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  • February 2001 (Revised October 2002)
  • Background Note

Entrepreneurial History: A Conceptual Overview

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes HBS cases on five entrepreneurs and the companies they built: Josiah Wedgwood, Henry Heinz, Marshall Field, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Michael Dell. These five cases and their accompanying teaching notes comprise a course module on entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Society
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Agribusiness Seminar

constraints Leverage data and technology to improve decision making, operating efficiency, and responsiveness to customers Defend against commodification and drive profitability through product and marketing innovation Design robust,... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture
  • Program

Aligning Strategy and Sales

well as implement the infrastructure, processes, and cultural values critical to profitable growth. Details Develop a strategic sales approach optimized for your business Define your target customers and the best methods for reaching them... View Details
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and then costs are based on the people involved in providing care for specific events.... See All Publications Cases & Teaching Notes Martini Klinik Prostate Cancer Care 2019 June 2019 HBS Case Collection Since its establishment in 2005,... View Details
  • 24 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

moral compass and an entire guidance system. The range of advantages for vanguard companies through their strategic use of values and principles include the following. Competitive differentiation. The Banco Real case shows how an emphasis on purpose and principles... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 2024
  • Article

Effects of a Real-Time Information-Based Intervention on Physician Prescribing Behavior

By: Olivia Zhao and Anna D Sinaiko
High out-of-pocket (OOP) prices for prescription drugs create financial difficulties for patients, and cost-related underuse of medications can adversely patient health. Simultaneously, many physicians report a willingness to address affordability concerns with... View Details
Keywords: Price; Health Care and Treatment; Communication Technology; Technology Adoption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Industry
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Leading Global Businesses

Lead with self-awareness, cultural sensitivity, and empathy Develop a global leadership team that reflects the diversity of its global customers Align people around your company's purpose and values Build internal and external networks... View Details
  • 26 Apr 2023
  • In Practice

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

users may have additional knowledge or context that the AI doesn’t (e.g. that the AI hasn’t been trained on, propriety knowledge, a better understanding of the specific task at hand, etc.). Another risk with these generative AI models is... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
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Putting Patients First: Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations

By: Zoe Chance and Rohit Deshpandé
It is more than mere coincidence that the highest rates of HIV occur in the world's poorest countries. Of the over 40 million people currently living with HIV, 95 percent are in the developing world. The first part of this paper explores the economics of HIV and... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Health Care and Treatment; Social Marketing; Perspective; Customer Focus and Relationships; Profit; Africa; Asia; South America
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  • 19 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

economy, it's getting more essential that global executives learn their way around Chinese cultural customs in order to be successful in that country. While every country has its version of the "old boys network" that defines... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 16 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

sticker shock? 1. Understand Your Customers. There are at least four ways in which customers can respond to higher gas prices: downgrade from premium to regular; take fewer trips by car, consolidate errands, switch to public... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

habitat and biodiversity. We talk with Shara Ticku, Co-founder and CEO of C16 Biosciences (and HBS alumna), which uses fermentation to produce a palm oil substitute. She describes how she and her partners built their start-up, including how they decided which products... View Details
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Giving - Alumni

Pledges: Pledges must be paid by the end of the fiscal year, June 30, to be counted in that year’s giving totals and listed in HBS's annual Report on Giving . For questions about an existing pledge or to customize your pledge fulfillment... View Details
  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

customers in new product development) and developing a reputation for environmentally friendly behavior. What is the role of operations management in this context? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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MBA Experience - Health Care

MBA Experience Academics As part of the MBA curriculum, students analyze many cases focused on health care, and can customize their second-year experience by choosing courses, projects, papers, and independent studies View Details
  • 31 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

all, they’re wrestling with three major shifts in the global economy—changes born of technology that technology alone can no longer address: New customer expectations. Customers want frictionless, end-to-end... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
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Courses - Entrepreneurship

for making those decisions. We will also introduce a range of specific tools—including business model design, lean testing, and customer and channel analytics—that are particularly relevant to entrepreneurs,... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • HBS Case

How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?

publicly available online. The barriers to entry for AI are not as high as it may seem. So many companies will be in the game, at least for specific vertical AI models and applications. Rand: Is it too soon to tell which business model... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne