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Leadership - Faculty & Research
leadership of Alessandro Benetton, the second generation of the family took control and steered the company through the crisis. They sold the highway business to the Italian government, successfully resisted a hostile takeover, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks
crisis. Now, we have a new exemplar: Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson. His response to the eviction of two African American men from a Starbucks store in Philadelphia will define for today’s leaders how to respond to crisis. Facebook founder... View Details
- 25 Oct 2010
- HBS Case
Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market
Tesco PLC is the third-largest retailer in the world, just behind Wal-Mart and Carrefour. But that didn't make the UK-based chain immune from many costly mistakes as it entered the US market in 2006. For example, it opened some of its Fresh & Easy View Details
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About
chatbots, marketing automation, personalization, predictive analysis, generative AI, social media, and more. New uses are emerging every day. MBA Student Handbook The Student Handbook provides students with the policies and information... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
experimental methods to further demonstrate causality and to consider the effects of potential moderators. These findings have implications for decisions related to product pricing, placement and assortment, store layout, and the choice... View Details
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1.17 Field Based Learning/Independent Projects - MBA
Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information HBS students may have the opportunity to experience faculty-supervised, field-based learning during their MBA... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World
generative artificial intelligence (AI) explodes, companies face balancing individual privacy, coveted data insights, and the law—all while pursuing competitive advantage. Eva Ascarza, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor at Harvard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
that increase confidence in a person’s entrepreneurial abilities. Like the conviction of Marla Malcolm Beck and husband Barry Beck that high-end beauty retail stores and spas, tightly coupled with online stores, was the business model of... View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research
Contested Meanings of Freedom: Workingmen's Wages, the Company Store System and the Godcharles v. Wigeman Decision By: Laura Phillips Sawyer In 1886, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a law that prohibited employers from paying... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
perceived more spontaneous kinds of thought to reveal greater self-insight than more controlled kinds of thought in Study 1 (e.g., intuition versus deliberation), and perceived thoughts with the same content and target to reveal greater self-insight when spontaneously... View Details
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
across merchandizing, store operations, and segment owners, senior leadership at Best Buy saw to it that the entire organization embraced an outside-in approach. Q: How long does this process generally take?... View Details
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Mark McNeill
wrestler in Japan, to a swimming race in a 25-meter pool. I started off with quite a lead, but before I knew it, I could feel the waves generated by his massive strokes and we were neck and neck. As we neared the finish line, I held my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Counter Intelligence
big believer in focusing on the job that you do, and I’ve always wanted to be the best at whatever that was,” says Christou, who did well enough that he was soon promoted to assistant general manager. It was the first step on the way to a... View Details
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- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
segments. Corona now makes Coronita bottles, as an example, and I’ve noticed that Coca Cola’s 7.5-ounce mini cans are more prominently displayed in some stores than their 12-ounce cans. They could be selling these smaller containers at... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
into a thin film strip which can be shipped and stored without refrigeration, eliminating the need for the cold-chain. Vaxess strives to not only lower the cost of distribution, but also increase access to life-saving products for people... View Details
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5.1 Information Technology - MBA
5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 5.1 Information Technology Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5.... View Details