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Alex Nelson
graduation," Alex says, "and will continue to focus on retail management. Longer term, I'm interested in entrepreneurship. I'm toying with a variety of ideas, including one for a fashion business that redefines luxury in terms... View Details
- 08 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS
digital innovation compelling - especially if you think about the democratization of access that digital technology enables. It also meant I needed a serious boost in my digital literacy, so I ended up taking CS50 for MBAs during my second year. I had View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, and Patrick J. Barry look at three of the largest debacles so far in the 21st century—the BP affair, the mortgage meltdown and resulting crisis, and the use of lead paint in children's View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
very good at developing, qualifying, and commercializing innovation, we're not necessarily any better than others at creating it. So when we learned about a toothbrush that an entrepreneur had made from a spinning toy he had developed, we... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
Petzel. "I was already toying with the idea of an MBA, and I was allowed to sit in on classes at MIT's Sloan School and at HBS. I found the atmosphere at Harvard totally different; I much preferred the interactive style." Petzel wasn't... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
Tracy E. Kwiker (MBA 1995) arrived in Seattle three and a half years ago when she was promoted to manage store operations for a Toys “R” Us region in the Pacific Northwest. Eager to establish contacts in her new community, Kwiker began... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
products that precisely match the toys we all grew up with. Just an hour south in Bjerringbro, world-leading pump manufacturer Grundfos is preparing to start closing the loop on physical waste with their Take Back Program. This program... View Details
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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
leisure activities to combat the fatigue and monotony of factory work. Trade catalogs advertised the wares of emerging industries devoted to sports, hobbies, and entertainment activities, promoting products from toys and musical... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
radically challenging our sense of the exoticness and uniqueness of being human." She cited popular children's toys such as the Tamagatchi and Furby ("machines that say 'you have to take care of me'") and children's belief that such... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
sons down to sleep. By that time it was 9:30 or 10 p.m. at night, and figuring out what one teenager was going to say to another teenager was the very last thing I wanted to do. Writing can make cleaning up toys look really attractive. So... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
he is a former Ironman triathlete who, egged on by his children, once toyed with the idea of auditioning for Survivor. Of his current job, Riley observes, “I’m not making a career of this, and there’s a certain freedom, even power, in... View Details
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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising
fans, another popular advertising giveaway, and advertisers tapped into the growing toy industry with booklets of cutout paper dolls and images overlaid with tracing paper. Bookmarks appeared in beautifully chromolithographed designs, and... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
Donohue, President, US Chamber of Commerce; Lowell McAdam, CEO, Verizon; Charles W. Moorman (HBS MBA '89), Chairman, Norfolk Southern; Damon Silvers (HBS MBA '95), Policy Director and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO; Gerald Storch (HBS MBA '81), former CEO View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
http://hbr.org/search/612033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-086 Learning Resources: A Hands-On Toy Company Deals with New Challenges and Opportunities Learning Resources is a family owned educational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
casual but cultured lifestyle of California's Napa Valley, his coach Fern Mandelbaum, cofounder of toy maker Skyline, questioned whether other Americans shared his concept of Napa. "I thought, 'Come on, Fern, I will tell you what it... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
person, on the senior leadership team. No one had stepped back and asked, How would you make this work? What would it take?” Enter Henderson and Carter and the Leviathan. Henderson says he figured out the logistics of battery-swapping by tinkering with his daughter’s... View Details
- 21 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?
The most captivating item in Michael Norton's office is a Star Wars The Force Trainer, a toy that allows would-be Jedi warriors to levitate a Ping-Pong ball within a tube using only the power of focused thinking. Norton, a marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
goods would grow from 2 percent to 20 percent of the consumer market over the next five years. From a sector perspective, mall specialty stores that sell goods such as toys or watches should do well, said Biyani. Moderator Rangan wondered... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
opportunity to see both sides of the issue. When Hrad enters into a contract to create a new accounts payable system for Welsh toy distributor Tegan, the outsourcing firm from the Czech Republic views the project as another step in its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
the changing global landscape for business leaders Look in any closet, toy chest, or family room in a typical Western home, and you’ll find a trove of goods supplied by a century-old Hong Kong–based export trading company— Li & Fung Ltd.... View Details