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- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
ends up being less effective and efficient than it could be. The power of PTO is that it breaks this cycle, mitigating the pressure, freeing individuals to spend time in ways that are more desirable for themselves personally and for the...
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by Leslie A. Perlow
- Jan 08 2019
- Testimonial
Breaking the "Grass" Ceiling
- 15 May 2019
- News
The Case For Breaking Up Big Tech
- November – December 1981
- Article
Breaking the Regulatory Deadlock
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. "Breaking the Regulatory Deadlock." Harvard Business Review 59, no. 6 (November–December 1981).
- 12 Nov 2008
- News
Taking an ad break
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
Breaking barriers for women
As US Secretary of Commerce in the Nixon Administration, Barbara Hackman Franklin (MBA 1964) led a highly successful effort to advance women in the federal government. (Published January 2015)
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- 05 May 2011
- News
Breaking Ground in Manufacturing
- June 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Dollar Tree: Breaking the Buck
By: Jill Avery and Marco Bertini
For thirty-five years, Dollar Tree, a discount retail chain selling general merchandise, had held its fixed price point steady, pricing all of its household items, food, stationery, books, seasonal items, gifts, toys, and clothing that made up its diverse and...
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Retailing;
Pricing;
Pricing Strategy;
Discount Retailing;
Discount Store;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Price;
Inflation and Deflation;
Consumer Behavior;
Retail Industry;
United States
Avery, Jill, and Marco Bertini. "Dollar Tree: Breaking the Buck." Harvard Business School Case 522-091, June 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
expand on how firms can break free from the grip of what he refers to as the Devil's Triangle. Sean Silverthorne: Describe the Devil's Triangle and how it can hinder a firm's ability to grow. Frank Cespedes: We use this as a metaphor for...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Article
Let's Break up the Fed
By: Amar Bhidé
Bhidé, Amar. "Let's Break up the Fed." Wall Street Journal (July 29, 2009), A15.
- 26 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Dangerous Expectations: Breaking Rules to Resolve Cognitive Dissonance
- 27 Jul 2016
- News
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
abilities are often delayed, and through counseling programs, through mental health services, we address those issues. We work not only to fix schools but also to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. “When I get to see the effect...
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- 2023
- Working Paper
Detecting Structural Breaks in Inflation Trends: A High-Frequency Approach
By: Alberto Cavallo and Gaston Garcia Zavaleta
We combine standard structural-break methods with high-frequency data to identify shifts in inflation trends. We use this approach to study the inflation dynamics of 25 countries from January 2022 to April 2023 and find evidence of a broad-based slowdown in about half...
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Cavallo, Alberto, and Gaston Garcia Zavaleta. "Detecting Structural Breaks in Inflation Trends: A High-Frequency Approach." Working Paper, May 2023. (Preliminary draft.)
- May 1992 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Breaking with the Past?: Four Examples of Product Change
Describes four examples of product change where the new version of the product makes a "break with the past" in some important respect. The four examples are those of the IBM PS/2 family of personal computers, Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software, Nikon's line of SLR...
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Product Design;
Change;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Electronics Industry
Dhebar, Anirudh S. "Breaking with the Past?: Four Examples of Product Change." Harvard Business School Case 592-097, May 1992. (Revised July 1994.)
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
IMMERSION EXPERIENCES: Students who traveled to New Orleans spent time working on Habitat for Humanity redevelopment projects. Winter break this year gave some 200 MBA students an opportunity to participate in one of three pilot,...
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- 02 Oct 2008
- News
Unilever: a break with history
- 07 Aug 2018
- News
DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground
A recent article in Fast Company details the $130 million fundraising round by educational technology company, DreamBox Learning, and profiles the company’s president and CEO, Jessie Woolley-Wilson (MBA 1990). Woolley-Wilson traces her background—her immigrant father’s...
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- 18 Feb 2013
- News
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
- 19 Feb 2020
- News