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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
Pujals included an eating space in his store and experimented with the dining area's size and décor. Ultimately, he discovered that a small, spartan dining room was good enough. Pujals also found it was usually the children's idea to...
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by Walter Kuemmerle
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
Nissan aims to introduce 23 electrified models, including 15 all-electric vehicles. General Motors announced multiple entries in pickup, SUV and luxury segments that represent about 70% of EV industry volume, including the Chevrolet...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
term familiar to every good HBS student. With its relatively low price tag (about $2.8 million) and low operating costs (40 percent less than existing small jets), the twin-engine Mustang and other “very light jets” (VLJs) represent a...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
or four years, we had the luxury of first-mover advantage.” Mr. Mayor: “In New York City we have people from everywhere around the world, every kind of problem, and every chance of a solution. I couldn’t have asked for a bigger or better...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
Hughes: If someone on the team was stressed out or overtired, by the time we were done meeting someone had usually said something funny or was able to explain something that the team member had been worried about. It was a good feeling to...
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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
mind. Implications for mind perception, dehumanization, and intergroup relations are discussed. August 2013 Journal of Applied Psychology Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity By: Lee, Jooa Julia, Francesca Gino, and Bradley...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
stay-at-home orders will likely make brick-and-mortar stores and shopping malls less appealing to consumers, and will likely fuel online shopping. On a more positive side, consumers are likely to continue to indulge in little luxuries...
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- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Working PapersMixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or services. In addition to tactical...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
yet-to-be-constructed plant 40 miles from Caen. Viana’s bid to produce luxury madeleines in a new, nearby location with 16 of the original workers was the obvious favorite, but it required an estimated 2.8 million he had yet to secure....
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
discontent for many American families. Bundled up in chilly homes, they see their heating bills cutting deeply into the rest of their household budget. Lowering the thermostat, they wonder when keeping warm became a luxury in the...
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- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
participating firms' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated firms: price discrimination...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
either system can lead to the subversion of expected relationships in the other. This book rejects the simple equation of capitalism with markets or with trade, in favor of a three-level system that embraces factor markets as well those for View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
and with limited financial resources.” Skills needed now: Empathy; maintaining self-control and focus. Let’s build your new executive toolkit The skills needed to conquer these challenges are not possible without good mental hygiene. You...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
bond markets, commodity markets, and derivatives markets. In fact, so did all asset classes — not to mention those that benefit when bonuses are big, from vintage Bordeaux to luxury yachts. But these boom years were also misery years,...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
and infrastructure, and with personnel costs that match European standards, we can compete only on the basis of high-quality French Caribbean service. We do have one luxury hotel that already exhibits that standard: the Cap Est Lagoon...
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- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
given difficulties at the portfolio companies and disruptions in credit markets. The case takes the perspective of a private equity firm evaluating the deal to determine whether buying leveraged loans is a good investment opportunity....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
based on diary evidence that a subject actually did creative thinking that day, not on his or her self-evaluation.) The diary findings also showed a positive carry-over effect in creativity and productivity, one day and even two days after a worker reported being in a...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
What can men learn from women leaders? What are the responsibilities of a leader today? What did you learn from the experience when you failed at something? What makes a good mentor? Whom do you admire in the business world? What career...
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- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
focused on the white goods affiliate Arçelik. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815078-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-102 Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen The case discusses the trade-offs...
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Carmen Nobel
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
every day, all the time, and that was my experience for getting to know the Africans themselves. Morrell: Francis, you're working on a book and a potential TV show, both with the title Unseen Africa. How do you define unseen Africa? Tapon: That's a very, very View Details