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- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
receive lower satisfaction scores than banks serving customer bases with less dispersed needs. Finally, a longitudinal analysis of the deposit growth of all federally insured banks in the United States from...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
process of globalization and international trade. But we're putting our bets on our indexes that very clearly [show] a continuation of the now ten- to twenty-year process of intensive globalization. We believe that, particularly the View Details
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by Staff
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
paper. Lost customers lead to untapped dollars. A McKinsey report estimated that reducing churn could increase earnings of a typical US wireless carrier by as much as 9.9 percent. It's no surprise then that executives in both the United...
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- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
United States for citizens from seven selected countries and, specifically, targeting those of the Muslim faith. The dampening effects of such a ban have become clear very quickly: students (including a...
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- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
and law firms dealing with data overload. Seeking $3 million. In an opening welcome, HBS Dean Kim B. Clark said entrepreneurship has become not only a tremendous engine of growth in the United States but...
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Reawakening rural America
Jack Schultz (MBA 1976) founded Agracel, an industrial development firm, to boost the economies of rural America in places such as Teutopolis, Illinois, the small farming hamlet where he grew up. The Effingham, Illinois-based company has completed projects in 14 View Details
- 13 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Gorton's Seafoods
across the United States and Canada. We are constantly engaged with consumers who want food that is delicious and healthy, and we continue to innovate in order to provide products that satisfy these needs....
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Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)
I wanted to create many, many more. The Stability Network has 70 leaders in 25 cities in the United States and Canada. Getting people to come out about their mental illness is actually pretty hard, but we...
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Joseph Abel
little, it’s very difficult for them to compensate. For them, climate change is a life-and-death issue. The scale of the issue is very different in India. We talk about putting more Priuses on the road [in the United States], but how will...
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- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
earthquake, they were still so hospitable. It was a great opportunity for me to think about how to help them.” She returned to the United States, committed to making a deeper dive into social enterprise work. She landed at the Initiative...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
unreported numbers said. It’s startling to find that managers are not even neutral; they’re somewhat negative.” RESEARCHERS CREATE FORECASTING MODEL To test their ideas, the researchers studied 50 big-box retailers in the United States,...
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- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
a great event." What made the New York/New Jersey region a unique challenge was having two of everything—two states and their associated agencies (New York and New Jersey), two host teams (New York Jets and New York Giants), and two sides...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
abandoned state hospital site in the city's Mattapan neighborhood. I became involved in what were for me new aspects of conservation, education, and state and local politics. Massachusetts is a world away...
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- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
The social sector is big business. In the United States alone some 1.5 million nonprofits and other social ventures have combined revenues of $700 billion and control assets valued at $2 trillion—a seemingly...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense" - MBA
East and North Africa South America United States Filters Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
The high-profile deaths last year of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and George Floyd were not the first tragic outcomes of racial injustice in the United States to send shock waves across the...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM, KeySpan, and Solectria. Speakers included Segway inventor Dean Kamen (OPM 7, 1982), state and federal officials, scientists, and entrepreneurs. “We hope to foster economically viable alternatives to...
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- 31 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water
Food used to be just sustenance, but now it's news. The president of the United States falls for McDonald's and KFC. In Portland, resentment is growing over white street vendors who sell ethnic foods. Ikea...
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Humbulani Dombo
half years at Anglo American, Humbulani believed she was "starting to think in one particular way, through a mining paradigm." Seeking a wider range of experience and eager to address the gaps in her business skills, she applied to HBS. "I wanted to go...
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Manufacturing/Energy
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Sharing a Strategic Perspective | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
than 143 million children in the United States and abroad with programs focused on improving nutrition, health, and education. That chance to gain a broader perspective did come, however, through a week...
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