lead," Carpenter... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
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Matt Thurmond
my inventory." With solid math skills and a genuine attraction "to the quantitative aspects of engineering," Matt pursued an engineering degree. But in what he calls a "serendipitous moment," he picked up and read... View Details
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Michael Son
"On top of using my artistic abilities as the Show's director," says Mike, "I have to apply my marketing skills to attract an audience. And it's training me to become a leader, a manager of people with conflicting... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
companies with such plans do not perform better financially. Further analysis prompted Beer and Katz to conclude that the real role of bonuses is simply to attract highly qualified executives to a corporation. "Companies are forced into... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
serves as the epicenter of all contacts and communications between the club and local alumni. Today, with 275 members — its highest membership rate ever — the HBS Club of Puget Sound is flourishing. One of its most popular events, the yearly Seattle Trek, View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
in subscriber growth and customer feedback. However, the lucrative market opportunity ($8 billion, growing at 4 percent year-over-year) and the low costs of entry are attracting new competition. New cat-focused subscription boxes have... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
however, listings were sparse by comparison. "It's important to note that not all cities are affected by Airbnb," Farronato says. "In Atlanta or Houston, there are enough hotel rooms to satisfy the demand, so peer hosts don't find it View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
A mid-November conference on consumer-driven health care attracted nearly two hundred providers of health-care services, technology, and information; government professionals; and insurance executives to the HBS campus for a two-day... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015
service relative to existing competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that these results are due to a sorting effect, whereby firms trade off service quality and price, and in turn, the incumbent attracts service (price)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
with me on a case about NSNO, "New Schools for New Orleans 2008," which I taught in my course this past spring. Q: What are the differences between charter and traditional schools? Why were charter schools so attractive to New... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
I’m the CEO of Invest Macedonia, the primary institution in the country responsible for attracting foreign investments. The prime minister asked me to take the job, and I report directly to him. It’s the highest nonpolitical position in... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27
attractive as it initially seems. In the B and C cases, students must decide whether their view of the appropriate pricing changes, when the apparent mispricing worsens. A final additional teaching point relates to the formation of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
Jan Rivkin and one of the authors of this article ranked industries by profitability, they found that the correlation of industry rankings across pairs of countries was close to zero, which means that the attractiveness of an industry... View Details
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
as website design choices. As spring turned to summer, FinGig was attracting dozens of new clients per day that were relying on the volunteer team for assistance with their federal aid applications. In addition to managing the day-to-day... View Details
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
attracted alumni in various career transitions seeking clarity on their next steps. According to Bernstein—who has a JD/MBA and DBA from Harvard and served as HBS Club of Toronto president from 2006-08—until recently, job seekers focused... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
maintain a business that is competitive and that satisfies the needs of society and customers. You also bought vaccine maker Chiron, even though vaccines have not been a popular business for years. What makes vaccines an attractive... View Details
- 26 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities
commercial hindrance. A recent study of more than 500 biomedical startups suggests that ventures rooted in the core research of their founders have a more challenging time reaching key measures of success, such as raising capital or View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
founder’s psychology. LTV helps students learn the playbook for finding product-market fit while learning to design more attractive, enduring business models, answering the question why some startups are valued at only 2x revenue while others are valued at 20x and why... View Details
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Funa Maduka
Importance of educating leaders "The biggest weakness I saw in nonprofits," Funa says, "was in management education. I saw many managers with good ideas, but not the skills for executing them." Attracted to HBS'... View Details
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Benjamin Story
Buzz Lightyear attraction in Disneyland Paris, and as a producer within Disney's virtual-reality technology group. "On one level, we were creating a fully-functioning simulation for a new attraction, the Radiator Springs Racers,... View Details