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- 21 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores
inventory without the need to step foot in a bookstore; and then Amazon launched the Kindle e-book service in 2007, challenging the very idea of a physical book. “Not only had the traditional buying channels fundamentally shifted, but the... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
Wedgwood to Dell. Before leading a wide-ranging discussion that dipped into topics such as cultural literacy, the impact of the Internet, and the continuing importance of traditional communications channels, Koehn provided an historical... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
people.” He goes on to describe what we need in a LinkedIn article that he wrote. In his words, “we need policies to guide us on how AI is used. Policies that are shaped by well-informed debate, following the highest traditions of... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
effective business strategies. Companies might ultimately find more power in adopting a nuanced approach that borrows tested traditional tactics and combines them with fresh, new ideas, said Bharat N. Anand, Henry R. Byers Professor of... View Details
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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog
development companies and private credit funds. We will develop a framework for understanding how a credit intermediary creates value. Module 3: Payments . We will explore the payments system and the innovations taking place in that sector. Much fintech activity in... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
expensive merchandise with a limited wear life. PriceGrabber is a decoupler, too. Traditional consumer electronic retail stores depend on customers to come to their showrooms and tire-kick TVs and sound systems before buying. But the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
A Helping Hand for Health Care
The HBS Buffalo Club continued its tradition of sponsoring community leaders for HBS Executive Education courses by sending senior management teams from two of the area’s health-care providers to the School’s new Managing Health- care... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Rob Price (MBA 1997)
I learned classical piano in the traditional way as a kid, but as soon as I could get a synthesizer and play Foreigner and Journey, I escaped. That, for me, reinforces how our method builds on traditional... View Details
- 08 Jan 2025
- News
Mapping Pain Points at the IRS
Having spent a decade helping retailers optimize customer service, Fumi Tamaki (MBA 2014) could not pass up the opportunity in June 2024 to take on the challenge of improving the customer experience at the government organization that serves more Americans annually... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Associate Director, Phillip Andrews
birthday, my father made it a tradition that we attend every Inauguration together, and we have. January 20th, 2017 will be our eighth inauguration (you can do the math and figure out my age). View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Janina Motter
gravitated from the “theoretical” aspects of chemistry to materials science “because it focused on new technology applications.” She stayed at the school to gain her MS in the field. Given her diverse experience, Janina herself exploring roles outside of View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
7 Reasons Why the New MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program at Harvard is Next Level
career safety net Spangler dining food #3. Another one? In just two years, you get two degrees - i.e. efficiency is key here 🔑🔒 [https://media.giphy.com/media/GV3aYiEP8qbao/giphy.gif] #4. Harvard isn’t a traditional... View Details
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The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Scholes, and Fischer Black. We join in celebrating the achievements of Robert Merton and the future he has made possible with the combination of theoretical and practical traditions in finance and economics. Previous: The Spread and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
listeners via computers and other web-linked devices. Notes Kennedy, “Pandora has all the advantages of traditional radio in its speed and ease of use, as well as offering surprise, serendipity, and customization.” About 80 percent of all... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)
Facebook are all in the entertainment space. Alibaba Pictures doesn’t replicate a traditional Hollywood studio. We want to use the data and resources Alibaba has gathered in our e-commerce and internet ecosystem to create, market, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
red stigma that workers—overwhelmingly women, who are considered more skilled at the delicate task—separate from the yellow “style.” The stigma are then dried. To market Traditional path: Historically, Afghan saffron has been exported to... View Details
Henry P. Crowell
Whereas traditional producers marketed oatmeal to wholesalers, Crowell packaged and marketed his brand of oatmeal, Quaker Oats, nation-wide as a breakfast cereal, a unique product at the time. Crowell utilized aggressive marketing... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
result was performance declines relative to our control group.” Read more about From Chalkboards to Chatbots Ayelet Israeli Ayelet Israeli Will Large Language Models Replace Traditional Market Research? LLMs could serve as a more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 31 May 2017
- News
Father Agribusiness
In the late 1950s, an HBS lecturer named Ray Goldberg noticed something: traditional farming and the wider world of business were beginning to intersect with greater and greater frequency. Intrigued, he came up with a name for what he... View Details
- Career Coach
Lia Turrini
in making a switch from traditional oil & gas to energy transition businesses 3) are starting business careers from a technical STEM background 4) need help polishing their story and brand, cover letter and resumes. Work Experience:... View Details