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- May 1996 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Ecolab, Inc.
By: Ashish Nanda
By 1993, Ecolab has established a dominant market position in the institutional cleaning industry. As the company’s principal competitor, Diversify, drives sales aggressively, Ecolab president Al Schuman faces a choice about how best to market Ecolab’s offerings....
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Keywords:
Customer Relationship Management;
Employees;
Retention;
Marketing Strategy;
Risk Management;
Service Industry
Nanda, Ashish. "Ecolab, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 396-371, May 1996. (Revised November 2018.)
- February 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Background Note
Leader's (Dis)Advantage, The
Provides a rigorous description of the economic dynamics that may produce inherent advantages for large and/or first-mover firms within an industry, as well as those factors that may result in disadvantages for such leading firms. The leader advantages discussed...
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Coughlan, Peter J. "Leader's (Dis)Advantage, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 701-084, February 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
First Law of Motion: Influencer Video Advertising on TikTok
By: Jeremy Yang, Juanjuan Zhang and Yuhan Zhang
This paper engineers an intuitive feature that is predictive of the causal effect of influencer video advertising on product sales. We propose the concept of m-score, a summary statistic that captures the extent to which a product is advertised in the most engaging...
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Keywords:
Influencer Advertising;
Video Advertising;
Computer Vision;
Machine Learning;
Advertising;
Online Technology
Yang, Jeremy, Juanjuan Zhang, and Yuhan Zhang. "First Law of Motion: Influencer Video Advertising on TikTok." Working Paper, March 2021.
Jon M. Jachimowicz
Jon M. Jachimowicz is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the Required Curriculum. He studies... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman
Before HBS I helped run digital campaigns for a labor union, the Green Bay Packers, and Lady Gaga’s non-profit at Blue State Digital. Blue State Digital made its name helping design Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 digital campaigns, and in the course of my View Details
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Technology
- 28 Jun 2021
- News
Four Imperatives for Managing in a Hybrid World
- 11 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS
As you consider embarking on an MBA Program at HBS or elsewhere, it is important to become familiar with the resources that will be beneficial to a successful job search. Even before you get access to the plethora of resources available...
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- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 16 Nov 2017
- Webinars: Career
How to Be Happy at Work
Are you truly happy at work? Or, like most people, do you have some good days but most of the time work is stressful, all-consuming, and not as fulfilling as you'd like? Annie McKee will share that outdated myths and mindsets are a big part of the reason so many of us...
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- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Recruiting in the U.S. for International Students: 101
weeks before I got my offer I was spending as much time in recruiting activities as in class. What’s interesting, now that I know the ending, is how much I resisted actually...
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Keywords:
All Industries
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
forthcoming Academy of Management Discoveries Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—In recent years, progress has been made toward AI Creativity, which I define as the production of...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 2022
- Article
Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet...
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Keywords:
Decarbonization;
Energy Storage;
Renewable Energy;
Batteries;
Carbon Emissions;
Green Hydrogen;
Greenhouse Gas Emissions;
Energy;
Environmental Accounting;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Decision Making;
Investment;
Operations;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Europe;
North America;
South America;
Africa;
Asia
Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage." Art. 2010. Nature Communications 13 (2022).
- 15 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Class of 2016
Fall is such an enjoyable time of year at HBS - the campus is buzzing with excitement as the new school year begins. Over the past month, our office of Career and Professional Development has gotten to know...
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- 2019
- Book
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
By: Arthur C. Brooks
To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against... View Details
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against... View Details
Keywords:
Political Participation;
Political Culture;
Moral Sensibility;
Government and Politics;
Society;
United States
Brooks, Arthur C. Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. New York: Broadside Books, 2019. (National bestseller.)
- February 2021
- Article
Assessment of Electronic Health Record Use Between U.S. and Non-U.S. Health Systems
By: A Jay Holmgren, Lance Downing, David W. Bates, Tait D. Shanafelt, Arnold Milstein, Christopher Sharp, David Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Kevin A. Schulman
Importance: Understanding how the electronic health record (EHR) system changes clinician work, productivity, and well-being is critical. Little is known regarding global variation in patterns of use.
Objective: To provide insights into which EHR... View Details
Objective: To provide insights into which EHR... View Details
Keywords:
Electronic Health Records;
Health Care and Treatment;
Online Technology;
Health Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Holmgren, A Jay, Lance Downing, David W. Bates, Tait D. Shanafelt, Arnold Milstein, Christopher Sharp, David Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and Kevin A. Schulman. "Assessment of Electronic Health Record Use Between U.S. and Non-U.S. Health Systems." JAMA Internal Medicine 181, no. 2 (February 2021): 251–259.
- 09 Feb 2024
- HBS Case
Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive
what may at first blush appear to be an easier fix: new drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, says Harvard Business School Professor Regina E. Herzlinger, who has studied the American health care system for decades. Wegovy has been...
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- May 2011
- Article
The Power of Small Wins
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and...
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Keywords:
Creativity;
Interpersonal Communication;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leadership;
Performance Effectiveness;
Emotions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Groups and Teams;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Leadership;
Working Conditions;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Skills;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Productivity;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Happiness;
Perception;
Trust;
Time Management;
Resource Allocation;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Managerial Roles
Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "The Power of Small Wins." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).
- 26 Oct 2018
- News