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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
the real-estate business. One group deals mainly with variable costs, the other with fixed costs. Myth #6: Current market leaders can't fail. If they neglect the customer, Bezos said, they will. In addition, many business pioneers were... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
the market so that they think of it as product categories. You have full-size, midsize, compact, subcompact, minivan, SUVs, crossovers—as if categories cause people to buy products. My calculation is that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value
brands of premium cachet and the premium prices that come with it. “The same forces that cause the commoditization of products and services precipitate the commoditization of brands,” they continue. Fortunately, managers aren’t helpless... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Letters
repression, and international isolation.” What it fails to mention is the devastation and loss of life of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis caused by U.S.-enforced UN sanctions during the 1990s. The UN estimates that 1 million Iraqis,... View Details
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
individual songs. And because song prices are relatively low—labels typically have to sell 8 to 10 digital songs to generate the same kind of revenues as they do with one digital album—this causes a sharp reduction in revenues over time.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Authentic Leadership by William W. (“Bill”) George (MBA ’66) (Jossey-Bass) Drawing from a decade of experience as CEO and chairman of medical technology company Medtronic, George analyzes the causes of the current crisis in corporate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
A Man without a Pause
it into a far more effective organization, championing such causes as debt relief for poor nations and the opening of rich countries’ markets to exports from developing nations. For him and his wife, Elaine,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
Lawrence University Professor “I think the American people are dying to be asked to help solve some of these problems.” —Meg Whitman (MBA ’79), former President & CEO, eBay Inc. “Fear caused by greed needed to be bailed out with $700... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Big Bailouts, Little Debate
Investors became scared Paulson would take over Fannie and Freddie, so they refused to give the companies more cash, which pushed them closer to the edge of insolvency, which forced Paulson to take them over, which caused investors to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
mentioned the possibility that financial markets are overreacting to the subprime situation. In what way? There has been a contagion effect beyond the housing market that has View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
respond to changes in their competitive environment, Sull argues that outward manifestations of success — such as impressive earnings, media attention, and monuments to their past accomplishments — can cause managers facing new challenges... View Details
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
effects of competition have an advantage within their markets, says Alexander J. MacKay, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the study Consumer Inertia and Market Power with Marc... View Details
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
rather than a cause, of Infosys' decision to adopt world corporate governance standards. The proximate cause of the aspiration to good corporate governance at Infosys, in turn, is its need to attract talent with truly worldwide options,... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
about baseball and race, he's explored questions such as how much money motivates ministers, and how much financial journalists affect the stock market. "I am interested in what motivates people," he says, "and what causes... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
the trading of patents: brokers, non-practicing entities (NPEs), defensive aggregators, online platforms, auctions, and unique entities such as Intellectual Ventures. We discuss the fundamental causes for the lack of liquidity in the IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
tricks." Individuals raised in an environment of favoritism, nepotism, and cronyism are unlikely to let old habits go. I am afraid, though, that the new government will cause damage for one primary reason: it seeks to suppress any... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
about choosing a cause if there are many things you’re passionate about? There’s a lot written about choosing specific projects or charities within a cause, but what if you’re interested in doing good, and there are many View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
Sector, details the 1982 launch and subsequent development of Newman's Own. Based in Westport, Connecticut, the company began as "something of a lark," according to Newman, with two thousand bottles of vinaigrette salad dressing made from his own recipe. He View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
symptom of competent managers than (a) cause of good performance " Another may have been provoked by Kapil Kumar Sopory when he offered the opinion that "NSM is an ideal concept. However, it will work upwards only if it is first... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
football, repair capitalism Business lessons for a global century Chocolates for a cause Safe water for millions Nature belongs to everyone Capitalize on the network The world at home Quiet your mind (Images via the HBS Bulletin,... View Details