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- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
counterparts. The empirical evidence presented in the chapter demonstrates that diversified business groups can add value in mature markets such as Britain. Even the much-criticized conglomerates of the 1970s-1990s were quite successful... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
selected was the only candidate considered. Far too few companies conduct reference checks; far too many rely on gut reactions when judging qualifications and cultural fit. Hardly anyone considers whether candidates will be good team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
resulting endogenous scarcity of informed investors exacerbates primary market collapses in bad times. Inefficiency arises because informed investors are a public good from the perspective of originators. All originators benefit from the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
beneficial for society. This theme was later replaced by preference for disciplinary knowledge, and finally by a market logic that regards business education as a marketable commodity rather than a... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
The research firm BloombergNEF found that “As of midyear, there were 318 fully electric and 145 plug-in hybrids on the market globally. There were 84 models available in the U.S. in mid-2022, up from 59 at the end of 2020.”Bloomberg also... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
the formation of funds to the investment of the funds in operating companies to the liquidation of those investments. A wide range of topics is considered, including the structure of venture partnerships, how venture capitalists oversee firms, how they are compensated,... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
have today's senior executives, trained in the days when the pyramidal organization and domestic markets held sway, made the transition to a global, technology-driven economy? For three 1971 classmates and corporate leaders, Donald J.... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
opposed to analytic, according to critics). Compared to lectures, it takes more class time to get a concept across. Cases are hard to use effectively. Year after year I attempted unsuccessfully to teach a well-known marketing case on Levi... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
Ashraf, an associate professor in the Negotiations, Organizations, and Markets unit at Harvard Business School. “Asking them to apply something that's been generated somewhere else isn't involving them in the process” But there's a dearth... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
implications can have local consequences, said panelist Alesha Black, the managing director of the Global Food and Agriculture Program at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The first panel spent some time discussing with alumni and... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
day one of the takeover, we had a lot more debt than we anticipated. Then there was the October '87 stock market crash, which really hurt our asset sale program in Australia. So by the end of '87, we had in... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019
would in large part be considered as cost of goods sold. These expenses include direct costs for staff compensation, specialized outside professional services in information technology and other functional areas, marketing costs, and... View Details
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
shines on White House honorees - illuminated these issues, and their HBS champions, in high relief. It was an indication of how much these matters have come to the fore. At a February 11 awards ceremony and daylong program of events in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
like Cisco, Microsoft, and Airbnb to scale their impact. Since its programs are driven by local needs across 40 geographies, they run the gamut, from agriculture and financial inclusion to food security, View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
2009), Senior Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation Just what does it mean for a city to go bankrupt? Bankruptcies are so commonly associated with firms and individuals that we tend to use the same mental models to evaluate Detroit's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
Her interests leaned more in the direction of strategy—and sports. Rapaport found plenty of outlets in both areas at HBS, where she was president of the Business of Sports Club. She also volunteered for Crossover into Business, an HBS View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
Hayes, for advice on how “to think like a businessman.” Hayes encouraged Navasky to consider the Owner/President Management Program (OPM), an HBS Executive Education offering for family- and small-business executives. Navasky was an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
Carroll Illustration by Dennis Balogh Founded as a gold mining company in 1917 in South Africa by Ernest Oppenheimer (with help from Herbert Hoover and J. P. Morgan), Anglo American plc is the world’s fourth-largest diversified mining company by View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
strong example here, with the continued success of its Quicken application against Microsoft Money. The key is finding a large enough market that requires specialized capabilities. Leverage other capabilities from keystones. Effective... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien