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- 01 Sep 2023
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End Game
year of business, the company announced that the family was giving away all of their equity (worth somewhere in the billions) to a new entity called the Patagonia Purpose Trust and a new nonprofit, the Holdfast Collective. The 501(c)(4)...
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- 28 Sep 2012
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The economics of video games
- 01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now
should be sternly serious, to eat pizza at 2 a.m., to only know what today will bring, to buy books instead of food, to leave my bed unmade, to point out to others when their language is exclusive of others, to head bang on the dance floor, to be unapologetically loud,...
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- 26 Jun 2013
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How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
negotiating licensing and royalty agreements. One key move involved persuading TV Guide, in exchange for increased royalties from additional sales, to carry free ads for stores that would sell the game. Drawing on his trusted contacts in...
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- 01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim
car, which then necessitated car insurance. As people progressed along the track toward adulthood—starting a family, buying a home, and so on—they would level up their coverage. “But that cookie-cutter game of life doesn’t exist anymore,”...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Donald J. Chiofaro
future,' it's clear to me that's the way things will turn out." But Chiofaro's career path hasn't always seemed so certain. After graduating in 1968 from Harvard College (where, as a bone-crunching linebacker, he captained the football team) and after a few View Details
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Daniel Penrice
- 01 Dec 2019
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Remix
game board, whole sections of which were grayed out and unplayable, she says. Her professional network, skills, and expertise were all intertwined with an industry that felt toxic. From 2006 to 2008, by then “hiding out” as a stay-at-home...
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- 01 Oct 2021
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Fostering Diversity
our resources to good use,” says Ben, a former executive at the News Corporation who has launched several media companies and now serves as president of international partnerships at Tencent Games (North America). “HBS is in a unique...
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- 01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book
with some as large as 9,000 square feet, each stocking as many as 25,000 titles. BookHampton owner Carolyn Brody offers just a small selection of games and knickknacks—which offer higher profit margins than books do. “I want this to be a...
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April White
- 16 Dec 2016
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Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff Kurt Wulff (MBA 1967) credits Harvard Business School with changing the way he viewed decision making. Even after 50 years, he remembers Dr. Howard Raifa’s courses on game theory and decision analysis. A...
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- 01 Nov 2012
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First and Goal
Swearengin: Leadership with the game on the line. Photo courtesy Julian Swearengin Julian Swearengin (MBA 2003) has loved football ever since he began playing the game at age 5. “Growing up poor and on...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR
pulled into the middle of a difficult business issue or a white-hot decision moment as a kind of internal coach. That is incredibly fulfilling from an impact perspective—being trusted as an advisor when it matters most. YY: What’s new in...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
They also cite Pew Research Center data showing that trust in the federal government has gone from 77 percent in 1964 to 17 percent in 2019. But even in the face of these difficult odds, Gehl and Porter offer a solution—and one that can...
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Young, Susan
- 01 Jun 2007
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Letters
being active participants. All forms of illicit financial flows are assisted by a global structure that comprises 72 tax havens, secrecy jurisdictions, millions of disguised corporations, anonymous trust accounts, fake charitable...
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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
"That is a big mistake." Predictability allows everyone to know what the rules are, establishing an atmosphere of trust so that people can work together productively in an organization, Stevenson argues. Companies can provide more stable...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Over the Top
want clawbacks if it turns out that you’ve paid for performance based on faulty financial information? Why wouldn’t you want the right to go after that money? This doesn’t mean you don’t trust your top executives. It’s just good sound...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run
that touched him personally. To understand that connection, you have to go back to Langford’s hometown of Calhoun, about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta, where he played on the high school football team. He was second string, he points out, so he could take notes about...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Read All About It!
(another form of entertainment) and in games and sports. Edison’s electric lamp, brighter and better than gas, oil, or candles, which was supposed to lead men and women to the library, merely lures human moths to Main Street. From Chapter...
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- 02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising
for stellar work, only to be told that it would be inappropriate. What ultimately incentivizes Cubans, she’s found, is “that feeling of ‘I trust you, you care for me, I’m going to care for you.’ ” You hear this from CET’s partners. I ask...
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Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Dec 2018
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Turning Point: Crossover
on the court. I trust them, and if they make the wrong decision, I correct it and let them go again. If things don’t go well, you’ve got to transition. One of my favorite sayings is, “The most important play of the View Details