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- June 2013
- Supplement
Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with its Service Professionals. Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Multiasistencia, a major Spanish BPO of insurance repairs, is changing the relational contract with its service profesionals from a referral model to a guaranteed workload one. View Details
Innovating for Sustainability
Every major company is grappling with the meaning and application of sustainability in relation to its geographic location, industry and business model. Similarly, more and more institutional investors are incorporating sustainability into their... View Details
- Program
Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual
industry or business model, you cannot afford to ignore this exciting, highly disruptive trend. In this live online program, you will delve into new AI-based business models... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Toward a Better Understanding of Open Ecosystems: Implications for Policymakers
By: Feng Zhu and Carmelo Cennamo
The digital realm is undergoing a significant transformation, marked by the emergence of platform
business models and the concept of open ecosystems. This paper delves into the intricate nature of
ecosystem openness, underscoring the point that the openness of... View Details
Zhu, Feng, and Carmelo Cennamo. "Toward a Better Understanding of Open Ecosystems: Implications for Policymakers." Working Paper, November 2023.
- January 4, 2019
- Article
How Companies Can Balance Social Impact and Financial Goals
By: Marya L. Besharov, Wendy K. Smith and Michael Tushman
It’s notoriously difficult for a business to manage two separate-but-equal goals—making money and creating social value at the same time, for example, or managing an existing business at the same time that you invent a new one. Most attempts at managing these... View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Decision Making
Besharov, Marya L., Wendy K. Smith, and Michael Tushman. "How Companies Can Balance Social Impact and Financial Goals." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 4, 2019).
- July 1998
- Supplement
Bell Atlantic in Union City
In this pioneering project to wire a school for the Internet and put computers in students' homes, Bell Atlantic combined its need for a beta site for a technology trial with the school reform efforts of the Union City, New Jersey public schools, under the leadership... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Social Enterprise; Internet and the Web; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Bell Atlantic in Union City." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-501, July 1998.
- Program
Leading in the Digital Era
your team and colleagues in leading change Continue your leadership growth as the business environment changes Drive and accelerate digital transformation in your organization Address fundamental tensions that can inhibit both personal... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
a management perspective, what challenges face airline leaders today? A: Industries can evolve and change as a result of both external and internal forces. As the life cycle of an industry evolves, the dominant View Details
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
leadership models you outline? What should our business readers be noticing about prevailing leadership models, and how should they re-conceive leadership imperatives for the years ahead? A: A successful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 28 Sep 2016
- Webinars: Career
5 Happiness Hacks That Drive Productivity, Sales, and Creativity
According to Harvard Business Review, happy people are 37% more productive, have 31% higher sales, and are three times more creative than their peers. In this webinar, Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) provides models to create lasting happiness including building diverse... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring Bryan Guerra...
Current Position: Assistant Director of Disruptive Strategy at HBX Current Location: Boston, MA Tell us what you're up to these days. I currently serve as the Assistant Director of Disruptive Strategy at HBX, Harvard Business School's... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- March 2022
- Article
Contractual Restrictions and Debt Traps
By: Ernest Liu and Benjamin N. Roth
Microcredit and other forms of small-scale finance have failed to catalyze entrepreneurship in developing countries. In these credit markets, borrowers and lenders often bargain over not only the interest rate but also implicit restrictions on types of investment. We... View Details
Liu, Ernest, and Benjamin N. Roth. "Contractual Restrictions and Debt Traps." Review of Financial Studies 35, no. 3 (March 2022): 1141–1182.
- Web
Alumni
Be found. Update your profile Programs & Events Nov 10 10–15 NOV 2024 Families in Business Promote long-term business success and healthy relationships through prudent management of View Details
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
an immensely powerful policy tool. If more voters were to understand the importance of our tax system and the logic behind how it is structured, perhaps we would end up with a system that engendered more agreement and satisfaction. Fears that height taxes would View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- November 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
La Fageda
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Joan Enric Ricart and Jordan Mitchell
La Fageda is a manufacturer of high-quality, naturally-made yogurts in northern Catalonia, Spain. La Fageda is substantially different from its main competitors such as multinational Danone in that it is a 270-person workers' cooperative with 60 percent of its... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Business Model; Production; Cooperative Ownership; Quality; Competition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Spain
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Joan Enric Ricart, and Jordan Mitchell. "La Fageda." Harvard Business School Case 711-452, November 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- November 2007
- Article
The Accidental Entrepreneur: The Emergent and Collective Process of User Entrepreneurship
By: Sonali K. Shah and Mary Tripsas
We develop a process model of how users, an understudied source of entrepreneurship, create, evaluate, share, and commercialize their ideas. We compare and contrast our model to the classic model of the entrepreneurial process, highlighting the emergent and... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Valuation; Business Model; Commercialization; Adoption; Adaptation; Product; Civil Society or Community
Shah, Sonali K., and Mary Tripsas. "The Accidental Entrepreneur: The Emergent and Collective Process of User Entrepreneurship." Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 1, nos. 1-2 (November 2007): 123–140.
- Program
Advanced Management Program
Summary Market volatility, digital transformation, and innovation are changing the way companies compete in every industry—and increasing the demand for business leaders who are global changemakers. Whether you are looking to move up to... View Details
- June 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Microfin
By: Michael Chu and Enrique Kramer
The case presents the management dilemmas of a new institution in an undeveloped microfinance market in Latin America. Supported by a globally recognized industry player, it is the result of the efforts of two fledgling local entrepreneurs with a business model they... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Microfinance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
Chu, Michael, and Enrique Kramer. "Microfin." Harvard Business School Case 309-126, June 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
- 21 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Role of the Corporation in Society: An Alternative View and Opportunities for Future Research
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- Research Summary
Overview
Paul is primarily interested in studying explainable machine learning (ML), digital transformation, and data science operations. He works on research that explores how stakeholders within organizations can use machine learning to make better decisions. In particular,... View Details