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- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
happen, I was worried of losing my job, as many did. Nevertheless, I stayed positive, and prayed for a better and healthier year. I am blessed to be part of such a great community as Harvard Business School. Shelane Etchison Harvard MPP/MBA Student, Class of 2021 Men... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
I am also looking at how incentive systems can be designed to promote long-run performance. Excerpt From rethinking The Mba: Business Education At A Crossroads By Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick G. Cullen Voices from the... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Leaders everywhere are making decisions about how their organizations should and shouldn't use generative AI tools; first, they must know how they could and couldn't. "Storrowed" is an HBS-built exercise for increasing capacity with AI tools in a fun, provocative,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
They changed their tune and soon dominated the market. Turns out, it’s much more about understanding the workflow in a small business, and computers do only what you tell them to do. And, many times, it’s really the business that has... View Details
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
Consider two organizations with the same noble purpose: to solve the problem of poor eyesight in developing countries. The first, the Centre for Vision in the Developing World, follows a traditional nonprofit model, soliciting donations that fund the creation and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
success if it sold 200,000 copies. Today, the bar has been raised to 1.5 million copies, thanks in part to the dominance of "big-box" retailers (such as Wal-Mart and Costco) that only stock twenty or so bestsellers yet are... View Details
- 19 Nov 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?
Banning Big Box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers Research shows how regulations designed to protect independent retailers from big box competition may backfire. Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail Retailers can offer great product... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
dominant cultural traits and prevailing operating climate.” Anna Johnson recommended: “We need to flip the switch on dissent, delay, and accountability by enabling leadership to take a long view. Want to do better? Try asking your people... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
applicant. Gene Amdahl, who had been the chief designer of IBM's 704 and System 360 and 370 that dominated world markets, left IBM, hoping to start his own company. Unable to raise $40 million to fund his... View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
dominant logic and power of the most influential culture traits, the more we can design an operating climate which through leadership and managerial system and design... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Multimedia Development | Information Technology
cases designed to meet the needs of our faculty partners. Pairing Technology with Storytelling to Reimagine Learning As part of case study development at the Harvard Business School, the IT Multimedia Development team partners with... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
too long a period of time for the disruptive growth engine to function. Can the appropriate culture be created and rewarded and the process—or as Patel terms it, the "pathways" —be designed and managed successfully over... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog
When to innovate Class 1: The power of strategic imitation Class 2: Dominant design and 2 nd mover advantages Class 3: First mover advantage Class 4: Exercise on crafting your vision for innovation by asking... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
services. The first really magnificent building was 998 Fifth Avenue, built in the early 1900s. It was known as simply 998. Everybody knew what it was. The same was true of 740 Park Avenue and 834 Fifth Avenue—where Rockefellers did live. Both buildings were View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
polyglot country. He raised $1 million, primarily from American investors he knew personally. In March 2011, he opened a small clinic (two chairs) in Delhi to serve as a pilot project. He set out to vertically integrate all aspects of the business, from recruiting and... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
electronic gizmos dominate Christmas gift sales, and senior citizens find renewed connectivity with far-flung families by going online. Americans know technology adds value to daily life. These traits apply equally to consumers and... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
uses ratings, and how they are used. The case concerns the strategic options facing a new entrant hoping to exploit the potential crack in the dominance of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. Becker was spurred to write it when he realized the bond... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
more than one author; and that you need to mind the brand.” The case also highlights the spread of the blockbuster phenomenon. Ten years ago, a book was considered a success if it sold 200,000 copies. Today, the bar has been raised to 1.5 million copies, thanks in part... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), to buy Section 1301 qualified health plans in the individual market. We advocate that the Trump rule be expanded to designate the Public Option as one of the insurance... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
impact of global capitalism has focused on the West. The capitalism which is now under so much criticism is American capitalism, or more specifically a form of American capitalism which became dominant from the 1980s. The School’s... View Details