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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Joy of Spending
TV that you bought in college," says Norton. "Now think back to spring break in college. It might have cost the same amount to go on spring break as it did to buy that TV, but the memories from spring break are View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
relatable—they can help listeners understand what makes HBS distinctive and how it’s making a difference in the world,” explains Brian Kenny, HBS’s chief marketing and communications officer and host of... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
between leading urban centers and rural areas. Here, the project’s faculty chairs, William Kerr, the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff—MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, and Joseph Fuller, professor of management practice,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
He Loves New York
Why, observers puzzled, would Wall Street dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein (MBA 1971, JD 1970) pony up $55 million to buy New York magazine? Once the standard-setter of the city-magazine genre, the publication no longer seems to be the... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
of data from this survey highlights the need for business leaders, policymakers, and academics to collaborate on practical ways to make progress,” something well within the nation’s reach, he added. In fact, the Project seeks to inspire... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to buy a house until his father... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
Professor of Business Administration, annually compiles the best posts from blogs on technology start-up management for the benefit of his students. This book makes his latest collection available to the broader entrepreneur community.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Check Is in the Mail
plan, credit cards, and home mortgages can make the existence of personal credit seem like a relatively recent development. An exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center tells the story of how those now-familiar innovations came to... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
electrical systems went all the way back to my childhood. I think I bumped my knee one time, and my grandfather used an ohmmeter as a faux healing tool and said, ‘see when that needle moves, that’s going to make you feel better.’ And, of... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
years to demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of the technology. “That gives us time to still make a difference,” Payne says. “If this takes 15 years, we’ve passed the tipping point.” But, ultimately, Arctic ice restoration is only a... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
investments, the key to success is to buy low and sell high. Buying low in the art world requires purchasing the work of emerging artists and hoping they become a success, just as a venture capitalist... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Skydeck: Reddit’s Rise
dinner party. Is it work colleagues? Is it college friends? [So] you know what to wear, what to say, what not to say.” “I love the zeitgeist. ...I’m the first one to download the new music on Tuesdays. I’m the first one to download some new crazy app and test it out.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
comes in a bit light or damaged. If we get an overshipment, we call right away and say, “You may not know this, but you sent us ten extra cases which you did not bill us for. We’ll gladly pay for them.” We don’t have buying committees,... View Details
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
A Model of Drive and Impact
Pablo Fernandez Alvarez (GMP 17, 2014) is cofounder of Clicars, an e-commerce platform in Spain that allows users to buy and finance refurbished cars hassle-free. In this interview, Fernandez explains the business model, the reasons... View Details
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Hungry for Change
products in the food industry are thinking, ‘How can we make the best product possible within the existing grocery supply chain?” she says. Flynn decided to launch Sun & Swell with a different approach: “Let’s View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
school in one ranking fail to make the top five in others? The answer lies in the methods the publications use to evaluate schools. The big five — Bloomberg Businessweek, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, the Financial Times, and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
if you walk into Best Buy and purchase a cell phone, we run your credit score and activate the account so you can walk out with a phone that’s ready to use. We tie together the retailers that sell digital services with the providers of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
example, the fountain pen industry nearly collapsed after the introduction of ballpoint pens. Today, people are still buying fountain pens not because they are seamless writing instruments but because, like Swiss watches, a fountain pen... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
and stuff. Yeah, you’re welcome to, to taste some of it. It’s like, it’s sort of seedy, it’s not like a modern fruit. Julia: It looks ancient. Ayr: It has... it’s sort of like figs and dates. I would say. It’s got like a little sweetness. A little bit like a pear a... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
“fashion’s fairy godmother.” It’s easy to remember a time when women didn’t buy high-end fashion online—it was barely a decade ago. Magnúsdóttir watched the birth of the online fashion industry as a retail consultant and a cofounder of a... View Details