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Web traffic statistics
by Industry , and select the categories for Internet and Online Services and Media . Use a web search engine to search for [website name] and traffic statistics. Search analyst reports in LSEG Workspace for public View Details
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry
Resources Company Analysis and Financing Company profiles on project sponsors Financial fundamentals for valuation Executive bios Size of organization, i.e., number of employees, revenue View Details
Alfred B. Dick
Dick conceived the idea for the mimeograph, and secured permission from Thomas Edison for what would become known as the Edison-Dick Mimeograph. At the time of Dick’s death, the Edison-Dick Mimeograph had become virtually indispensable to every kind of View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
If Enron had been owned and controlled by a small group of private-equity investors, could the monitoring and control practices of a professionally run buyout shop have protected Enron’s shareholders and employees from the problems that destroyed the View Details
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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
who “drummed” up business and sometimes used drums to attract attention. 15 Sidney A. Sherman, “Advertising in the United States,” Publications of the American Statistical Association , vol. 7, no. 52 (December 1900): 124. The rise of... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
first seat on a public board at Altimeter Growth Corporation, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Since launching in September 2020, the Board Challenge’s singular mission has been to increase the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
companies that have enormous potential, certainly potential to earn more than $100 million to $500 million a year in revenue. Entrepreneurs have to be realistic when assessing their own business's potential. Is the business concept one... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
appointments go wrong Let’s begin by taking a look at three examples of poor leadership at public companies and addressing what went wrong. Then, I will recommend five ways boards can ensure they appoint the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Companies: strategy
Where can I find information on a company's strategy? Analysts' reports in LSEG Workspace are often a great source for information about strategic initiatives within public firms. Research reports specific to... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Feb 2016
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Did William Alden Invent the Car of the Future in the 1960s?
William Alden (MBA 1952) was sorting mail when he had the thought: The concept behind the automated conveyer system he was perfecting for routing letters could be used to move people. It was the 1950s, a time of great investment in automobiles and interstates and great... View Details
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Africa: research, news, analysis
in-depth interviews with African entrepreneurs and investors that reveal how they built their companies.(Full Access should be finalized by the end of May) Company Information Capital IQ Data on public... View Details
Thomas Adams, Jr.
Experimenting with chicle (a gum substance from the Mexican Spodilla tree), Adams discovered a commercial use for the substance by utilizing it in the manufacture of a chewing gum. Adams developed public acceptance of this new and unique... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Charles R. Hook
Hook is known more for his progressive employment practices than for building Armco into the leading producer of sheet metal. He was an advocate of full-disclosure and loyalty policies towards employees and was also active in the field of View Details
Keywords: Metals
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
Twitter among them—in filing an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in opposition to the recent public charge rule that denies admission to applicants who may need public... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
approximately 20 hours each week to prepping for and attending classes at Union Presbyterian Seminary, where he expects to complete a master's of divinity degree in 2014. "I didn't wake up one morning and say, 'I no longer want to be a View Details
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
companies like Frazier and Merck got from the President. Their companies have products dependent on government approvals and major regulatory issues before Congress and the administration. Given these... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?
are derived from a study of 238 knowledge workers in seven companies across three industries. For an average of about four months, participants were asked to complete a confidential daily diary form asking them to assess their... View Details
- 12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12
Publications November 2013 Journal of Consumer Research The Red Sneakers Effect: Inferring Status and Competence from Signals of Nonconformity By: Bellezza, Silvia, Francesca Gino, and Anat Keinan Abstract—We examine how people react to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
those one-out-of-ten firms grow into successful, sustained enterprises? Assistant professor Mukti Khaire believes that small companies can grow by developing intangible social resources such as legitimacy, status, and reputation. In an... View Details