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- 29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008
are much weaker. In individual-level regressions of engagement in category-spanning communication patterns, we find that women, mid- to high-level executives, and members of the executive management, sales... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
holiday sales season, the demonstration took place at Jordan Marsh in Boston, one of the region's leading department stores. To orchestrate the rollout of the product, Polaroid hired J. Harold Booth, known for his success in View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
Working PapersFinding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya Authors:Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Events - Business History
Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America 12PM-1PM. Erik Baker (Harvard University) will discuss his recent book. This is an in-person event. Lunch will be served. Feb 10 10 Feb 2025 Business History Seminar "Oceans of... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher—or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself... View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
product, move into markets faster, focus on high-growth in Asia, and reduce sales costs. A so-called urgency team of 21 people spent three months working on a plan, developing... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
Achiever, fills the senior executive ranks. These leaders rarely fail to achieve their goals and often exceed sales quotas, create generous profits, and are frequent stars at... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
out that the sales and marketing folks were overtaxed, while the demands were too soft on software engineers. “The tool gave us insight for each job on how to improve it,” he... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)
transactions. In this short intensive program, faculty will evaluate innovative strategies to create new marketplaces and opportunities, examine the key challenges in competing with large incumbent firms, View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms. Second, conglomerates'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
out of cash before solving the problem, Harvard Business School researchers write in Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight, recently published in the Strategic Management Journal. For startups... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Faculty - Private Capital Project
Hellman Family Fellowship awards for research excellence. Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Unit Head, Entrepreneurial Management Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21
literature when it comes to linking sales efforts with strategy. Part 1 of this book provides data indicating how and why sales remain (by far) the biggest part of strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
their product recommendations in a personalized way,” says Yeomans, who co-authored the article with Jon Kleinberg of Cornell University and Anuj Shah and Sendhil Mullainathan, both of the University of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
of biotechnology by revolutionizing the water treatment industry with our patented, low cost, environmentally friendly process for water demineralization. Elective Medical Lending Boyd Bishop Simon Mattox Business Track Runner-Up Elective Medical Lending (EML) is a... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Group to add healthier products to its lineup. When soft drink sales declined in 2010, shareholders criticized PepsiCo’s execution. Nooyi responded by beefing up PepsiCo’s marketing View Details
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By: Feng Zhu
Professor Zhu’s research focuses on the design of platform business models and its impact on platform performance. Platforms have become central to our economy. A platform is a product or service that enables two or more customer groups to interact. For example,... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007
project, in which the sales and marketing structure play a central role. Will his ideas allow the company to keep its customers and successfully... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace