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- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
joining Teach for America or law school, and then ultimately management consulting after college graduation. In consulting, Leahy had her first exposure to the retail industry, working primarily with clients in the retail banking and View Details
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Jon Staff
Consumer brand building - Mission/vision/values development and adherence - Co-founder and early stage team building - DTC marketing - Go-to-market strategies - Hospitality startups - Real estate businesses - Investor management -...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
believe most patients are more knowledgeable about their own health care than they are given credit for. The popular press has done a good job of covering advances in genetic research, and consumers are...
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
apparently unshakeable beliefs about change management turn out not to yield the results we expect." Victoria Pynchon looks forward to the possibility that it will, for example, "give us surprising insight into our inclination to do one another View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
a string of experiments to test how sleep affects decision making. After all, sleep can do many things—research has shown that a good eight hours of shut-eye can help make people more creative, more attentive, less risky in their...
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- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World, and his views on subjects ranging from whether globalism has been a force for good to what Nazi Germany tells us about the difficulty in planning for...
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- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
a strange human tendency to value effort independent of outcome," says Norton. "If you appear to be working hard and sweating, people will assume you are doing a good job." There's an app for that Buell and Norton put that...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher — or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury...
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- 21 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?
While all good managers should be able to make snap decisions in high-pressure situations, they may miss out on good opportunities—and fall into ruts—when they make quick decisions strictly out of habit. Too...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando
Plan. As we discussed in a wide range of cases during my first year at HBS, diversity is a key challenge for companies worldwide, especially those which are more tech-oriented. Although Zalando is in a good position compared to other tech...
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- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
ephemeral state of entropy we live in, called Digital." We're left with impression that changes in leadership required for success in the fast-moving information economy will be achieved with limited discomfort. And yet we are...
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by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
frontal assaults against armies that are ten times your size. Those are suicide missions," echoes David Peterschmidt, Inktomi's CEO. Rule Three: Plan And Be Prepared To Pivot It is a common fallacy that fast-moving companies like the...
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by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- January 2020
- Case
The June Oven
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christian Godwin
The June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June...
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Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Christian Godwin. "The June Oven." Harvard Business School Case 320-067, January 2020.
- 01 Oct 2000
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magazine.) In addition, Reiss draws upon several dozen interviews that he conducted with other entrepreneurs in a variety of fast-moving industries. Reiss explores entrepreneurial issues across the life span of a company, from finding...
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- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
it's understanding the path to the mainstream market and being smart enough to, A) pick a good mainstream market and, B) assemble the people and partners who give you a disproportionate likelihood of getting there. It's very important not...
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- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
field of neuromarketing, which uses brain-tracking tools to determine why consumers prefer some products over others. And there is neuroleadership, which applies neuroscience to management research. Looser is looking to integrate insights...
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by Carmen Nobel
- December 2001
- Case
Natural Pork Production
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
An entrepreneurial hog farmer's creative use of contracts and capital structure drives very successful growth and returns in a depressed commodity industry.
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- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
panoply of Internet sites. It's just as hard to differentiate on price, for similar reasons: any consumer with an Internet connection can quickly determine if that flat-screen TV that Walmart claims is at a blowout price actually is....
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- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
industry. Buyer power appears to be higher in the Old World. Consumers are more sophisticated and somewhat more price sensitive in the Old World than in the New World. More sales occur through supermarkets and other off-premise locations...
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