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- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
have yet to achieve its potential as a commercial power source. However, its promise has continued to drive interest with the understanding that successfully deployed fusion power would transform the world’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
work pace patterns provide evidence for a time discounting mechanism: workers discount idle time when it is relatively distant but act to avoid it increasingly as it becomes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
Point. When a knee injury cut his college football career short, Eisenhower jumped to being a “cheerleader,” gathering the Corps of Cadets before games to rally their support and studying football strategy with such intensity that he was... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Training great principals to lead great schools
At New Leaders, Benjamin Fenton (AB 1996, MBA 2000) directs strategy for the only national organization focused on developing exceptional school leaders for high-need district and charter schools. Between 2000 and 2013, the organization... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
Transworld Auto Parts had to implement its new strategy flawlessly to survive the auto industry upheaval. The new CEO asked her leadership team to craft strategy maps and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
enthusiastically he could approve the decisions that came his way. The need to overrule something is a sure sign of a broader organizational failure. Or, as hard as this is to admit, it may reflect the CEO's own failure to clearly... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
locations in the US, and counts consumer experience, increased sales, and sustainable profits among his charges. We asked him about the pros of corporate ownership, the data that drives his strategy, and—naturally—his regular order. McDonald’s owns and operates about... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
equity investment strategy is better executed and better aligns the firm with its investors and executive teams—a luxury afforded by its independence from other firms... View Details
- 01 Aug 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
strategies used by HBS alumni with experience leading their successful reunion campaigns. So he turned to Alan Jones (AJ), who has been involved in HBS fundraising since graduating, and together they forged a cross-class connection that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Media: Courting the Cord-Cutters
dropped their $120 subscription it cost everyone in the chain, from the distributor to every content channel. Eventually the industry had to pay attention. There are currently two primary approaches to winning back cord-cutters and... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
that outside expertise is often needed. Sony, a legendary marketer, outsourced its program to market products through its online "Sony Style" store, recognizing that they needed expertise in areas... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
client relations. Infosys' strategy is evolving to build transformational partnerships from its original position as an outsourcer of end-to-end IT projects. A transformational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
given its popularity, I’d suggest they combine a newsletter strategy and opinion for more in-depth audio. That would allow them to gain more of the market via the new medium, without the extensive investment... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
Case Studies in International Entrepreneurship by Walter Kuemmerle (McGraw-Hill) This collection of 29 cases based on real situations compares opportunities, financing contexts, valuation approaches, and entrepreneurial styles in the United States and other countries.... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
Software giant Microsoft is launching the Windows 8 version of its operating system this week, and suffice it to say that it's radically different from Windows 7. The familiar Start button and menu are gone,... View Details
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Erika Sanchez
the kinds of opportunities they offer. Now I look at the way companies run and how they are aligned with my values.” For her summer internship, Erika will be working in Business Strategy for Danaher in Portland, Oregon. After graduation,... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment of truth. The... View Details
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Global Maps - Creating Emerging Markets
Global Maps Historical Data Visualization The HBS Historical Data Visualization (HDV) tool charts the global growth and evolution of business over time and includes historical mapping of major economic and political indicators. It... View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
Cases & Course MaterialsChina Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy Harvard Business School Case 309-034 China Mobile was the world's leading mobile communications service provider with over 400 million customers. In some cities,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace