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Leslie A. Perlow
Leslie Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She recently launched a second year elective, Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA. This course encourages students to... View Details
- March 2000 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
Spec's Music (A)
By: John A. Davis and Susan Harmeling
Presents the story of a music retailer in Miami which started in the late 1940s, grew throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and went public in 1985 before experiencing a deep industry crisis in the mid-1990s. At issue in 1996 is whether the company should attempt to sell...
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History;
Family Business;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Succession;
Entrepreneurship;
Crisis Management;
Performance Improvement;
Music Industry;
Miami
Davis, John A., and Susan Harmeling. "Spec's Music (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-336, March 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
- Career Coach
Ben Schlatka
Ben (HBS '05) has deep experience in technology driven organizations - including fund raising and venture formation, product marketing, product management, business development and managing technical professionals in large public and...
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- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs
The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to attend HBS, through the transition to second year, and beyond graduation. Here we profile two AASU members who...
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- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
more liquidity would have gone a long way” A new study takes a deep dive into the efficacy of the Fed’s quantitative easing strategy, looking at how the various rounds of QE affected “the real economy”—that is, the part of the economy...
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by Carmen Nobel
Tarun Khanna
Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. For almost three decades, he has studied entrepreneurship as a means to social and economic development in emerging markets. At HBS since 1993, after obtaining degrees from Princeton... View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
potential. With diverse experience in hand and a deep passion for the company’s mission, Leahy is showcasing exactly why she is the right person for the job. The Beauty of Combining Art and Science In many ways, Leahy’s path to the...
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Consumer Products / Retail
- Blog
When Generations Learn Together
think his deep work experience for his age, along with intellectual and interpersonal maturity allowed him to be not just completely credible but quite advanced in ways he could add to discussions and exercises—he had a lot of practical...
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- 10 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs
The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to attend HBS, through the transition to second year, and beyond graduation. Here we profile two AASU members who...
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- Article
The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History
By: G. Jones, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Stephen Broadberry
Three leading scholars in the fields of business, economic, and social history review the current state of these disciplines and reflect on their future trajectory. Geoffrey Jones reviews the development of business history since its birth at the Harvard Business...
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Keywords:
Economic History;
Business History;
History;
Asia;
Africa;
Europe;
Latin America;
North and Central America
Jones, G., Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, and Stephen Broadberry. "The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History." Scandinavian Economic History Review 60, no. 3 (2012): 225–253.
- 06 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute
make visits a priority and we want her to value family as much as we do. I have roots. Austin and I started dating when we juniors in high school and grew up together in every sense of the way. Our Midwestern roots are View Details
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Algramo
By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores...
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Keywords:
Packaging-as-a-wallet;
Plastic Waste;
Business At The Base Of The Pyramid;
Reusable Packaging;
Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Strategy;
Value Creation;
Goals and Objectives;
Business Model;
Consumer Products Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Chile
Chu, Michael, Monica Silva, and Mariana Cal. "Algramo." Harvard Business School Case 321-079, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- Program
Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital
connect with a program advisor by emailing executive_education@hbs.edu or by calling +1.617.495.6555. Key Benefits Providing deep insight into the landscape, players, and trends in private equity and venture capital, this new program...
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- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Lifelong Learning - Alumni
of turn-around strategy, from the HBR on Strategy podcast Re: Hubert Joly (Senior Lecturer of Business Administration) 05 Feb 2024 HBS Deep Purpose What it Takes to Lead a Successful Turnaround in Health Care José (Joe) E. Almeida,...
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- Web
Curriculum - MBA
course offers a deep dive into the most important unsolved medical issues and how fundamental and clinical sciences are brought to bear (for example, therapeutic modulation, safety and pharmacokinetics, immune-oncology, autoimmunity,...
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- Web
Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
accountability infrastructure can play in truly changing the world. Video Recording From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life Speaker: Arthur Brooks, Professor of Management...
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- 31 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
Nina Mullen and Hilary Quartner are both from the HBS MBA Class of 2017. Nina has deep strategy and consumer products experience, notably at Bain & Company and Harry’s (where she focused on launching Harry’s at Target). Most recently,...
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- 24 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World
backroom of a Vermont saloon in 1898, Wilson was drawn to drinking after his parents divorced, leaving him with grandparents and a deep insecurity that he didn’t belong. Driven and charismatic, but falling down drunk much of the time, the...
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by Avery Forman