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Target List: screen for companies by industry, location, and size

exported to Excel. Screening Tip: If companies you are expecting to see aren't included in the results, click "Where's My Company?" to see which... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

Dunlap sold off several businesses, retaining for the time being the core consumer products business. He moved the head office out of Scott's longtime corporate building and into a much smaller building near his home in Florida. The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

shift in the geographical source of emigrants. Europeans were much less important, although they moved within their home region. The proportion of Europeans and Canadian to total immigrants in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

01 Dec 2023
News

A More Accommodating Approach

experience with 96 participants on a wall of video screens interacting with a faculty member in the Live Online Classroom studio. Because of its success, this virtual learning mode has replaced one of the on-campus modules, which shortens the time executives have View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

significant national player. More recently, home shopping channels such as HSN and QVC have become important places to launch new brands. However, the impact of television was not limited View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

mentor to a Robert A. Toigo Fellow, a member of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Leadership Forum, and a member of the Steering Committee for New England Springboard Enterprises. Daphne is a frequent guest... View Details

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

principles—equality, freedom, and democracy—that define it. “My parents instilled in me, ‘You’re free and you can be what you want to be and never let anyone tell you any different,’” he said. “That really helped me bring what ended up... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

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The Caring Company

refuse to acknowledge it Ruth Reader 16 Jan 2019 | Fast Company The Caring Company Joseph Fuller & Manjari Raman 16 Jan 2019 | American Enterprise Institute Employers Are Clueless When It Comes To Family... View Details

25 May 2011
HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

"The store is staffed knowing how long it takes to perform the various tasks," Ton says, explaining that employees frequently initiate a team-based, mutually accountable approach to their work.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Jensen Prize for the best corporate finance paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics for “How Much Should We Trust Staggered Difference-In-Differences Estimates?” (May 2022) with Andrew Baker and David F. Larcker. 2022 Aiyesha Dey : Winner of the 2022... View Details

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

baby aspirin to home computers to the meaning of quality health care. Q: Why are these metaphors important for effective marketing? What happens when marketing does not give... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

African American social life that revolved around church, adds Miller. Walker associated comfortably with churchgoing folk, and while maintaining her punishing schedule of business travel by train, she was invited to stay in the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

different angles, and felt a deep sense of responsibility. Everyone has gone on to do amazing things and many of us continue to help each other a decade after graduation.” Jennifer Rentas Current role: Chief... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

studies represent a valuable resource for researchers, government officials, and other leaders. Students have given permission to publish their work here; the copyright for each report is retained by the student authors. References View Details

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The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Exhibition Home Exhibition Business Education & The Case Method The General Shoe Company, 1921 Case Writing & Industry Expansion of the Case Method The Case Method Classroom Teaching &... View Details

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

stagnant. By 2007, declining home prices and rising rates on adjustable rate mortgages triggered a wave of foreclosures, causing devastation to millions of Americans. Firms like Lehman Brothers pursued an... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

to do what must be done for the common good, including those on the front lines.” Yamato donates to rebuilding devastated areas Makoto Kigawa, CEO of Yamato—a home delivery... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points

like a stone in a slingshot, zoomed back to Earth. They got home because they used the lunar orbit as an inflection point to change their trajectory and add the energy boost... View Details

Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

A colleague is out sick, and suddenly it's fallen on you to deliver a crucial client presentation. The saliva dries up in your mouth, your heart races. You briefly consider heading home sick yourself, before... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

Physician burnout costs the United States health care industry $4.6 billion a year, a number that brings a new spotlight to an age-old problem. In a paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine this past June, a research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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