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Malory Mclemore
life is a sort of artistry, and that it all fits together now. What is your favorite childhood memory? Being out on my grandmother’s sunporch in Homewood, Alabama. She had bought me a child-size artist’s desk and put it out on the warm,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
Frida Polli (MBA 2012) came to HBS as a neuroscientist in search of a business problem to solve, and she found it during the recruitment season. All of these companies and job-seekers searching for hints of a good fit in handshakes and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
during the initial phase of her treatment, a regimen that would have flattened most patients. Instead, Linn regularly attended indoor cycling sessions at Equinox Fitness Center in New York City. "I may have cancer, but cancer doesn't have... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
parts to exact specifications, which could fit into almost any gun of the same type. This made replacement and repair significantly easier and production more uniform. Other industries and countries would later implement these principles... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
formats now fit only a narrow segment of the population. Finally, much of retail growth over the last three decades has relied on aggregating volume to support a large store infrastructure. However, this volume may not materialize in any... View Details
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
cycles. To sustain these changes, leaders may want to initiate "periodic monitoring of the fit between outcomes and assumptions, and intermittent periods of analysis relatively free of new activities." The study also underlines... View Details
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
work and how the parts fit together. We deal with much more complicated games than the game theory usually deals with." In short, Roth has determined that successful marketplaces require three key elements. "They must be thick,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
than luxurious prizes like electronics or trips. It’s even better if a gift feels personalized. A manager could give an employee who enjoys fitness activities a gift card to a store that sells workout clothes, while giving another worker... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
customers routinely selected cards that although profitable for the bank could be a poor fit for customers’ needs—leading to low satisfaction scores, cancellations, and occasionally, financial distress. To that end, the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the organizational impact of a pivot as well as the role of VCs and boards in outlining company strategy. In 2008, Jason Jacobs, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
and the Array of Things: A Fitness Tracker for the City No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-050 Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
and challenges created by digital technology and describe some of the most pressing policy issues. As digital technologies continue to gain in momentum and importance, it has become clear that digitization has features that do not fit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
rural Africa. A small company in Tanzania seems to fit the bill, but it faces health-safety issues with the potential to spread E. coli throughout the region. Another problem: It's not clear whether the local agency flagging the potential... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
of research. From this perspective, the cautionary message conveyed is very important. Second, we examine how the paper fits into the Street earnings literature. We arrive at less alarming conclusions than the authors about the degree to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
debates whether large global firms are becoming "stateless" and whether this is a historically new phenomenon. It shows that a great deal of international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted into national... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
Similarly, the fitness studios I frequented often adjusted the class schedules twice a year—almost like two “semesters.” Likewise, the enrichment activities my kids decided to participate in reset each fall. Even the Broadway plays and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
perks, small non-cash rewards like access to valuable online classes or fitness programs can also contribute to well-being. Other non-cash rewards, such as notes of appreciation from clients, can also positively impact workplace... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
follow a general roadmap. The product needs to fit into a company's price hierarchy and also the rough price hierarchy of competitors and the market in general. And in the watch's case, the fact that it was a limited edition of only 100... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
the product assortment, without changing prices, and with minimal investment” Less intuitively, however, they argue that making discount items less prominent presents a wider range of products to customers, allowing them to find items that better View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
featuring less product-centered and more information-centered economic activity.” It highlighted opinions at the time that “Growing ratios of market-to-book value that resulting stock prices produce can be justified as the monetization of valuable information assets... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett