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- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
shares in a company or part of a company that had been taken private in an initial leveraged buyout. Usually, buyout specialists will hold their portfolio firms for several years, working with existing View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
groups. Thus it is often essential to understand and manage linked games. To diagnose the impact of government on your business, you will need to pinpoint the types of games in...
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- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
a former assistant of his from setting up shop in the same town. But judges in the fifteenth century did not look favorably upon noncompetes, as the Bubonic plague had largely decimated the European labor supply. Legislation View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- July 1997
- Article
The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?
By: Brian Trelstad
This analysis of the Presidio Trust legislation places the recent developments on the Presidio in the context of a century and a half of environmental planning. By first exploring the Presidio's history, and then tracing the more recent legislative background to the...
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Presidio;
Presidio Trust;
National Parks;
Urban Parks;
Public-private Management;
Natural Environment;
Urban Scope;
Planning
Trelstad, Brian. "The Presidio Trust legislation: Preservation or Privatization?" Urban Ecosystems 1, no. 3 (July 1997): 135–153.
- 14 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Rewriting the Rules of Service Competition
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professors James Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, and Leonard A. Schlesinger literally wrote the book on service industry management with The Service Profit Chain. Now the trio is back with What Great...
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- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
Hi all, my name is Rhea! I was lucky enough to work for the National Park Service this summer as a business management intern with the Submerged Resources Center (SRC). The SRC is the NPS national dive program, responsible for...
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Retail and the Internet
By: Rajiv Lal
The emergence of new technology, increasing number of new retail formats and the emphasis on store brands are contributing factors to enormous changes taking place in retailing. Rajiv Lal's work on the use of the Internet by retailers calls into question the...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine
father’s that evolved into a hobby that turned into a business,” she says. “We not only wanted to be excellent stewards, we wanted to enhance its value.” As managing partner of Knudsen Vineyards, Knudsen...
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Ryan Jones
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
traditional applications like mechanical patents. Quantifying these technology differences is very important for business managers and public policymakers, but these differences also provide researchers an empirical foothold for...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
seen this scale of refugee crisis since the aftermath of World War II. Second, from the late 1990s, the EU has been putting in place common border policies and a common asylum...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
families in a particular region or area. Part of our job then is to help students understand what these other lives are like, because they will manage not just workers who are global like our students but...
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- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
the most highly valued companies in the world. But how were they able to steer their companies through the volatile ups and downs of decades of changing technologies? What did they have in common? And what...
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- August 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Facelift at Olay (A)
By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Olivia Hull
By October 2017, Procter & Gamble’s skincare brand Olay has been struggling with declining sales for several years. The team has tried many remedies, but none has returned the brand to growth. As pressure grows from Olay’s competitors, including hundreds of new...
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Advertising;
Advertising Campaigns;
Demographics;
Age;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Channels;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Digital Marketing;
Transformation;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
United States;
Ohio
Gupta, Sunil, Rajiv Lal, and Olivia Hull. "Facelift at Olay (A)." Harvard Business School Case 521-011, August 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
students, many of whom would be the first in their family to attend college, to HMS for a three-day immersion program. Ameen says he has a natural inclination for business. At Columbia, he ran a campus laundry service and View Details
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Marc Abrahams was a media entrepreneur who specialized in science humor. In 2008, he sought to boost the scale and monetization potential of his business. That business, called Improbable Research, encompassed a magazine (Annals of Improbable Research), a high-profile...
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Entrepreneurship;
Selection and Staffing;
Human Capital;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Personal Development and Career
Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 409-013, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
managed centrally. This level of control is conducive to protecting the organization's brand and reputation and coordinating overall strategy and operations. A high degree...
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by Carla Tishler
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Jill J. Avery
Creating Brand Value (MBA elective course)
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In the consumer/retail space, brands are often companies’ most valuable assets and sources of their sustainable competitive advantage. But, managing brands to achieve their full value potential... View Details
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In the consumer/retail space, brands are often companies’ most valuable assets and sources of their sustainable competitive advantage. But, managing brands to achieve their full value potential... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
AASU Holds 25th Annual Conference "Our Silver Past and Golden Future" was the theme of the 25th annual Career/Alumni Conference of the HBS African-American Student Union (AASU), held January 30 to February 2...
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- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
a team of agile, imaginative and analytical individuals.” Ovia’s CEO, Paris Wallace, grew up on government assistance in California’s Marin County, one of the wealthiest areas in the United States. Raised by...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 21 Apr 2014
- News
Spirit of philanthropy advances Executive Education
transform and increase the perspectives of participants. "Harvard Business School is the preeminent place to be exposed to the world's best thinking on management and...
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