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- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
on master plans and involved time horizons measured in decades. Now, online platforms, algorithms, and ubiquitous data allow firms to test these decisions quickly, sometimes in a matter of months or weeks. Recent View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 24 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
On Pride and Community
PRIDE friends that said, “I feel like every month of HBS has been my own personal Pride Month,” so I’m lucky to have gotten to celebrate all year! That said, I love having the reminder in June to reflect more deeply on the history of Pride and the View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?
opportunity to redouble their efforts and grab more market share, or take it as a warning that it might be time to get out while the getting was good? A new research study suggests that more companies than expected see a half-empty glass... View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?
involved in spurring that change. "You’d think male producers ... would be the ones with the greatest incentive to work more with female talent." “You’d think male producers, especially those who had ties with Harvey Weinstein, would be... View Details
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
with Milkman and Rogers, they discuss their working paper "I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders," which looks at our... View Details
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
answer, 'On the number of sales made.' Similarly, when executives complain that 'My people just don't bring me dissenting views, what do I do?' my reaction is, 'Can you tell me the last three times someone brought up a dissenting view,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 19 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)
not hesitate one second and applied immediately. I felt that it would be much tougher to find time and availability to apply during my professional years. How long was your deferral (2, 3, or 4 years)? I deferred 2 years. It was the best... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
professional experience. If you have fewer years of experience but are still interested in the program, please submit an inquiry to our program advising team . What kind of time commitment is required to complete CLIMB? + – CLIMB consists... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
there is a deliberate attempt to create a link with another person, which is a very proactive behavior," Gino says. "But other times you and another person just happen to be at the same event, and you end up talking to each other and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Career Networking - Alumni
impact on day one. Watch Full Series Part 14: Managing Transition All of this time and hard work will hopefully yield the attractive offer you have been seeking. The time has... View Details
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Suggested Resources: Israel - Hamas War
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- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
time breaking through the corporate shields that Bezos has erected. (A former analyst recalled to us that on a trip to the company, she saw the World War II slogan “Loose Lips Sink Ships” on a bathroom wall.) So we wondered if there... View Details
- March 2024
- Case
Nomad: A License to Bank
By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo
In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Initial Public Offering; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Leadership; Law; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; Service Industry; Brazil; United States; North America; Latin America
Gompers, Paul A., and Pedro Levindo. "Nomad: A License to Bank." Harvard Business School Case 824-144, March 2024.
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Value of a 'Free' Customer
By: Sunil Gupta, Carl F. Mela and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz
Central to a firm's growth and marketing policy is the revenus and profit potential of its customer assets. As a result, there has been a recent proliferation of work regarding customer lifetime value. However, extant research in this area is silent regarding how to... View Details
Gupta, Sunil, Carl F. Mela, and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz. "The Value of a 'Free' Customer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-035, December 2006.
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
Contractors. oDesk's online marketplace also includes a payment platform and tools that allow Employers to audit and verify Contractors' work and time sheets. oDesk collects commissions, approximately 10% of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
appetite for tackling the hardest problems she could find. In a recent New York Times profile, Damian Williams, a friend from Harvard who now serves as the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, described watching... View Details
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
oversee the ongoing business. Private-equity directors typically spend more time with their companies after the buyout than many of their public company counterparts. Private-equity boards are typically small View Details
- Fall 2020
- Article
Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa
Over the past two decades the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) has named thirteen people as Great Negotiators. The project, directed by my colleague Jim Sebenius, has given us the opportunity to commend our honorees’ outstanding work and to learn from... View Details
Wheeler, Michael A. "Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa." Negotiation Journal 36, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 471–487.
- 23 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life
navigating conflict and disagreement, listening, and conducting group conversations—across diverse contexts such as work meetings, giving and receiving feedback, dating and relationship health, hiring and firing. I co-taught the earliest... View Details
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
simmering beneath the surface, as Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley's research demonstrates. "It's volcanic, waiting for something to ignite it, and then it explodes—and this is what we see in these global teams," says Neeley, whose... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard