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- 01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective
producing companies became larger and more autonomous. Even producers, if they happened to be small operators of oil refineries, iron works, and cigarette factories, could not begin to compete with the new giants. So they often faced the View Details
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Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
and travels around the world, although writing was still on his mind, Barron enrolled at HBS intending to build a business of his own. After graduation, he took a job with Prospect Group, Inc., a New York City venture-capital firm,...
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Thomas Frick
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
Estonia. Now, prospective e-Residents apply on the initiative’s website in just minutes and, after a background check, pick up the physical ID card (with a smart chip for security) and card reader (that authenticates it) at any of the...
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Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2015
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Case Study: Sneak Peak
future growth prospects based on revenue per product. —Sergio Rattner (MBA 2001) The appeal of the product to young parents seems apparent. Thisappeal can be better monetized on a social platform rather than a conventional distribution...
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- 01 Jan 2005
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Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
for women to think more about their marriage prospects than their business future. Nevertheless, Haberkorn walked into the Baltimore employment office of the AT&T-owned Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland and landed a job in...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
next day, three major buildings lay in ruins, and some three thousand workers faced the prospect of losing their jobs. But not only did Malden Mills' CEO Aaron Feurstein vow to rebuild his facility, he also promised to pay his workers...
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James E. Aisner
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
daunting prospect of determining which residents would receive 300 square feet of free housing (limited to families in residence before January 2000), it’s easy to imagine a nightmarish scenario of unpopular evictions and shutdowns of...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
based primarily on data from a 2007 World Bank study of global economic prospects for 2030.* We showed it to important business leaders — some HBS alumni, some not — from around the world and asked them for their views on potential...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
then have to think about the prospects for commercialization. They have to communicate back and forth extensively. What were some of the projects? As an example, one of last year’s teams was looking at an application of quantum dots for...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HIV/AIDS and Business
employees, you risk more than workers dying,” agrees Ballou-Aares. “You risk losing your customers, your markets — the complete disintegration of communities where you operate.” Experts concur that China is the next potential hot spot for the disease, a troubling View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
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Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Baldwin could reflect upon his six years -- from 1987 to 1993 -- as a jet attack pilot in the U.S. Navy to put that prospect in perspective. More than most, he knew what it meant to face the pressures of the unknown. In January 1991,...
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James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2014
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Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
Bookalokal is a social dining platform that launched in Brussels in 2012. The initial concept: Connect travelers with locals through home-cooked, gourmet meals in people's homes. Prospective diners search through Bookalokal's online...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Vision: Into the Breach
large, established carriers, which write policies to cover cyberattacks but do little to preempt them, At-Bay takes a preventive approach to cyber insurance. Before signing up a new policyholder, the company performs non-intrusive penetration tests on the View Details
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Alexander Gelfand
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
investors—they require houses be purchased one at a time and often have complicated tax codes—but Davis, who served as vice president of real estate for the New York City Economic Development Corporation under Mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966), was undeterred by the...
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- 19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues
day out of the Pacific and into San Diego County’s water system—good for about 8 percent of the county’s total water supply. Advances in material tech and science have driven desalination’s once-astronomical prices down, says Poseidon’s CEO, Carlos Riva (MBA 1982), and...
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Dan Morrell
- 16 May 2018
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ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
and applicability, with great potential for the healthcare market. Latino Alumni annual banquet draws record crowd, donations More than 120 HBS alumni, as well as current and prospective students, attended the 14th Annual Banquet of the...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1997
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HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
January 31 to February 1. Before a Burden Hall audience of some nine hundred students, business leaders, and academics, keynote speaker Dr. Edgar Cheng, chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, voiced optimism for the British colony's economic View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
HBS faculty, while aspiring MBA Program applicants had their first exposure to the case method during Prospective Student Day events, organized each year by the AASU and the HBS Admissions Office in conjunction with the conference....
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Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters
25-year-old male with a university degree who has worked for two or three years with a bank or insurance company where the job required him to cold-call prospects and push products. iTrust takes a different approach. New hires unlearn how...
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- 08 Dec 2015
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Living the Legacy
missed an opportunity to learn about potential clients—what was important to them and how they viewed themselves. “HBX CORe appealed to me as a way to prepare myself to represent corporations,” She says. Not only did her participation in CORe convey a sense of...
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