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- 18 Dec 2019
- Book
6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation
again, 99 percent of the time there was something wrong with it.” 3. Create informal and formal shared context—called ba in Japan—constantly in order to construct new meaning through human interactions. Takeuchi likens the Japanese...
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by Kristen Senz
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
its appeal, yet consumers—particularly young, fashion-conscious consumers—want a product that looks fresh and unexpected. How does a luxury brand keep its edge and attract new devotees without losing its core following? "We can still...
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- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
The law, which is still being hashed out in court, requires manufacturers to say sugary drinks can lead to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that even if San Francisco wins its court...
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- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
1300 attendees and various panels and events throughout the weekend. How does the MENA Club assist students as they search for summer and full time employment? We have a career rep that fields all career inquiries from firms looking to...
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- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
supporting caregivers a critical talent management issue, according to a new report, The Caring Company: How Employers Can Cut Costs and Boost Productivity by Helping Employees Manage Caregiving Needs, by Harvard Business School’s Joseph...
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- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
the world's foremost commercializer of products of new technologies in consumer electronics including the Walkman, Triton Color TV, the VCR, the CD (and CD-ROM), and the DVD. Matsushita became the industry's most successful View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non-economic factors and heuristics rather than existing industrial conditions. Relocating firms increased the likelihood of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Thinkers50 Best New Management Books of 2022. Scott Duke Kominers : Winner of the 2022 Best Paper Award on Finance in Management Science from the Finance Section of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences...
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- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
Science Foundation. The developed platform offers an unprecedented view of the R&D-to-patenting innovation process and a close analysis of the strengths and limitations of the Industry R&D Survey. The files are linked through a name-matching algorithm...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
School, is an expert on global supply chain and co-wrote an HBS case study, revised in 2019, on Dollar General, one of the largest dollar store operators, shortly before it was acquired by New York investment View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
you beyond your limits in terms of intellectual challenge, diligence, and time management. But you emerge from the experience a better student, attorney, businessperson, leader, manager, and even a better person. Second, the program may not be cost-effective. The...
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- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
then they want to do something interesting and new with it. And so the work of a string quartet playing at this level becomes an entirely new creation, a new version of one of...
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- April 2006
- Case
Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses
By: Boris Groysberg and Ingrid Vargas
Describes and contrasts the roles and challenges of three high-performing finance heads at Novartis Consumer Health businesses in Australia, Japan, and Venezuela. All three faced tremendous pressures in terms of managing time and limited resources, but the particular...
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Finance;
Financial Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Leadership Style;
Health Industry;
Japan;
Australia;
Venezuela
Groysberg, Boris, and Ingrid Vargas. "Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses." Harvard Business School Case 406-102, April 2006.
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
professional relationships may "bridge" the asymmetric information. This bridge may be particularly strong if both firms were financed by the same venture capital firm. Third, geographic proximity may also reduce the asymmetric...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
is spectacularly good at opening people's ears to others and requiring them to make an articulate argument," she observes. Having discovered a passion for marketing at HBS, Jacobson moved to New York to join Colgate-Palmolive and was...
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Susan Young
- 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25
PublicationsHeterogeneity and Graceful Technology Retreats: A New Perspective on Responding to Dominant Technological Threats Authors:Ron Adner and Daniel Snow Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) Abstract We...
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Martha Lagace
- March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa
By: Tarun Khanna and Ayesha Khan
This is the story of MTC, a Kuwaiti telecom company that has grown from a sleepy, state monopoly to become one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world, with the largest regional footprint across the Middle East and Africa. The CEO of the company, Dr. Saad...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Telecommunications Industry;
Africa;
Kuwait
Khanna, Tarun, and Ayesha Khan. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-477, March 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- 01 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
What determines whether decisions happen on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New research offers a surprising conclusion: The answer often lies in the technology that a company uses. Information-based systems, such...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
achieved product-market fit 6-7 hrs Module 3 Venture Capital and Startup Financing Learn how venture capital firms and the fundraising process operate and how to approach a VC and negotiate and structure an investment. Highlights Risks of...
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