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  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

indifference. Whether they are helping inner cities capitalize on their inherent competitive advantages, working to make assetbuilding financial services available to low-income families, analyzing the benefits of welfare-to-work... View Details
Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate
  • March 2021 (Revised October 2021)
  • Teaching Note

Afterpay U.S.: The Omnichannel Dilemma

By: Antonio Moreno and Anibha Singh
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-086. In 2018, Nick Molnar, the founder of the Australia-based online payment service Afterpay began its expansion to the U.S. market. The service had gained a loyal following in Australia by enabling customers to pay for online... View Details
Keywords: Omnichannel Retail; Digital Marketing; Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Change Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; Global Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Product Development; Supply Chain Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Network Effects; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Australia
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  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

deteriorated and the financial crisis intensified. [ ] In March and April 2008, when [Abercrombie & Fitch] was making operational plans (for example, sourcing raw material and planning production),... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

exploratory study of learning processes in globally dispersed new product development teams. These qualitative data are used to investigate components of team learning previously highlighted in the team learning literature—namely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead

of newspapers and magazines. And yet, as print ads flee online for pennies on the dollar — and newsprint prices jump while circulation and newsstand sales slump — these enterprises have never seen their financial prospects dim so rapidly.... View Details
Keywords: Roben Farzad; journalism; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 03 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The State of Customer Service Leadership

service organization, and comfort with a team-based organization. Aisner: What are some examples of organizations that do all this right? Heskett: Organizations that have benefited from this kind of leadership are those that are recognized repeatedly as “best places to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
  • 14 Aug 2019
  • News

Leading from Within

Leng Lim (left) and Arjan Overwater Leng Lim (MBA 2001)—a partner at Mindkind Institute, Episcopal priest, and practitioner of Vipassana meditation—considers himself an oddity among HBS alumni. So when he met Arjan Overwater (AMP 164, 2003)—a former senior VP for View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 22 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage

The first edition of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, by David A. Moss was published in 2007—just as one of the world's great economic downturns was taking off. The second edition has just been published, which includes an epilogue on the View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
  • 12 Dec 2018
  • News

Lesson Plan

the district’s solicitor and financial consultant waive fees for refinancing debt from 2014 was rebuffed as agenda-driven by a 20-year veteran of the board. Cognetti’s response: “My agenda is to get us through this View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen
  • 22 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 22, 2016

Abstract—Many believe that the recent emphasis on enterprise risk management function is misguided, especially after the failure of sophisticated quantitative risk models during the global financial crisis.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Impact Stories - Business & Environment

both great financial and environmental returns." Angela Amos MBA 2014 | Shaping the Big Picture “I believe stakeholder engagement is necessary to address climate change. At work, I evaluate diverse perspectives to craft legally sound,... View Details
  • Web

Powerful Ideas - Annual Report 2014

Cullen. Published in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis, this acclaimed book was the first comprehensive study of the MBA in 50 years. Among the concerns Datar uncovered was an unmet need for innovative thinking and problem solving... View Details
  • Web

IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog

Departure on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the form of a student... View Details
  • September 2021
  • Case

Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World

By: Marco Bertini, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2010, Worldreader was an international nonprofit organization that promoted reading to children around the world. For many years, Worldreader distributed e-readers to under-resourced communities and funded its operations primarily through philanthropic... View Details
Keywords: Subscription Model; Price; Financial Strategy; Education; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Goals and Objectives; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Markets; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Social Issues; Strategy; Commercialization; Expansion; Segmentation; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Europe; North and Central America; South America
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  • 20 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

and, in particular, the significant impact translational science has on patients’ lives. I became fascinated by the challenges and immense potential that sit at the intersection of life sciences and business.  Read More>>> How View Details
  • Fast Answer

HBS Course: Starting a Private Investment Firm

Private Equity International (PEI) Daily newsletter on the people, the deals, the funds and the financial trends of the industry. PEI is available through... View Details
  • Web

1.1 HBS Community Values - MBA

Learning/Independent Projects 1.18 FIELD Global Capstone 1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) 1.20 Joint Degree Programs 1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials 1.22 Disability Access 1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business School... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

sustainability, values alignment, and impact, creating a market that has grown almost 25 percent since 2014; it now represents $23 trillion in assets globally. “The potential to deploy capital to obtain financial returns while also doing... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Bottom-Line Discrepancies

and the degree to which book and tax income are allowed to diverge. Desai concludes by pointing out that “the underlying developments driving these phenomena — including increased globalization and financial... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information