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- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
United States," Ton points out, "the norm is only seven hours, and the difference shows." For example, Mercadona cross-trains employees so their productivity is not tied to store traffic. Cleaners can work the cash registers during View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
little of corporate leaders beyond the aggressive pursuit of short-term self-interest. For two decades, this model has formed the core paradigm taught to our business school students. 'Shareholder value' was... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
acknowledged place in the business world. Yet any entrepreneur can attest to the creative power required to build an organization where none existed before. “Look, I made a hat /Where there never was a hat,” sings Georges Seurat in the... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
reunions about what everyone needs to know before getting involved in the business of outer space. READ MORE The following is an edited transcript of a Skydeck Live podcast recording. Julia Hanna: So do you think just more broadly that... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender gap is harder to explain but is often... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
ex-wife and I with the model that he and she who much is given much is required. They know that they've always had to give back as well. My life has been very intentional relative to giving back and helping others. I believe that every... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
can be a powerful force for change when it’s understood as something concrete that can be built from the inside-out. Like any other business priority, it has to be rooted in good strategy. In the case of Mercy Corps, Sucher calls... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
retired Dean of the Harvard Business School. John Hector McArthur was born in 1934 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up somewhere between the right side of the tracks and the wrong side of the tracks in a suburb called Burnaby,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
hold you back from what you want to become,” Draper tells them earnestly, his hair plastered around his face. That’s a scene from the first episode of Startup U, a reality TV show on ABC Family that follows 10 DU students through the ups and downs of refining their... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
of medicine, work with our leadership team to design our strategy, and then partner with staff across the agency to execute on our priorities.” Dhar: “Most recently, I ran the store-in-store business at b8ta, which drove about 60 percent... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
Lawmakers, following public opinion rather than scholars' theories, have put in place very little tagging. Does this mean it's time to bury the Utilitarian approach? Not quite, says economist Matthew C. Weinzierl. The Harvard Business... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
with it. Furthermore, the PC industry operates on much thinner margins, which is why it takes so long to imitate. Dell spends 1 percent (of revenue) on R&D, Apple spends 4 to 5 percent on R&D. Apple has a lot more capacity built into its View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/809009-PDF-ENG Red Tomato: Keeping It Local Jose Alvarez, Mary Shelman, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 510-023 This case describes the operating model and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
career to date exploring the applicability of corporate models to the health-care field as well as other community-based needs. Barrett has kept Kanter's basic approach to the course, which, she says, "is to help students understand how... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
million lives a year. EMRI is the brainchild of Ramalinga Raju (OPM 19, 1993), the founder and chairman of Indian IT and consulting powerhouse Satyam Computer Services. The inspiration for EMRI came from his travels for Satyam, which, with more than 40,000 employees,... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
going to be living a 100-year life. So I wanted a framework that helped you understand both from a personal standpoint. But then, I began to think about this from a business standpoint: we need a multi-stage definition around life. DM:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
Vogl (MBA 1998), CEO of The Mountaineers, explores the past, present, and future of the adventure business on our new Skydeck podcast MORE Tom Vogl (MBA 1998), CEO of The Mountaineers, explores the past, present, and future of the... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
dinners were well-attended networking events that attracted many luminaries in Silicon Valley and helped raise the profile of HBS in the Silicon Valley. Due to COVID, we shifted to an all-virtual model to honor Noom. While we didn’t get... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
Harvard Business School professors often travel into the field to conduct business research, but it's a safe bet none have had the experience of Professor Robin Ely. She and coauthor Debra Meyerson of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
face with realistic business situations right in the classroom." Building rapidly on the skill base and fiber network already in place at the School, such an initiative has indeed been launched. Progress to date has included the... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig