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- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
workers like his father a share of the profits and get them to think like owners. The case studies, written by HBS Professor Dennis Campbell and assistant professor Ethan Rouen, describe the sea change in motivation that happens when...
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by Avery Forman
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
of the "long tail" principle argue that lower transaction and search costs will lead to a shift away from hit content and cause more fragmentation in consumers' choices. This perspective is in sharp contrast with the more...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
with a company and its products. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53707 January–February 2018 Harvard Business Review Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality By: Kaplan,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
FAQs - Alumni
pandemic. This shift further allows the School to provide the returning classes with access to the full HBS campus and all its facilities, as students will not be in session in June. Attending Reunions What is the schedule going to look...
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- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
introduced, and the hourly wage system was replaced by a system of base pay with productivity incentives for meeting targets. Service advisers were given product-specific sales quotas—sell so many brake jobs, shock absorbers, alignments, and so on per View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
clubby groups that are widely criticized as the handpicked "captives" of self-serving management. With White House support, congressional leaders are intent on shifting the balance of power in the boardroom away from management....
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by Roger Thompson
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Finance - Faculty & Research
direct response consumer marketing company, wanted more flexibility and ownership. Esayian was the CEO of his own company that specialized in telemarketing but recognized that new limitations on telemarketers would dramatically reduce the View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
profitable way to achieve this. Electrifying Mass Mobility: Uday Khemka, SUN Mobility 06 MAY 2021 | Climate Rising Decarbonizing our economy will require shifting transportation from fossil fuels to...
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- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
involved. Shift to programs that humanize your employees and prompt leaders within your organization to care about their dreams and hardships they face. “Once we as a society move away from monetizing and extracting View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
UnileverA Case Study
peaked in the early 1930s. Using published figures, Lever estimated its profit as a percentage of capital employed at 26 percent between 1930 and 1932, compared with P&G's 12 percent. Countway's greatest contribution was in marketing....
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
Summit Partners since his graduation from HBS. He serves on the boards of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay, the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation, and Year Up. He is a graduate of Princeton University. Tristin serves on boards and...
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- 23 Nov 2021
- Book
What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft who assumed the reigns of the software giant at a juncture when growth had plateaued and ennui enshrouded the mission. Nadella undertook a speedy cultural transformation at the same time he engineered a shift...
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by Avery Forman
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Europe - Global
Daillance’s inspiring story and his vision for combining fashion and social impact. New Research on the Region August 2024 Case Novo Nordisk Foundation By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau In 2024, Novo Nordisk A/S was one of the most View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
and probabilistic delayed observation of agents' types. I derive conditions in which an advertising principal can set its payment delay to deter rogue agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding rogue agents, the...
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Martha Lagace
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Africa - Global
contemplates backward integrating its operations to raise capital to fund project inception, potentially increasing its influence over a larger pipeline of infrastructure projects in Nigeria. While this strategic shift promises...
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- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
86, no. 3 (March 2008) Abstract When retailers' sales slip, the biggest opportunity to boost profits comes from improving execution. To do that, research shows, managers may actually need to increase staff.
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases
to price inflation. You must then quantify these shifts and develop product and pricing strategies that balance the need to maintain both profitability and market share. 3. Redefine Value. Customers buying...
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by John Quelch
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
their customers and other stakeholders. As one executive put it, "We must explain how digital assets will help us become a sustainable enterprise, both profitable and a force for good in the broader society." Attention to purpose...
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- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
explores how the company-one of the most profitable toymakers in the world-grew to global dominance from humble beginnings; the mistakes that led it near bankruptcy; and why one turnaround attempt failed while a second succeeded. LEGO...
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- 27 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
How One Late Employee Can Hurt Your Business: Data from 25 Million Timecards
The retail business is not for the faint of heart. Turning a consistent profit requires navigating many variables, such as hiring capable staff, ordering the right products at the right time, and complying with a litany of regulations....
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