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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
differentiated product in a commoditized business, even if it’s becoming less so through competition. Some of the stuff we do is fun, and whimsical, so it makes good copy. The media reports on our tall beds for tall people, our “Guppy... View Details
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
Bazerman, the paper is a great illustration of the collaborative process among the various schools at Harvard. "Working with Iris Bohnet and Alexandra van Geen is a good example of this," he says. "Iris is a well-recognized... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
held up because of its interpretation as a tax. If you think about the environment, you think about provisions that are associated with oil and gas, drilling, natural resource extraction. If you think about the M&A market, it's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
documented crimes against women in India. Our evidence suggests that this increase is good news, as it is driven primarily by greater reporting rather than greater incidence of such crimes. In contrast, we find no increase in crimes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
and in a few cases by economies of scale. The Chemical/Chase merger is an example of the latter; there was so much overlap in back office costs and overhead that the new entity will save hundreds of millions in those outlays alone." The Big Picture While View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
Publications August 2013 Cengage Learning Principles of Management. 1st ed By: Gulati, Ranjay, Anthony J. Mayo, and Nitin Nohria Abstract—Prepare your students, as managers, to confront today's challenges and opportunities that are more... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
But it also details VC's shortcomings: a narrow focus on certain industries and geographies, volatile feast-or-famine funding cycles, the expectation of quick returns, and a dependence on public markets for funds. “While the venture model... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
have cases and materials that are at the household level, because we think that before you can discuss business practice or public policy, you must first understand households. Q: What comes after looking at households? A: The second... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
Pain. My partner, Louis Kane, and I incorporated in 1981, went public in 1991, and had 250 stores by 1993. How did Panera come into the mix? In 1993 we Au Bon Pain acquired a nineteen-store enterprise called the St. Louis Bread Company.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
innovation powerhouse? Shih: I think so. But the problem comes about as more manufacturing moves offshore and commercialization capabilities diminish. Flat-panel displays are a good example. Because there is no flat-panel manufacturing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
politics. "It had extremely high inflation rates and extremely low economic growth rates." But then two things happened, says Domínguez: First, the government began enacting serious reforms—the kind of fiscal and public policy changes... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
how to avoid them. He looks at whether it is a good idea to cofound with friends or relatives, how and when to split the equity within the founding team, and how to recognize when a successful founder—CEO should exit or be fired.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
The idea of attacking core memory in mainframe computers with the 1103 DRAM proved a winner because, despite this product’s problems, it was far more economical to use than the existing alternative. When Intel turned a profit and went View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
Publications November 2014 Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias Los Buenos Tiempos Son Éstos: Los efectos de la incursión de la banca extranjera en México después de un siglo de crisis bancarias [These Are the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
the access to capital, counseling, and contracts they need to grow and create jobs works well and, in the current structure, gives taxpayers a pretty good bang for their buck. Making government work better is a goal everyone can get... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
shrink and profits implode, requiring major cash resources until its reputation can be restored. 5: Never waste a good crisis. For all the pain Toyota is experiencing, this crisis provides a unique opportunity to make fundamental changes... View Details
- 28 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs
more, powerful than those overtly expressed. “I’ve seen people have a very public failure they weren’t even aware of as a failure,” says Brennan. From minor observations of protocol to significant functional requirements, the very things... View Details
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Training Course in Personnel Administration: 1937 - 1944 | Baker Library
offered real opportunity for women and this seemed like a good opening for them," she asserted. (5) The program began in the waning years of the Depression, and Stedman understood the value of professional training for women as "an... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
working to solve that problem by investing in single-family homes in gentrifying communities, renovating them to high standards, and then offering them as rental units to working-class residents at rent-reasonable prices. It is an approach he says that is both a View Details