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- 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; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
the beliefs are completely opposite! We wanted to do what few researchers have ever attempted: trap creativity in the wild...—Teresa Amabile Some people are convinced that time pressure stimulates creative thinking, and others are certain... View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
activities of a large cohort of physician-MBAs by gathering information on 206 physician graduates from the Harvard Business School MBA program who obtained their degrees between 1941 and 2014. Key outcome measures that were examined... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
connection with a regulatory investigation into the bank’s foreign-exchange operations. It also announced what was described as “disappointing revenues and higher legal costs,” triggering at least a short decline in its share price. A View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
several years our conclusion is that these skills can be developed by anyone open and willing to practice and develop these critical skills. This chapter gives an overview of the course curriculum, complete with the conceptual framework,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2024
- Book
More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World
replace?” The simple answer was pretty much everything. This technology has the power to revolutionize multibillion-dollar industries and small businesses alike, enhancing current revenue lines and creating entirely new ones. And we’re already starting to see View Details
- January 2009
- Article
Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services
By: Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats and David M. Upton
Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the number of projects completed by, a team. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Performance Improvement; Projects; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Information Technology Industry; India
Huckman, Robert S., Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton. "Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services." Management Science 55, no. 1 (January 2009): 85–100.
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
African-American guests are able to find a replacement guest only 35% of the time. On the whole, our analysis suggests a need for caution: while information can facilitate transactions, it also facilitates discrimination. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
this is a very formidable task. Beyond meeting the objective of providing better information for decision-making, this could also open a completely new perspective and prestige for the IR function. It would... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
provides information for detecting root causes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55759 forthcoming Management Science Using Charity Performance Metrics as an Excuse Not to Give By: Exley, Christine L.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Members of the Military - MBA
military-focused events. Financial Aid Harvard Business School waives the $250 MBA program application fee for all active duty military applicants. View more information on financial assistance for veterans . Connect with Us Do you want... View Details
- Web
Develop Your Career Vision - Alumni
Criteria with a HBS career coach. The Four Elements: Identity: Complete the Work Role and Signature Skills exercises. These exercises will help you identify the actual work roles that will allow you to realize, on a daily basis, your... View Details
- Web
What is FIELD Global Immersion? - MBA
students to know about FIELD? It is an amazing opportunity to stretch yourself outside of your comfort zone, experience a completely new country and culture, work with a diverse group of students and partner organizations, learn something... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
management, and higher ROA. These effects are concentrated at innovating firms—those firms that are early-life-cycle or engage in R&D spending—and especially at those facing Wall Street scrutiny. Collectively, the evidence suggests that early-life-cycle firms... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Partners and Families - MBA
Professional Development (CPD) makes career information and resources available to partners for professional and personal development: T wo 40-minute 1:1 coaching sessions, Career Leader Self-Assessment Tool, Electronic LinkedIn makeover,... View Details
- Web
FAQs - Doctoral
work authorization if selected. Upon completion of the program, students must return to their home institution to complete their undergraduate degrees. We are unable to sponser participants from institutions... View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
with the project at hand. Specifically, we study an academic researcher’s (1) personal background (gender and country of origin economic advancement), (2) professional development (time since PhD completion and editorial review board... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?
By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
This case is set in 2015 as a team at Match Education, a high performing charter middle school in Boston, explores new staffing and technology approaches in their quest to obtain what they term "jaw dropping" results. The team hopes to test and model for other schools... View Details
Keywords: General Management; K-12; Charter Schools; Public Schools; Edtech; Education; Information Technology; Management; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Education Industry; Boston
Kim, John J-H, and Daniel Goldberg. "Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?" Harvard Business School Case 316-138, January 2016. (Revised November 2018.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services
By: Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats and David M. Upton
Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the number of projects completed by, a team. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Performance Improvement; Projects; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Information Technology Industry; India
Huckman, Robert S., Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton. "Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-019, September 2007. (Revised February 2008, July 2008.)