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  • 07 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

family first, before I become this terrific entrepreneur." There's a lot of dissatisfaction because nobody is trying to tap into what is it that these consumers really want. Why not? Because these consumers don't pay anybody.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Michael F. Cronin

under management. Given Cronin's background, it's not surprising that the WP portfolio favors traditional industrial and service companies that are strong on business fundamentals. Examples include Herald Media (publisher of the newspaper... View Details
  • 05 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders

During the pandemic and the disruption in business worldwide, the HBS Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for... View Details
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

School Case 510-033 Woolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California's Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting

created problems of information that threatened to derail traditional credit practices. The key problem was one of distance. When traders did business primarily with family and neighbors, they could rely on... View Details
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

change. Encouraging self-organizing networks to let them investigate whatever they want to through company channels can produce new business ideas, as IBM found in the early days of virtualization. When talented employees leave to start... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

backgrounds – an experience that could transform my ability to be effective." The case method, Ignacio notes, "replicates business situations on a regular basis, drawing opinions from people who all think differently. It... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
  • Web

William R. Kerr | About

William R. Kerr Unit Entrepreneurial Management Contact Phone Bio William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty... View Details
  • February 2005 (Revised June 2006)
  • Case

JCDecaux

By: John R. Wells and Vincent Dessain
Describes how JCDecaux, the second largest global outdoor advertising company, became the world leader in street furniture advertising in a fast consolidating business environment. Also explains why, in the late 1990s, JCDecaux diversified its activities into... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Family Ownership; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Advertising Industry
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  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial inclination fostered by growing up in a family that owned retail stores and enjoyed telling stories of their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development As a youngster, I used to create “stores” in my driveway, selling things to other neighborhood kids. It was an entrepreneurial inclination fostered by growing up... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 19, 2016

sons' active engagement in family care. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49311 Risk Preferences and Misconduct: Evidence from Politicians By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—When seeking new leaders, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

August 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Study: More Frequent Sales Quotas Help Volume but Hurt Profits By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, Renata Lemos, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We present evidence on the labor supply of CEOs and on whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

in rural Haiti. Using a costing system developed at Harvard Business School, researchers found that the cost of care varied dramatically from clinic to clinic. The research and the concerns it raises are detailed in a recent case study,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 02 Aug 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

According to Gallup, those who are engaged are: More than twice as likely to remain on the job as those characterized as disengaged, and more likely to refer friends and family members for employment. These factors lead to lower costs of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 14 Aug 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

Payment: Evidence from the Federal Quickpay Reform By: Barrot, Jean-Noel, and Ramana Nanda Abstract—We study the impact of Quickpay, a federal reform that indefinitely accelerated payments to small business contractors of the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • News

Furthering the Legacy of Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006)

was a great experience for him. He loved every second of it.” The couple met in high school in Texas and moved back there in 2011. “Whitney’s life was cut way too short. I'm so grateful that he got to accomplish so many of his goals,” says Brittanie, highlighting the... View Details
  • 27 Oct 2015
  • News

Sweet Success

responsible for overall investment, strategic planning, and asset management. Looking for the perfect location for a family vacation retreat in 2009, Turner and his wife, Lydia, found and purchased 400 acres of pristine land in Dover... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987

2002, 'venture philanthropy' as we know it today didn't exist, but we saw the opportunity to use business practices to create real social change," says Jacobson of the origins of Strategic Grant Partners, a coalition of 15 View Details
Keywords: Susan Young