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- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
own, obviously, the rights to the brand, the Lego brand. And it's going to impact them in a very, very big way. This is not a subbrand. This is not a Ninjago movie, or a Bionicle movie, View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
another because they see no point in being candid when the boss is present? 3. Does your company argue about the actual workings of the business or about the motives and methods of the people putting forth ideas? People versus principles.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
asks Rose. “How do we create a category?” The Answers: It strikes me that Lovepop embodies the “It’s the thought that counts” approach to gift giving. Sometimes, you just can’t think of a gift that’s just right because you’re trying to give a gift to someone who has... View Details
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Powerful Ideas - Annual Report 2014
of innovation have quickened. Society is asking business to do more, and to tackle problems that often require cross-disciplinary solutions. Our repertoire of research methodologies has expanded to include, for example, laboratory experiments and the analysis of View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
before. However, big data will not solve large urban social science questions on its own. Big data has the most value for the study of cities when it allows measurement of the previously opaque, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
about the new guidelines for corporate responsibility. “Companies must always consider their shareholders,” he wrote. “Doing ‘politically correct’ things may or may not improve shareholder value. ‘Politically correct’ is a fine View Details
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The HBS Climate Rising Podcast Reaches 50 (Episodes)
balance the technical and business aspects to help educate our listeners about opportunities in this emerging field of climate tech. Our first series in 2023 addressed how businesses are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to mitigate View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
surmount them or succumb to them. Memorable childhood books? The Laura Ingalls Wilder series that begins with Little House in the Big Woods, for their vivid reconstruction of a world gone by and a child’s... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
expect Republicans in the House and Senate to resist any populist measures that threaten the ability of corporations to compete globally and hurt the US economy in the long run. Let’s talk about the number 20,000. Is that a meaningful number View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
changes that have revolutionized their use in practice. He contends that both serve the US economy by helping troubled companies stay viable by giving them time to find new financing, renegotiate unfavorable leases and supply contracts, View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
before twelve months. More substantively, he proposes adding a line to the 1040 tax form that would allow filers to invest a part of their refund directly in the savings bond program, making it simpler for people to buy bonds. "We... View Details
- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
Companies spend significant sums to acquire customers. Once hooked, marketers protect those investments by attempting to keep patrons happy, engaged, and most of all, loyal. Reducing customer attrition, or "churn" in marketing parlance,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic complements View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
"Our big opportunity lies in operating efficiency—with billions of dollars invested in locomotives and maintenance, there are hundreds of millions of dollars available for the bottom line if we can innovate... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
2014. BCG recommended that conventional brands would do well to enter the environmentally friendly product market, as Clorox did by launching its Green Works line of cleaning products, or as Unilever did by... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
and lawsuits—the cases against Uber being just the most visible. As the law stands, state officials deciding these cases face a purely binary choice: workers are either employees or independent contractors, with no in-between. That’s a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
Gamble, and other consumer-goods businesses. "Create or identify the need, and then fulfill that need in a big way." Lopez arrived at Starbucks in 2004 to lead its global consumer-products division and, over... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Alumni Books Coffee Can Investing: A Better Idea Than Mutual Funds in an IRA or 401(k) by Terry Allen (MBA 1963) Fuller Mountain Press This book describes exactly what to do to maximize returns for those who want to bet on the stock... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
passions, and traveled with my classmates across the world. All this, and it’s only been a year since I came to HBS. Hailing from about 70 countries and 300 universities, each of my classmates took his or her own path to HBS. For some,... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
culture-builder and is intent on calming the chaos. “They better find someone who isn’t concerned with building an empire. The person’s ambition or desire to get wealthy should not be at stake,” she says. “This person needs to calm... View Details