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- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Members provide input, expertise, and feedback to the leadership of External Relations and the School. After an introduction by current Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), HBS leadership shared updates on the MBA program, the... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
U.S.-born parents, while the second includes mostly older, separated women with some college education, a relatively higher share of whom are foreign born and have foreign-born parents. Our results demonstrate the presence of additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
customers to come to them, they need to go to their customers. Past research demonstrates that firms who maintain or accelerate customer-centric philosophies consistently outperform firms that do not. In fact, they gain market share from... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
value. Through their leadership they encouraged other corporate leaders to embrace this multi-stakeholder approach. Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter called this idea “creating shared value” in January 2011. Let’s examine how... View Details
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
the data. Companies that succeed with AI tend to: Consider the company’s broader goal. It’s important that the company first determine its overarching goal, Chung says. “It could be that we need to increase our revenue by 10 percent, even... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
head counsel of the French company as their foreign minister. (He was not Panamanian and in fact lived in New York.) The lawyer drafted a treaty that gave Panama a far lower share of the canal revenues than... View Details
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Gallatin Hall | About
architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, preserved the building’s historic facade while reconfiguring the 48,218-square-foot interior space to provide 73 single bedrooms with private baths, 8 shared kitchens, 4... View Details
- Web
CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
55,000 physicians to date, each treating approximately 230 patients. Novo’s market share in China increased from 0% to 63%, and China has become the company’s third largest market with revenues of $1.28... View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
Can you share a bit about your background and where you grew up? Zainab Raji I am one of four children born to my Nigerian parents. I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest commercial hub, and in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. I have fond... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
received through grants, awards, and other funding sources. Invested capital is defined as funding appearing on the business’ balance sheet at the time application is submitted. Exit Potential Opportunities for exit in your venture, if applicable. Financial Snapshot... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
performance-based approach left both parties significantly better off than under conventional bidding or a negotiated price arrangement. Ford received a significantly lower cost at a lower level of risk: ABB received a share in the cost... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
firms shifting display promotions away from smaller revenue brands toward larger ones following periods of poor financial performance. This indicates the behavior is determined by parties above brand managers in the firm. These findings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
few researchers have looked to see whether firms that adopt it have subsequently seen increased revenues or share prices. But there's almost no research that examines whether this quality standard actually... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
trends in cost behavior. First, when revenues are growing, "indirect" costs related to sales, distribution, marketing, personnel, technology, and occupancy are far from fixed in this industry. In some cases they are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
made at the precision of $1 or $5 per share is associated with a $4 to $5 million higher expected transaction price than one made at a precision greater than one quarter. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
constraints, with the impact of that decision affecting everything from just their immediate team to billions of dollars of revenue globally. The beauty of the case method is that it breaks down the most complicated problems to small... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
are produced and distributed by studios that take in the lion's share of revenue. In contrast, independent films are distributed by studios under revenue-sharing agreements, which give studios 30%-40% of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
a traditional business—the gym—into an $8 billion digital offering that pulled in more than $700 million in revenue during the last fiscal year. Foley credits the magic of today’s technology, including software, data, and communication... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Marketing in an Era of Disruptions is meant to share new knowledge and ideas that are relevant to this world of disruptions. Leading scholars from around the world, who have keenly observed the changing market environment, business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman