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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
relative to those electronic retailers that adjust their marketing programs instantly to match the needs of individual shoppers. Advances in information technology can give conventional retailers the opportunity to overcome those... View Details
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
attracting top talent,” says Cheng. “I don’t want to discount the day-to-day concerns board members deal with, but they don’t seem to match up with the critical issues we see covered in the popular press.” The researchers wrote up their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
leading and making decisions. In the book Mukunda offers specific ways to avoid making a poor candidate choice: Avoid deceptive signals. Someone who has ridden family wealth to high office, for example, may have accomplished less than meets the eye. View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
should be talking to among our alumni community? Are there ways for us to better understand your interests, both professional and personal, and match you with other people with whom you can connect and with the salient content you need?... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
additional days were offered for “deeper exploration and engagement” where attendees could learn more about the SEI and Community Partners, or attend a virtual networking event, interactive workshops, or connect with nonprofit board View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Now, the former Air Force officer is drawing on his military, White House, State Department, and humanitarian aid experience as cofounder and CEO of Executives Without Borders, an organization that matches business leaders who volunteer... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
Whether matching analytical wits once again with professors and classmates in Aldrich, lunching under the yellow-and-white tents behind Kresge, or savoring chance meetings with long-lost friends, the graduates and guests who returned to... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
administrator and financial manager for pediatric medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital. Then, in 1989, came an opportunity with UNICEF. “It was the perfect match with my interests and experience,” she says. “Doing... View Details
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
Ioannou, and George Serafeim Abstract We investigate the effect of a corporate culture of sustainability on multiple facets of corporate behavior and performance outcomes. Using a matched sample of 180 companies, we find that corporations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
employees and an algorithm to match them to employers, Apli aims to fill that gap. “We got amazing media and investor exposure, which kick-started our fundraising process and helped us raise a new round of capital in record time,” Makarov... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
find another way to scale an assembly-line process? The Answers: Has Walden considered an Amazon approach, with additional procedures for a customer’s second and possibly third choices, in case inventory does not match a customer’s first... View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13
timing of the national college entrance exam and introduced early admissions, and we propose a game-theoretic model that matches those facts. When applications reveal information about students that is of common interest to all colleges,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006
network tool, which closely matched the executives' view of their industry and firm, proved useful in making a significant decision for the company. In particular, value network analysis channeled attention to the composition of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
potential to supercharge innovation, because we can prototype more ideas and share them with each other much more rapidly. That's on the supply side of the economy. On the demand or marketing side, the new technology may allow us to match... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
right-stuff attributes, the first step specifies the circumstances in which the new team will be asked to manage. The second step matches those circumstances against the challenges with which the managers of the new venture need already... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
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Research in Black and White | Baker Library
quit.” (14) Matching Land’s drive and energy, she kept long working hours. Morse apologized to Land for her handwritten reports, noting she only got to “summarizing the days experiments at 5:30–6:30 and do not like to keep a secretary... View Details
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The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
and terrain of the course to match most closely student needs and interests. While we expect a strong student base from among our own MBAs, we are scheduling the course in a timeslot that will accommodate a group of committed... View Details
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
things to do at the moment such as defend Tripoli. Unless Libya dissolves into chaos, which so far does not appear to be happening, the new government is likely to be favorably disposed toward the West. The country will be no paragon of limited government, but it would... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
cities elsewhere—PRT probably isn't a great fit. But even small to midsized cities struggle with automobile congestion, particularly since subways and light rail often don't match their needs. In this spirit, Santa Cruz, California, and... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006
http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/2006GLW_ch3.pdf A Portfolio Approach to Sales Authors:Das Narayandas and Robert C. Dudley Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, nos. 7/8 (July 2006) Abstract Vendors that match specific sales capabilities to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne