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Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction | Baker Library

Classroom and Field Work: Methods of Instruction Management Training Program student Jean Buckley completing field work in market research at J. Walter Thompson, New York, 1954. Radcliffe College Archives, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe... View Details

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

sales. If the economy remains shut for more than a couple of months, the enterprise will not survive. A creative donor rushing in with debt at low rates and a grace period may decide the future access of the majority of Mexicans to good... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 May 2020
News

New Menu

support from some surprising places, including the country of Singapore's investment company, Temasek, and Tyson Foods, the world's second largest processor of chicken, beef, and pork. Both were looking to the future with their investment... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

first-year MBA students encounter nearly a dozen cases that address environmental concerns. “My vision would be that all students graduate with a clear understanding of the predicted ramifications of climate change on society and on business, and how companies can... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1997
News

Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75

example," she continues. "It's where HBS professor Ted Levitt first outlined the principles that defined the field of marketing and where Mike Porter first identified the five competitive forces that shape strategy. It's also where key... View Details

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

actually contrary to previous research. Readings in Modern Marketing Author:John A. Quelch Publication:Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2006 Abstract Readings in Modern Marketing is a collection of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

more Africa-focused content in the future either through fellowships or other offerings? Will HBS play an active role in the country's development? A: We're certainly hoping to move in that direction. We have several recently completed... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Dec 2008
News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

accountability and governance, and development and marketing. Professor Kash Rangan, who cochairs the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, reviewed his research on nonprofit trends. Professor John Quelch, a marketing expert, focused on... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Books

innovations drive industry transformation and market creation, the authors explain how to unlock disruption’s transformational power. They provide a set of market-proven tools and approaches to innovation that have been honed through... View Details

Keywords: Management

08 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan

the free market should be given greater room to run unfettered, while the government’s role in the economy should be diminished. Trimming taxes on high-income households, minimizing the estate tax, and substantially cutting corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

01 Jun 2016
News

Up by the Roots

When he graduated from high school in 1994, Will Hsu (MBA 2006) had no plans to take over his father’s ginseng farm—there just didn’t seem to be a future in it. Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises Inc. was one of the largest operations in central... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

31 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

of business research in the forthcoming book How Will You Measure Your Life? Coauthored with James Allworth and Karen Dillon, the book explains how well-tested academic theories can help us find meaning and happiness not just at work, but in life. 2. Is JC Penney's... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Profile

Eric Chavez

built his own commercial contracting business. “My parents came here to have a prosperous future they wouldn’t have otherwise in Mexico,” Eric says. Eric’s initial calling was in engineering. Through work at General Motors and an... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech

30 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent with Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie

to the class the African context and peculiarities. Many of these peculiarities also apply to emerging markets in general. By inviting leaders and practitioners from the continent there is a sense of immediacy and reality that makes it... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

The People’s Pods

And because the addressable market has gone from that local geography to everyone, the best content, even if it’s in a niche, always rises to the top. HBS: How much money can really be behind this boom? What would a podcasting bubble look... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the dollar appears to have... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

students with a hands-on opportunity to engage with others across Harvard who share a professional interest in climate-related work, to mentor one another in their development as practitioners, and to develop professional skills and relationships that support their... View Details

11 Aug 2014
HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

month if they purchased a certain amount of healthy food, recorded by purchase receipts. But the reward is delayed until the end of the month, decreasing the likelihood it will work. Why? Blame the behavioral economic principle of "hyperbolic discounting"—people tend... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health

25 Feb 2020
News

Case Study: The Credit Bureau

company Mobley to offer an alternative: an affordable way to furnish a home with stylish, quality pieces with a lease of 3 to 12 months, without the burden of ownership. Mobley’s entrée to the $230 billion market for furniture and home... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

the book along with Regina M. Abrami, a former HBS professor now at the Wharton School; and F. Warren McFarlan, the HBS Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. "We think the future of the Chinese economy is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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