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- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
customers more control and set their brands apart. The online apparel retailer Everlane provides detailed descriptions about the factories that produce its clothing. And Lemonade has upended traditional insurance by taking a View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
set of insights regarding how networks of interorganizational relationships shape the behaviors and outcomes of corporate actors. This research has provided compelling evidence that the concrete patterns of relationships in which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
VCs who suggested she didn’t have the right skill set to lead a logistics- and operations-heavy business. One advised Emara to switch roles with her male COO cofounder, at least while she was fundraising. “There were a lot of issues on... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
further investments in the newspaper, television, and radio realms, combining them all under the name Landmark in 1967. In 1982, amid considerable skepticism from industry experts, Batten created The Weather Channel, a 24-hour cable... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
Authentic Leadership. "Everyone inside and outside the company is watching what they do. It is imperative that they stay focused on their True North as it sets a standard internally for principled business behavior and will make... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
Silicon Valley's culture as a whole—‘an algorithm solves everything’ and ‘just put it out and we'll fix it later.’ In traditional media, for example, considerable debate can go into the production of a program ... With YouTube, Facebook,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
the typewriter, keeping thirty short stories at a time out for consideration and ignoring hundreds of rejections. He was the purest sort of entrepreneur, fashioning something out of nothing more substantial than a typewriter, paper, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
wounds in the balance sheet—spurring the call to Kahn—and her ultimate recommendations were a challenge to leadership. But she met considerable resistance from the parent company chiefs, including her father. "Godrej has been one of those... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Equity through the Economic Cycles Professor Victoria Ivashina No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info This talk is based on a draft of a book that explores the interplay between the evolution of the private equity industry and key policy and... View Details
- Web
Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) Course Number 1416 Professor C. Fritz Foley Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam NOTE: Because there is considerable overlap between the fall course, Corporate... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Parks Management is People Management
can be an asset to the park system. Of note, the Park Service has operational considerations like any business; how to streamline operations, empower a workforce, evaluate and fund new projects, etc. While the “product” of NPS is unlike... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
to appeal to young would-be smokers. But corporate distrust runs so deep for some consumers that constructive dialogue is virtually impossible; consider vaccination skeptics who criticize Big Pharma’s influence, despite considerable... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
group set its own record of sorts as the first set of MBA matriculants to enter the School in January as part of the new year-round MBA calendar. They were even setting records... View Details
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
accorded secondary status in this setting given the very limited revenue provided by current international tax rules and the remarkable complexity and distortions required to secure any such revenue. Additionally, it is not clear that... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Making the MBA Degree More Accessible
broader approach to understanding need. “HBS has always been committed to need-based financial aid, and this shift makes that assessment more inclusive,” said the team’s project manager, Lara Gund. “We're looking at a broader set of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network
refers to as a "network job search" - is just the sort of strategy he's advising current MBA students to use as they confront today's considerably less hospitable market. "In this climate, students will need to work harder," Merrick... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
When contemplating a move that will set your career on a new course, be sure to sharpen your navigational skills. “The research and preparation that go into making a move are crucial to success,” counsels Christine Sullivan, director of... View Details
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
enable companies to carefully control the compensation of executives and the percentage of that compensation derived from option grants. Fixed value plans are therefore ideal for the many companies that set executive pay according to... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
make clear, business education is at a major crossroads. For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now the business world has changed, say the authors of Rethinking... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace