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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
and creative work and leave the heavy lifting—the type of work that happens today in spreadsheets and emails—to the platform. How is this digital transformation part of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
line of upcycled drinking glasses. To acquire the raw materials, the founders identified a partner in the Houston area that had relationships with local bars and restaurants. Now, instead of tossing empties... View Details
- 31 Mar 2011
- News
Building an Online Swap Shop
Reinhart: Deriving success in derivative markets. thredUP, a children’s clothing swap Web site cofounded by HBS classmates James Reinhart and Chris Homer (MBA ’09), expanded into toys last fall, just in time for the holidays. Shoppers had... View Details
- 04 Nov 2019
- News
A Home for Startups
targeting entrepreneurs, freelancers, SMEs, and enterprises. We provide a fully integrated work ecosystem, comprising of flexible work spaces, amenities, business support services, and a supportive community... View Details
Keywords: work space
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
forward usually isn't a straight line to your objective.” Homer had it right in The Odyssey when he wrote, “The journey is the thing,” says Frey, who recommends adventurers not always focus on the destination. “Allow time to have fun... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
we could send machinery to the Chinese factories we managed. In return, we received shipments of apparel that we then sold to discount retailers in the United States." With an initial focus on high quantity View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
publishing industry today ships books to stores and waits for customers to purchase them. James Patterson represents the age of brands, in which a supplier builds a persistent demand View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
“We wanted to find a new home for the business.” As it happens, he continues, Clorox was in the process of a significant shift in its strategic focus to brands associated with more natural, healthy, and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
dissatisfied customers to take their business elsewhere. With new Internet-only banks and brokerages popping up regularly, established firms must find innovative ways to hold onto their customers.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
Like so many dot-com businesses these days, the Internet travel industry is, well, taking off. Among the e-travel elite are Travelocity.com, known for the depth of its travel content and bolstered by distribution View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelly
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
time to focus on the things that actually matter. And so when it comes to FOMO, really what I try to do is attack that information asymmetry. I do the research on the opportunity. "Is this realistic? Can I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
working with leadership teams from nine urban school districts over the course of three annual sessions to coordinate research and create coherent, scalable systems for education reform. Two cases written for PELP View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
the conclusion that you can’t do both research and business development at once.” “I think as a small company, I’m coming to the conclusion that you can’t do both research and business development at once.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
developing innovative products and services. He discusses the full range of activities required: learning about customer needs; managing experimentation and problem-solving;... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
driven by the automotive industry, followed by smart grid stabilization solutions that provide “fill-in” power when customer demand outstrips supply. Given the technology’s potential applications and finite... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
water.org has done that is perhaps distinct is try to very much focus on where the primary barriers are that exists between people and water and people View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
Each year hundreds of hardworking HBS students volunteer their time to arrange on-campus conferences that attract a wide variety of top-notch speakers, expert panelists, and enthusiastic audience participants. Working through student... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
I could acquire, but at the same time, it helped focus me, right? I wasn’t looking at everything and anything all over the map. It did help narrow the pool. RY: Robin, I think a lot of listeners might be... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Conducting Research That Influences Practice
Tami Kim, a doctoral student at HBS, is conducting research into how the restaurant business could benefit from transparency—literally—by making it possible for chefs and diners to see one another. Her findings on employee View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
second-largest private employer in the United States. Will the current crisis drive improvements in pay and benefits? CC: In terms of numbers, it’s hard to see an environment where there will be meaningfully more people working in... View Details