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- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
fully extended attraction models (Cooper and Nakanishi 1988). Utilizing a database of store-level scanner data for 25 categories and 127 brands of frequently purchased branded consumer goods, we find that about 18 percent of a total of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, I explore how some leaders embrace “deep purpose” as a generative force that can be a catalyst to achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact. The book demonstrates how... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
giving every employee a financial stake in a company, something KKR has completed with eight of its investments, with more in the works. Stavros’s model for broad-based ownership begins with equity grants: stocks, which vest over time,... View Details
- October 2023
- Case
Leading Transformation at IHCL
By: Krishna G. Palepu, V.G. Narayanan and Malini Sen
In November 2017, Puneet Chhatwal, took charge as MD and CEO of IHCL, popularly referred to as the Taj Hotels. Despite being India’s largest hospitality company by market capitalization and respected for its values and service, IHCL had made losses for the last seven... View Details
Keywords: Turn Around Management; Hospitality Industry; Brand Management; Financial Strategy; Business Model; Restructuring; Asset Management; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Segmentation; Asia; India
Palepu, Krishna G., V.G. Narayanan, and Malini Sen. "Leading Transformation at IHCL." Harvard Business School Case 124-041, October 2023.
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
few months earlier. “If there's the right opportunity out there. ...There's a possible chance that I'd love to reconnect,” Gronkowski recalled telling Brady. “[Brady] was all fired up and juiced up about it.” Business Take Aways NFL teams... View Details
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
processes of production and distribution. This was a massive innovation over the older model of a single owner who tried to oversee everything. Under managerial capitalism, ownership became dispersed, but... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
MassChallenge
The case explores the strategic decision of global non-profit startup accelerator MassChallenge on whether to pursue a for-profit spinoff, discussing: (1) the costs and benefits of this decision, (2) how best to manage the risks of the decision, and (3) alternative... View Details
Keywords: Accelerators; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Startups; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Cost vs Benefits; Risk Management; Decision Making; Strategy
Koning, Rembrand, Andy Wu, Nataliya Langburd Wright, and Tarun Khanna. "MassChallenge." Harvard Business School Case 720-469, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- 09 Jan 2015
- News
5 Tips To Launch Your Mobile App On The Right Foot
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
(M&SOM) Journal Best Paper Award for “The Value of Fit Information in Online Retail: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment” with Santiago Gallino. Gary P. Pisano : Winner of the first Clayton M. Christensen Prize in 2020 for his Harvard View Details
- Web
Dean Nitin Nohria | About
School through periods of innovation and challenges. December 2020 Steps Down as Dean of Harvard Business School After agreeing to stay on through the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Dean... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
News Sustainability and Business Models Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. Her dissertation research at HBS examined institutional leadership,... View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
Second Wind
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
that forces of inertia constrict how TMTs perceive innovations but that frame flexibility can overcome these perceptions, increasing the likelihood of adoption and the breadth of the organization’s View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2020
- Supplement
Poppy (B)
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Scott Duke Kominers, Jeff Huizinga and Allison Ciechanover
Avni Patel Thompson, founder and CEO of Poppy, an online marketplace for on-demand childcare, revisits the venture's final months, and discusses the steps she took in the wake of the shutdown. This case explores experiments the company conducted to refine its original... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Marketplace Matching; Business Model; Business Exit or Shutdown; Personal Development and Career; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Scott Duke Kominers, Jeff Huizinga, and Allison Ciechanover. "Poppy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-715, March 2020.
- 09 Sep 2015
- News
Has Harvard Quashed Virtual-Classroom Naysayers?
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurs giving them the foundation needed to achieve their goals. Among those resources is the Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship. Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows This innovative fellowship program provides a... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
she cannot transfer her bag, that the company will not transfer her bags, and all she wants to do is go see her grandkids, and she can't move very fast at this advanced age and he responds very clearly. And he says, I would really like to help you out, but then the... View Details
- 10 May 2017
- News
Who's Receiving An Honorary Degree This Sunday?
- June 2020
- Case
What IKEA Do We Want?
By: Juan Alcácer, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
In 2018, Swedish furniture maker IKEA was undergoing a significant transformation. Challenged by the rise of online shopping and changing consumer behavior, and mourning the death of its founder, the Company's top executives knew they had to step out of their comfort... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Transformation; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Emerging Markets; Customer Focus and Relationships; Organizational Culture; Disruption; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Europe; Netherlands; Sweden; China; India; United States
Alcácer, Juan, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Emilie Billaud, and Vincent Dessain. "What IKEA Do We Want?" Harvard Business School Case 720-429, June 2020.
- December 2010 (Revised November 2014)
- Case
Steven Carpenter at Cake Financial
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
After investing $9 million of venture capital, Cake Financial had failed to reach critical mass. In early 2010 Cake's assets were sold and the company was dissolved. Founded in 2006, the San Francisco-based Internet company allowed users to monitor their investments... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Internet; Financial Services Industry; Web Services Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Steven Carpenter at Cake Financial." Harvard Business School Case 811-041, December 2010. (Revised November 2014.)