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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
one that has little chance of getting better with the current theories in place,” Martin writes. Clearly, maximizing shareholder value has not worked and needs to be replaced. The problem as Martin sees it is that CEOs game the system to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
a product that has 15 million users or reaches a market value of $100 million or $500 million, that’s a great feeling. At Google, the scale of your impact is much bigger. The first day we launched Social Search, we reached a billion... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
particularly business travelers, will appreciate the efficiency of this scenario. But can “air taxis” really take off in the current economic climate? Will companies economize by placing an even greater value on executives’ time and book... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
essential steps toward achieving cyber security. Such actions include assessing the value of the firm’s vital information, the risks to it, and the appropriate degree of accessibility and protection it warrants. There should be regular,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
market-segmentation scheme for reconfiguring your offerings to reduce costs while delivering new value to customers; lessening innovation risks with strategic experiments and alliances with customers; and appealing to increasingly... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Selling Digital Privacy
companies, we should capitalize on the value of our personal information and get something of value in return. Deighton’s recent working paper, “Market Solutions to Privacy Problems?,” suggests that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
media, analyzing the reach and impact of a clever customer complaint music video produced by Canadian musician Dave Carroll when his attempts to recoup the value of his guitar (broken in transit) are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni on the Best Business Advice They’ve Ever Received
“Never forget that your employees are ultimately going to make or break the business you’re in. A lot of the time what happens is people think, oh, let’s put the customers first and let’s make sure that the View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
from anything so unquantifiable as emotion, Moon values that intuition and wants to “help validate” it. More Retail Revolutions Speeding Up Accessories BaubleBar cofounders Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky (both MBA 2010) apply the... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
for our users and, in the process, increase our customer lifetime value (e.g., our successful decision to repurpose our video content into textbooks).” Guram: “I remember that the TOM case on Cincinnati... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
companies that can afford to buy that—but there aren’t millions. And it’s very difficult to price discriminate on something which is a physical asset that you sell. Because if you’ve got effectively the exact same box that you’re selling to one View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. On this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from a new HBS podcast called Think Big, Buy Small. The show is hosted by Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
profit, decently” inspired him to consider what he really wanted to do with the next chapter in life. He also credits the curriculum with integrating corporate ethics and values throughout, and challenging various ways of thinking and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
argued that advances in communications technology were increasingly inspiring consumers around the world to want the same things. Therefore, he declared, international companies should cease to act as “multinationals” that customized... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
navigation of long security lines, are asked to arrive 30 minutes prior to their departure times. The company’s motto is “80 percent of the value of private for 20 percent of the cost.” The fare of a roundtrip flight from Los Angeles to... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
best innovations: Find and fill an important unmet customer need. Plan for profitability. Strive for sustainability. Establish credibility. Gather necessary resources. Lead and manage effectively. Maintain balance and learn to enjoy the... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
(but growing!) company, which means that every day is a new adventure. On the ‘typical’ side, there are the must-dos: order fulfillment, customer service, and paying the bills. Beyond that, on any given day we could be negotiating with a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Innovation, Bolton draws on her 25 years of advising leaders to provide a practical, holistic innovation framework. Her ABCs of Innovation show leaders how to reshape their roles, teams, and organizations to create new value and catalyze... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
relationship. Combining our strengths will be profitable, both politically and economically. What’s the toughest thing you’ve had to do in your job? When I first joined M&M Ltd., I had to dismiss some very senior executives who had clearly been violating the ethical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
businesses create and post online video content. About a year later, the company shifted its focus to creating customized videos that target customers at different points in the sales cycle. Things were... View Details