Multiples - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

public's interest and reminded people of the multiple platforms available to see the competition," says Greyser. The biggest boon to NBC, however, was the Games themselves. Winning performances by American athletes such as swimmer Michael... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

09 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 9

Course MaterialsAirbus A380—Turbulence Ahead Harvard Business School Case 609-041 Multiple delays of the Airbus A380 have shocked analysts and investors alike. What are the causes of these delays and how should investors respond to the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2000
News

Books

design rules. Thus, the computer industry was transformed from a quasi monopoly (dominated by IBM) into a large modular "cluster" of related subindustries, a development made possible by the decentralization and multiplication of design... View Details

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

versus exploitation innovations impact economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2008
News

Building a Better MBA

robust and travel across boundaries, you don’t actually have to teach management country by country. So the first order of business for us is to get the global content right so that when our students graduate they can work for a company that is operating in View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

application, based upon data from multiple APM systems. The research was conducted in collaboration with a European automotive company, using two months of live application data. We show that our model detects abnormal system behavior... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3

customers that purchased multiple insurance policies since they tended to be more loyal and profitable. Whether these moves would be sufficient to catch up with GEICO was unclear, but they seemed to be working well against State Farm and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

society) than any other development in the past decade. The western dominated economy and society of the past century has yielded way to a new global century, in which no one country or region enjoys an undisputed advantage. Instead, we are seeing View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Airlines' daily operations meetings and multiple voicemail updates, or the North Carolina women's soccer team. With many facts on the table and many communication channels open, denial is difficult if not impossible. Communicating... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

thirty-nine-year-old fellow we interviewed cashed out his start-up software business for a cool $19 million in 1999 and felt ashamed to tell his peers he hadn't made more! When records break at such earth-shattering speed, being all we can be doesn't just get tougher,... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

09 Sep 2024
News

Basket Chase

time. We’re really experts in large order gifting to multiple addresses. RY: Give us a sense of how big the company was when you bought it. How many gifts did you send out? How many employees? RK: We had twelve employees when we bought... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Your Own Medicine

of HBS alums who are leading personal crusades against rare diseases. Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) cofounded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation soon after being diagnosed with the blood cancer in 1996. Since then, MMRF has raised over... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

Weiss, a former chief of staff for the mayor of Boston, who now teaches a course at HBS on public entrepreneurship. Hard sell Weiss initially approached Bigbelly looking for a non-technology case about how companies selling to government can expand a business to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

our time a different way." Directors' reflections on the board's role had multiple dimensions. For some, the question was whether and how exclusively the board should focus on compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In their... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch

01 Sep 2005
News

Clark Bids Farewell to HBS

able to build intellectual capital and facilitate the School’s global research across multiple sites all over the world. In the area of entrepreneurship, we’ve established a strong curriculum and faculty. Looking ahead, we’re well... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

complexities and pressures. It's Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works (18,159) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6629.html Published: April 18, 2011 Managers who inundate their teams with the same messages, over and over, via View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

across multiple types of necessary evils: Have pairs or teams perform these tasks together. Create ample time and space after these tasks for people to decompress and debrief. Provide the right physical environment—a quiet, private area... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 May 2022
News

Onboarding

service as a director and lead director on multiple nonprofit and corporate boards. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks to Barron about board service,... View Details

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

company add complexity to its app, design multiple apps for business segments, or expand into other mobile channels? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/512082-PDF-ENG Parent Company P and 80 Percent Owned Subsidiary Company S David... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

received as a senior executive—assessments based on input from many sources and on multiple dimensions of his performance. As chief executive, all of sudden his total worth was summed up in just three or four financial measures. Although... View Details