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- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
reinsurers as we do now, it's much better to have the gates be open like a conduit that would allow water levels to fluctuate according to the tide. If prices are too low, capital comes in; if prices are too high and returns going forward... View Details
- 11 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs
- 2009
- Working Paper
Negotiating the Path of Abraham
By: Kimberlyn Leary, James K. Sebenius and Joshua Weiss
In the face of daunting barriers, the Abraham Path Initiative envisions uncovering and revitalizing a route of cultural tourism that follows the path of Abraham and his family some 4,000 years ago across the Middle East. It begins in the ancient ruins of Harran, in... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Social Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Middle East
Leary, Kimberlyn, James K. Sebenius, and Joshua Weiss. "Negotiating the Path of Abraham." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-049, December 2009.
- Web
Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations... View Details
Stephen A. Greyser
Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management. A... View Details
Keywords: sports
- 04 Aug 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
officers spent 30 to 60 minutes with frontline workers involved in the processes of a particular unit. In addition, they held open communication forums related to patient safety. After generating a list of issues from these two... View Details
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
retailer, to enter the U.S. market with the new Fresh & Easy chain of discount grocery stores. Avoiding geographies where Wal-Mart is entrenched, Tesco has so far opened 50 stores in the growth markets of California, Nevada, and... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
Second, the ambitions of American inventors and entrepreneurs demanded the broadest possible distribution. The Wal-Mart mission, for example, is to lower the cost of living for everyone everywhere. Third, American society was open to... View Details
- 19 Dec 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Innovating Without Information Constraints: Organizations, Communities, and Innovation When Information Costs Approach Zero
- Research Summary
How a Multicultural Social Environment Influences Creativity and Innovation
My second stream of research draws on my first stream of work to examine how a multicultural social environment influences individuals’ creative thinking and performance at a global workplace. In an on-going project, I found that individuals high in cultural... View Details
- May 2018
- Case
Inditex: 2018
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2018, Inditex, based in Spain, was the largest specialist fashion retailer in the world, generating sales of $31.5 billion in 2017 from a portfolio of eight retail brands selling through a total of 7,475 stores located in 96 countries and from websites in 49... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Succession; IPO; Competition; Initial Public Offering; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Succession; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Inditex: 2018." Harvard Business School Case 718-515, May 2018.
- 2011
- Chapter
Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
While clusters have been known to exist at least since the days of Marshall, Michael Porter's work, first in The Competitive Advantage of Nations (Porter, 1990) and then in On Competition (originally published in 1998; updated edition in Porter, 2008), has undoubtedly... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Framework; Policy; Industry Clusters; Practice; Competitive Advantage
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution." Chap. 10 in Competition, Competitive Advantage, and Clusters: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173–192. Oxford University Press, 2011.
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
product based not on what it costs or what people want to pay for it, but based on another format that is completely different, just because you want to keep that format alive," he remarks. So the ongoing power struggle between publishers and key online retailers... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
"Innovation that matters for our company and the world." The addition of those words "and the world" opened the walls of the company. There are IBM employees I've interviewed all over the world who actually invoke that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
Should they actively promote trust with their buyers in some way? A: Absolutely. Trust is an effective way to erect barriers to entry. Once a supplier has earned the buyer's trust, the buyer is less open to working with competitors—even... View Details
- February 2025
- Supplement
eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the... View Details
- April 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Teaching Note
eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-360.The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
If Marketing Experts Ran Elections
non-establishment, underfunded candidates to develop viable grass-roots campaigns. Voter questions and candidate answers in town meetings are now the standard. In other words, this year's election process so far seems more open and... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch