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- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
the buying process and buying center but also in terms of the vastly different organizational resources and structures that are needed in each. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing innovative ways to incorporate...
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Margie Kelley
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
for those who want to help them reinvent themselves. "We think about all these great large companies that have failed," said HBS professor Michael Roberto, who moderated the discussion. "But there are lots of great examples of new View Details
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by Kenneth Liss
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
attitude, even if they’re tenured.” Bill Fotsch disagreed with the assumption underlying that observation, when he said, “My sense is most employees don’t come to a job as renters or owners. The management structure tends to create this...
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by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
who plays classical piano and jazz guitar, and Pemberton, a drummer, thought they could offer musicians an online platform that would help them connect with fans in a meaningful if virtual way. The founders soon discovered a much larger View Details
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What is a Career Coach? - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID...
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- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
2000s. We also point to structural factors about renewable energy that have caused the availability of venture capital finance for renewable energy to fall dramatically in recent years, with potential implications for the rate and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
Everyone’s Business By Julie Battilana Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, and Tiziana Casciaro Simon & Schuster Power is one of the most misunderstood—and therefore vilified—concepts in...
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- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’
enterprise. These processes include planning, budgeting, structuring jobs, staffing jobs, giving people time-tested policies and procedures to guide their actions, measuring their results, and problem solving when results do not fit the...
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Re: John P. Kotter
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
read so that anyone can understand what they did. But they often don’t.” Jonathan Tamblyn, the head of talent at L2, a consumer products digital marketing firm, sees the challenge through the lens of cutting-edge companies that have special or unusual demands. “Because...
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- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
learn how to navigate a business world dominated by new technology. Thanks to even newer technologies that enable us to stream, store, and access everything digital, we now have at our disposal a new arsenal of techniques and...
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by James Heskett
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
markets. The commercial opportunities supported by the extraordinary Internet and emerging logistics structure in China means that Alibaba's future lies at home. It has huge market growth potential, real heft against local opponents, and...
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- 18 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up
big screen. Our virtual conversation is live!Julia is the Director of Business Development at BaubleBar, and oversees the company’s global digital and offline partnerships. Before HBS, Julia never worked in retail, but had lots of good...
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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
for alumni to use their business skills,” says Sanchez, noting that the group will assess and refine its strategies before entering the next project cycle. Richard Gehrman (MBA ’76) and Tony Levy (MBA ’88) serve as cochairs of the...
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- 07 May 2015
- Blog Post
Career Change: From the Military to Consulting
with classmates, speaking with second year students in the Armed Forces Alumni Association, and through career coaches. I focused my attention exclusively on consulting during the recruiting process. Why do you think so many people pivot their careers after View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
business processes [are outsourced] under the pretext of 'cost savings' ... huge compensation packages [encourage cautious leadership]." Mainak Banerjee, in concurring with Eckel's latter point, says, "The worst thing that can...
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by James Heskett
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making the Most of Government Upheaval
Beginning with Chile more than twenty years ago, Latin America has experienced a wrenching yet exciting transformation of its predominantly inward-looking, state-driven economies to a robust acceptance and practice of open-market principles. View Details
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by Nancy O. Perry
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
fashion, arts and culture, and business and finance. It features guides to each of the continent’s 54 nations, where you can find everything from breaking news to museum guides, as well as content from such partners as the Council on...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- July 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project
By: Alan D. MacCormack, Enrico D"Angelo and Kerry Herman
Mike Ward, the producer in charge of developing the Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer game for Activision, must decide whether to launch the game in time for the 2002 Christmas season. Complicating his decision are the lukewarm response from consumers to TV test spots of the...
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Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Product Development;
Customer Satisfaction;
Projects;
Business or Company Management;
Product Launch;
Marketing Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Industry Structures;
Innovation Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
MacCormack, Alan D., Enrico D"Angelo, and Kerry Herman. "Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project." Harvard Business School Case 605-020, July 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
separate the issue of paying for retirement from the issue of structuring how we do it. The fundamental problem we have right now is that we are not paying for retirement. Too many American businesses have...
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