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- 29 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business
I told her that I was pursuing my MBA at HBS, she told me I could start the following week. I was the company’s first full-time employee, and I went from an office assistant to the V.P. of Sales in only a... View Details
- 16 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses
addresses, it's difficult to get started in these businesses. Entry and potential entry are an important part of competition. We need to make sure new firms can easily begin operations so that existing providers can't View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
heralding the start of National Biotechnology Month, as January 2000 had been designated by the U.S. Senate. For biotech, in fact, the party had begun months earlier, when hundreds of millions View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
Weights and Hurdles This is the sort of heavy lifting that has occupied A.D. Frazier, Jr. (85th AMP), COO of ACOG, for the last five years. Asked how he's enjoying the workout, the gruff but amiable Frazier... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Fast Answer
Patent search: A comparative table of databases
What are the major patent databases and which one should I use? Google Patents is a good place to begin. It covers full text patents from major patent offices worldwide and is particularly helpful for a quick identification View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
to pay the IOUs coming due." Financial markets can help that happen by offering mechanisms that enable capital to be allocated to companies and industries where it can be the most productive. The result is structural changes in the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
considered." Among the many commenting on the Enron case, nearly all felt that change was warranted but few believed that significant change would come from it. —James Heskett On the other hand, remarks typical View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
"tired" brand explored consumers' hidden thoughts and feelings and discovered a relevant, basic emotion that had been overlooked by all brands in the category. They were able to connect this emotion with their brand giving it a major sales boost. View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- Video
Mohammed Al Barwani
Mohammed Al Barwani, founder of the Oman-based diversified group MB Holding Company, discusses the diversification of his oil production and services companies into other industries ranging from biotechnology... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
carry out community service projects, to which they gave more than twenty thousand employee hours in 1998. Each organization considers the relationship with the other to be of central strategic importance.... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
In his novel I Come as a Thief, Louis Auchincloss introduces us to Tony Lowder, a lawyer in his early forties. Tony and his wife have two children. He works for the New York office of the Securities and... View Details
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
as Facebook and MySpace. He has also applied many of the insights to help companies develop strategies for leveraging these various online entities for profit. Addressing Network Failures "Online social... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
office employees from their work, surfing the web is arguably the most irresistible time-waster of all. In order to deal with that problem, many companies either prohibit... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
salesmanship in different countries. That's why we ran articles about the sale of Singer sewing machines in Japan; the emergence of traveling salesmen in Switzerland; and the place View Details
- May 2017
- Case
Fresh to Table
By: Gautam Mukunda and Brooks C. Holtom
After the contentious firing of an office manager, the leadership at Fresh to Table, a software-as-a-service provider for luxury hotels and restaurants, make an unpleasant discovery. While reviewing the office manager's internal electronic communications, company... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Resignation and Termination; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Leadership
Mukunda, Gautam, and Brooks C. Holtom. "Fresh to Table." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-541, May 2017.
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
Minor’s definition of a toxic worker isn’t the employee who is gratingly loud or who leaves her lunch in the office refrigerator until fossilized. He is focusing on employees who damage the View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
provider, an intermediary, or any other participant in the value chain to the customer. Within a company the stewardship function might reside with the CEO, a top manager, or a team View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
other functional managers, in hopes that they'll work as a team and discover effective ways to cooperate better. "By narrowing their focus in terms of their business portfolio, View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
Immediately after graduation, a significant majority of the graduates of the leading two-year, full-time MBA programs take jobs in financial services and consulting, driven in part by financial rewards that... View Details