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Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog
give and receive written and in-person feedback on the idea you write. At the semester's mid-point, a week of class is devoted to running an experiment testing your startup idea. SfE’s unusual structure and focus on developing and testing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
Administration. Serafeim teaches Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems, one of several electives in the MBA Program that focus on environmental and social challenges. Given the surge of student interest in the topic, Serafeim,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
Fortune magazine's "Fifty Most Powerful Women in American Business." Why has Lucent performed so well since its divestiture from AT&T? We have been growing globally faster than our markets. Our ability to focus on the hottest growth... View Details
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail
sets align with what a company needs, everyone wins. A Custom Fit As the retail industry evolves, so do recruiting best practices. “More companies are turning away from a standard recruiting presentation and are being more agile and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
colleagues partnered with 1,222 hairdressers in 200 neighborhoods in the Zambian capital of Lusaka, breaking them into four groups: two groups that received different cuts of condom sales, one that received wall charts and stickers to show View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
instilling a collaborative organization, which also includes coordinating activities and doing joint work across organization boundaries. For example, Intuit's CEO, Steve Bennett, has worked hard to instill a collaborative culture in the company, but their the main... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- Profile
James Reinhart
Reinhart and his team shifted their focus to children’s clothing, they had an epiphany. “We started with men’s and women’s shirts,” Reinhart explained in a TechCrunch interview. “It was a great story but not a great... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
two books, they present evidence that successful, dominant firms are particularly vulnerable to competitors introducing disruptive technologies, those that offer customers less product capability for much less money. Among the reasons... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
must be people-oriented. They must want to engage with people, whether it’s their own staff or the customers’ people. Customers come to us not to buy one product but to do a whole relationship. So we tend to View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
opportunity to grow and engage its user base by tapping into data and analytics and could add value to Nix in the eyes of prospective acquirers. Should Nix stay the analog course, make the transition to digital, or split limited resources between both paths? The... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
rotten customer experience as well as major financial troubles for some large players. What does Toyota understand about its channels that GM is still learning? A: We didn't specifically focus on Toyota's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
improving working conditions in their supply chain, creating better safety procedures, and reaping profits from products that address environmental and social problems. "Regulators and investors are asking for it, customers are... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
awareness of cybersecurity issues. Combined with the ability to block ads, the growing costs of acquiring customers online, the experience of “Zoombombing,” and controls on consumer data by EU regulators and others, it’s unclear how much... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
season and what it will take to win over anxious customers. Here's what they said. Jill J. Avery: Mind the details and focus on customer service Persistent unemployment plagues many families, and people are... View Details
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
trading and investing being particularly controversial. We focus on the role of banks in the private equity market. We show that bank-affiliated private equity groups accounted for a significant share of the private equity activity and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Eligibility & Criteria Awards How to Apply Past Projects New York City Urban Innovation Roadmap - "Pilot: New York City" Spring 2023 | Focus : Urban Economic Development; Technology; Ecosystem Strategy Team: Zoe Zabor Description: In... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, deliver customer benefits that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture
noise and figuring out what consumers want and how we can pull that through the supply chain is challenging and really exciting.” How can MBAs launch their careers in this sector, keep up with what’s new, and establish consumer confidence? Panelists offered two pieces... View Details
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The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and Opportunity for Enduring Success - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog The Power of DEI: Harnessing Talent and Opportunity for Enduring Success Course Number 1845 Professor Nancy Koehn Fall; Q1; 1.5 credits 14 sessions Paper Overview and Educational Objectives This course examines the important View Details
- 08 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Writing the Case for Public School Reform
working with leadership teams from nine urban school districts over the course of three annual sessions to coordinate research and create coherent, scalable systems for education reform. Two cases written for PELP and taught by HBS professor David Thomas View Details