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The Entrepreneurial Manager
This course addresses the issues faced by managers who wish to turn opportunity into viable organizations that create value, and empowers students to develop their own approaches, guidelines, and skills for being entrepreneurial managers.
The course teaches... View Details
- March 30, 2020
- Article
Why Is the U.S. Behind on Coronavirus Testing?
By: Stefan Thomke
Coronavirus testing is needed to address the uncertainty in making decisions about patient treatment, resource allocation, policy, and so much more. Answers to questions such as “When should we relax social distancing measures—and for whom?” or “How many ventilators...
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Keywords:
Testing;
Coronavirus;
Culture;
Trump;
Data;
Experiments;
Health Pandemics;
Health Testing and Trials;
Government and Politics;
United States
Thomke, Stefan. "Why Is the U.S. Behind on Coronavirus Testing?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 30, 2020).
- October 2013 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Intuit QuickBooks: From Product to Platform
By: Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth J. Altman
This case focuses on the challenges and opportunities faced by a successful incumbent organization attempting to transform a large portion of its business from a traditionally product-centric operating mode to a platform-based one that leverages network effects to...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Competitive Advantage;
Network Effects;
Consumer Products Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman. "Intuit QuickBooks: From Product to Platform." Harvard Business School Case 714-433, October 2013. (Revised December 2013.)
- 19 Jul 2022
- News
Regulated Human Capital Disclosures
- 26 Apr 2021
- News
Lumumba Seegars on Inequality and Agency in ERGs
- 07 Apr 2020
- News
Bringing the Case Method Online
- January 2016 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
Saudi Aramco and Corporate Venture Capital
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank
Saudi Aramco launched an internal venture capital arm in 2011, which promptly became the world's largest investor in energy related startups. In choosing to proceed, the company's New Business Development unit (NPD) wrestled with a number of challenges. How should the...
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Fuller, Joseph B., Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Nathaniel Burbank. "Saudi Aramco and Corporate Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Case 816-068, January 2016. (Revised October 2016.)
- Web
Entrepreneurship
Rock Center The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship is a vital resource to HBS students and a champion for entrepreneurship at HBS. Our goal is to help you navigate the multitude of programs and View Details
- October 2016 (Revised February 2019)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan
By: Robert Simons
This module reading describes how to build a profit plan to reflect the strategy of a business in economic terms. After introducing the profit wheel, cash wheel, and ROE wheel, the module illustrates how to use a profit plan to assess the viability of different...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Profit Planning;
Cash Flow Analysis;
Asset Utilization;
Return On Equity;
Business Planning;
Testing Strategy;
Analyzing Strategic Alternative;
Strategy;
Asset Management;
Cash Flow;
Investment Return;
Management Systems;
Profit
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-105, October 2016. (Revised February 2019.)
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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports
the viewpoints of the content producer, content reseller/aggregator, talent manager, and consumer—as you learn how to launch and manage creative products and portfolios more strategically. Details Allocate resources more strategically...
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- January 2008 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Cognizant Technology Solutions
By: Robert G. Eccles, David Lane and Prabakar 'PK' Kothandaraman
In the highly competitive information technology outsourcing industry, Cognizant Technology Solutions has developed a strategy to differentiate itself by emphasizing building very close client relationships through its "Two-in-a-box" (TIB) model. This model is based on...
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Knowledge Sharing;
Resource Allocation;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Technology;
Information Technology Industry
Eccles, Robert G., David Lane, and Prabakar 'PK' Kothandaraman. "Cognizant Technology Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 408-099, January 2008. (Revised May 2011.)
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
imperiled the achievement of the other. Q: What impact do the tradeoffs between these two core motivators have on resources? A: As I delved into the tradeoff, I realized that the conflict usually emerges at the point where entrepreneurs have to attract View Details
- November–December 2022
- Article
Can AI Really Help You Sell?: It Can, Depending on When and How You Implement It
By: Jim Dickie, Boris Groysberg, Benson P. Shapiro and Barry Trailer
Many salespeople today are struggling; only 57% of them make their annual quotas, surveys show. One problem is that buying processes have evolved faster than selling processes, and buyers today can access a wide range of online resources that let them evaluate products...
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Dickie, Jim, Boris Groysberg, Benson P. Shapiro, and Barry Trailer. "Can AI Really Help You Sell? It Can, Depending on When and How You Implement It." Harvard Business Review (November–December 2022): 120–129.
- 2023
- Working Paper
LALIGA—From a Soccer Competition Organizer to a Global Player in the Sports and Entertainment Industry
By: Stephen A. Greyser, Kenneth Cortsen and Juan Fuentes Fernández
LALIGA, the first- and second-tier professional soccer league (known as “football” outside of the U.S. and Canada) in Spain, enters its 100th soccer season later this decade. The most popular game in the world (Giulianotti, 2012) has gone through many changes since...
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Keywords:
Soccer;
"Sports Organizations,;
Business History;
Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Technology Adoption;
Sports Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., Kenneth Cortsen, and Juan Fuentes Fernández. "LALIGA—From a Soccer Competition Organizer to a Global Player in the Sports and Entertainment Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-009, August 2023.
- 2007
- Working Paper
Bandwidth Allocation in Peer-to-Peer Filesharing Networks
By: Albert Creus-Mir, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane
We present a model of bandwidth allocation in a stylized peer-to-peer file sharing network with s peers (sharers) who share files and download from each other and f peers (freeriders) who download from sharers but do not contribute files. Assuming that upload bandwidth...
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- September 1991
- Case
Rethinking the Corporate Workplace: Case Managers at Mutual Benefit Life
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
In early 1991, a spirit of innovation and organizational change was in the air at Mutual Benefit Life, with the success of the new "case manager" program its most concrete manifestation. Using powerful computer workstations, case managers could see insurance...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Technological Innovation;
Change Management;
Information Technology;
Insurance;
Human Resources;
Insurance Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Rethinking the Corporate Workplace: Case Managers at Mutual Benefit Life." Harvard Business School Case 492-015, September 1991.
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Employment | Harvard Business School
program acknowledges staff milestones every five years. Ellen Mahoney (Chief Human Resources Officer) enjoys the event and interacting with longer service colleagues. “The stories they share are priceless, the memories are heartfelt,...
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- 2017
- Working Paper
Empowering Bureaucracy: Achieving Non-Hierarchical Control and Employee Autonomy Through Dynamic Formal Roles
By: Michael Lee
Hierarchy and formal structure are conventionally viewed as two tightly coupled dimensions of organization design. As organizations move from more hierarchical to less hierarchical authority structures, they also tend to reduce formal structure. However, organic...
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- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
grassroots activists influence business leaders, public officials, and other decisionmakers. Educate yourself about anti-Black racism to supplement your business school education. Read essays from “The 1619 Project” in the New York Times to understand the legacy of...
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- 07 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'
Seeking a programming gig? Wear glasses and keep your laptop in frame if you want your profile picture to attract recruiters on hiring platforms. A new study finds freelancers are more likely to land work when they “look the part” for a particular job. But, as...
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by Scott Van Voorhis