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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog
How can entertainment businesses best approach the management and marketing of creative talent? In particular, how should companies invest in and capture value from "superstars" and the teams to which they belong? How are digital... View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
Many newspapers saw the emergence of the Internet as an attack on their core business, and responded with online products of their own. Unfortunately, says HBS professor Clark Gilbert, the papers failed to take advantage of the Web as a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
a number of categories that will prove important when considering the CEO’s role: Direction: A core function of leadership is setting the strategy for the organization, and setting specific financial goals that the organization will seek... View Details
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Ade' Lawal
I hope to accomplish great things. Family is the core means by which I can influence human existence in this world, therefore I'll start by being a great husband and father. I want my wife to feel that she could not have found a better... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
lifestyle, these other products can add brand value and, being produced by others under license, they deliver some extra profit to the Trump organization. "In the world of representative democracy, you have to be the market share... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
provides a hands-on blueprint for adopting the core principles of e-culture: treat strategy as improvisational theater; nurture networks of partners; reconstruct organizations as online and offline "communities"; and attract and retain... View Details
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top teams allow the tension between View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
historically putting off building a robust platform in order to meet short-term customer needs), process debt (taking shortcuts for the sake of expediency to get things done without stopping to make core business process robust and... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
the waste management industry in Lebanon was rife with corruption. Securing municipal contracts required the payment of bribes, something Abi Chaker refused to do. “We took a firm decision that under no circumstances would we engage in any kind of corruption,” Abi... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Turning Point: Crossover
core beliefs, for example, is that on our team, we care about each other. When things don’t go well, you can reflect on those values and find the answers that will help get you through some tough... View Details
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
and positioning with customers who are (or should be) core customers. Over time, this process also nurtures the development of "commodity competencies." The venture gets better and better at activities that customers View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
the value chain framework to define the set of activities through which products and services are created and delivered to customers.6 Once activities are defined, it is then possible to analyze the economics at each step in the chain by... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their company’s core business. Distinct from nonmarket strategy and traditional corporate social responsibility, the recent wave of CEO activism focuses on social issues... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
businesses that scale undergo a graduation process in which they meet the varying expectations of multiple organizational resource providers. At the unit level, they convince established core units that the potential View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Not a Regular Joe
positions. Her job really comes out of his policy statements. She is trying to re-create the Joe Wilson spirit within Xerox: Let’s create profits for ourselves because we solve problems for other people. What can businesspeople learn from Wilson? Develop a whole life... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership
semester, students read chapters and complete exercises from True North, consider cases illustrating the core values of a particular businessperson's life, discuss the importance of real and consistent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
address critical needs arising at certain inflection points for alumni along their career or life paths. Together, we can develop programs and learning opportunities that create value for you, when you need it. Together, we can develop... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
valuations and growth options. A key to meeting growth potential is eliminating the gulf between big-picture strategy and day-to-day field execution. It's often the most difficult part of implementation because you're dealing with a combination of View Details
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Impact on a Global Scale | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
directly from HBS faculty, as more and more academics and practitioners began to question why results-driven thinking couldn’t be applied to the social sector. The core of Bridgespan’s strategy is anchored in knowledge: to capture and... View Details
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2017
strategic priorities and investing in core programs and activities, while ending the year with a stronger-than-expected balance of unrestricted reserves. One of our financial goals is for HBS to serve as a living example of a well-run... View Details