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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
in the prior year, primarily reflecting higher customer acquisition costs amid increased competition in the educational technology market. Total enrollment grew to 40,667 participants, 5 percent higher than...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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Balanced Equation
9/11, Jeff Immelt had already built an impressive nineteen-year career at GE in its plastics, appliance, and medical systems divisions. With revenues in 2007 of $173 billion and more than 300,000 global employees, GE has seen significant change under Immelt, including...
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- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
CEO of US Airways, would become CEO of the new American Airlines Group (AAL). The case describes a number of critical decisions Parker made and actions that he took in the course of the acquisition integration process. All focused on how...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
elephant attack to become a leading artificial intelligence software company. The case describes his unusual management approach emphasizing employee testing and selection, customer testing and selection, and a high degree of...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017
assess the company's growth strategy and develop a model to value a prospective customer to the company's website. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-006 The Los...
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Carmen Nobel
- 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30
G. GoldbergHarvard Business School Case 310-086 Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun was on a fast track until the EC's antitrust concerns about open-source MySQL ignited a transatlantic war of words delaying the deal. Sun's performance...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
topics including financing new ventures, deal structuring, valuation, initial public offerings, leveraged buyouts, and financial distress. "Entrepreneurial Finance looks at the acquisition and deployment of resources at each stage of the...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
such an important question, because there is a temptation to have one corporate view of the right path. The customization of the career path to the individual is where the magic sits. And, of course, you have to have a talent model...
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- 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5
effects (on the low bidder) and indirect effects (on others), and we show that most of the incremental revenue from setting reserve price optimally comes from indirect effects. Download the paper: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/optimalauction.pdf View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
and advertising/media company Septeni—use GROW in very different ways to manage talent recruiting, screening, hiring, placement, and development. The case asks students to consider two questions: (1) Which of the three companies' approaches to using people analytics...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4
to develop Alfred’s routes and respond to customer requests in conjunction with other service providers, for example grocery delivery services, in what the founders describe as their "B2B2C" business model. Alfred won the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
becoming CEO of Slim Jim manufacturer GoodMark Foods, this book shares the stories and lessons learned of an ordinary man who achieved extraordinary success by believing in himself. Despite nearly losing his job at General Mills several times, he persevered. How he...
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- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
customers to deliver services in a rapidly changing, uncertain, and complex environment (e.g., hospitals)—play an important role in the economy. Organizational learning studies in these settings have largely investigated autonomous...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
production. Most of that market, says Shen—who oversaw the acquisition of Swedish carmaker Volvo by the Chinese auto giant Geely—is dominated by low-speed vehicles that possess even more limited utility than American compliance cars....
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
firmwide. Prior to joining the firm, Elena worked for Inroads, where she led Talent Acquisition for their Northern New Jersey affiliate. She was responsible for placing talented minority interns in organizations like PwC and converting...
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Print View - Course Catalog
go to market approach? What is the optimal mix of different customer acquisition methods, such as growth hacking, SEO, SEM, email, and affiliate programs? How should a startup think about working with...
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- 01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life
afforded Middlebrooks precious peace of mind at work, knowing her children were in a safe, loving, and familiar environment. In addition, she credits husband William, who owns a customer service and training firm, with sharing equally in...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
across functions, businesses, and your industry. Engage your peers to deliver solutions to real business problems. Know the customer and the competitor. When you are at the top, be a talent magnet and then build the next generation of...
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- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
substantially expanded social value, but also pose unusually difficult challenges because the merging entities are often strikingly different in philosophy and operating styles as well as in scale. We examine three examples—Ben and Jerry's View Details
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Martha Lagace