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- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
Ravi Venkatesan If anyone could write the recipe for business success in emerging markets, it would be Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992). After all, he's led not one, but two, major multinational companies—Cummins and Microsoft—in India and brought both to dominate their... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
Much has been written about the long tail phenomenon in the entertainment industries. Long-tail enthusiasts claim that low-selling books, CDs, and movies, which are not available in brick-and-mortar stores, will collectively take up a majority share of the View Details
- 30 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2013
Advertising Authors Pavel Kireyev, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta find that popular Web metrics do not adequately capture consumer behavior online and lead marketers to create less effective View Details
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Rules of E-Commerce
(Palgrave Macmillan), he has succeeded with a contrarian view about e-commerce. While other online markets focus on the end customer, Rakuten's mission is to support the vendors who sell to those customers. His rewrite of the rules of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Training managers in the developing world
aims to help build a modern professional management class, help create jobs, spark value-added processing of raw materials, and encourage competitive manufacturing. “There are up to 100 institutions in Africa that define themselves as a... View Details
George Eastman
Eastman invented film and the inexpensive camera, and in turn created the multi-billion dollar photography industry. Eastman acquired all the photographic paper producers in America and secured the motion picture film View Details
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Jillian Dorans
I will be joining my mentor at Starwood Hotels in Marketing this summer. Additionally, to bring it full-circle, I will be doing my part to continue the expansion of HBS's presence in the industry by serving as one of next year's... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeetendr Sehdev (MBA 2004)
selfies incredibly meaningful and empowering. We need that compassion and emotional understanding to create brands that connect. Brands today are looking to develop fanatics. Being careful or silent as a means of capturing the largest... View Details
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
portions of its profits in the business—through research and development, market expansion, capital expenditures, and most importantly (and often forgotten) development of talented people and leaders. This virtuous circle View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
Similarly, what were the mistakes made by news organizations that did not mount a successful product? A: They continued to frame the new business vis-à-vis the old business. Again, disruption creates new View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
because the buyer’s rival could take it to market faster.” Therefore, selling the idea at a later stage provides the seller with better protection. There are other reasons, which are not explicit in the model, for which a later-stage sale... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
Summing Up The exportation of jobs "will create bigger markets and opportunities to sell goods and services from the developed economies," says reader Suman Das. "This is indeed very... View Details
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Financial databases: certification and training | Baker Library
Fundamentals, Bloomberg Market Concepts and Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Open to all current Harvard faculty, students, and staff through 12/31/2024*, with potential for extension. Please email infoservices@hbs.edu for the class... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
a variety of dynamic, in-demand work engagements). But many times, the greatest ideas arise out of opportunity. And often, the best businesses are created to address a market gap. In this case, it was both.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
that eventually resulted in a historic windfall for the drug maker soon after it began marketing UK-92,480 under the brand name Viagra. Pfizer was able to develop and launch a wildly successful and profitable new drug because it... View Details
Clarence Saunders
Having made a name for himself as a grocery wholesaler, Saunders decided to embark on a plan of revolutionizing the common supermarket. Removing unnecessary clerks, creating elaborate aisle displays and rearranging the store to force... View Details
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Investment management: industry resources
& Poor’s NetAdvantage- Capital Markets Industry Survey IBISWorld- Portfolio Management, Securities Brokering Company Overviews Create lists of competitors, potential employers, and people... View Details
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Academic Solutions & Opportunities | HBS Online
Bolster Your Curriculum with HBS Online Courses HBS Online works with universities around the world to create unique educational opportunities. Academic institutions that integrate HBS Online courses into their curriculum benefit from a... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
one is encouraging their work.” Based on his background, he knew that business could provide the solution. “I thought I should create an art market rather than complaining about the lack of one.” (Published... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
income remained relatively stable, about 3 to 1. Over the last 20 years, however, the financial markets that financed the housing system in the United States changed remarkably. Local markets once dominated... View Details