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- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
Last month, more than one million people lined the streets of Boston for a parade in honor of their National Hockey League champion Boston Bruins. Talk about consumer excitement over a product! On that score (or should I say “SCO-ORE!”),... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
On February 1, 2016, a line of First Nations drummers in traditional regalia—elaborate headdresses, each cheek bearing two red streaks—entered from the rear of a packed hall at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
1999 by chairman and CEO Michael Bronner, had all the scale anyone could ask for: to create a national customer-loyalty program (like airlines' frequent-traveler mileage points) which would pay consumers rebates on their shopping—not in free flights View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
better supply chain management.For many of the retailers in our study, forecasting product demand is a right-brain function that relies on the gut feel of a few individuals and not on the systematic use of sales data. But it's a big... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
larger or different role in the debate? For example, should the Big Three argue for much higher mileage goals, however difficult they may seem at the moment to meet? After all, Toyota may owe the Japanese... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
a $44,000 bid. Chalk up another win for companies that are willing to be a little playful with their brands, a potentially dangerous tactic that can easily backfire but that creates big wins with consumers if done well. Social media... View Details
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
that is highly valued by them, but doesn't cost you a lot of money. For example, allocate more services to good customers. This could mean a designated line at the deli counter, or a ten items View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
reshored factories, or requiring a certain percentage of demand to be available from US or USMCA sources. Those would admittedly be bold moves, notes Fuller, but it’s the kind of thinking needed to have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
Julian Zlatev and Christine Exley (Image by John Ritter) Both Associate Professor Christine Exley and Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev apply the tools of their research to examine a simple question: What makes people give? Exley became interested in the topic as a... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and... View Details
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
members of the collective, Hill rejects the idea that they should be chosen in order to conform to a freeform type of corporate structure, a "one big happy family" mentality. People in organizations of collective genius, she insists, need... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
and 3 show that the emotional rewards associated with giving to friends or acquaintances are greatest in situations that facilitate social connection. Thus, social connection may be important for turning good deeds into good feelings, and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets
you arrived at HBS? My goal in life has always been to walk the fine line between technology and management. Throughout my career I've been in roles that embodied both mindsets – some purely technological (as an engineer) and some purely... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
one line and say, some onions, some beef, some this and that, and cook for 10 minutes or whatever. It's very simple, and I couldn't really follow it. So I said, look, I'm going to go home and actually study... 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
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
Energy "Every sector needs leaders aware of the causes of climate change and focused on mitigating its effects. Whether reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting natural resources, or supporting other causes, a multidisciplinary... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
"Every sector needs leaders aware of the causes of climate change and focused on mitigating its effects. Whether reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting natural resources, or supporting other causes, a multidisciplinary movement 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
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
"Every sector needs leaders aware of the causes of climate change and focused on mitigating its effects. Whether reducing greenhouse gas emissions, protecting natural resources, or supporting other causes, a multidisciplinary movement of... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
pretty much descent from the summit. Roll us off into retirement, on to the golf course, record our remaining exploits in the oldest segment of Class Notes, and pass out the canes and walkers. OK, maybe this is just baby-boomer rant and denial, along the View Details