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28 May 2019
News

INK: Maker’s Manual

Since cofounding the online product discovery platform The Grommet in 2008, Jules Pieri (MBA 1986) has enjoyed a front-row seat to the launch of 3,000 consumer products—including household names like Fitbit,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

situation. Students with particularly positive experiences often remark that they felt integrated into the work of the team and that people in the organization cared about what they were working on.” To replicate this integration, consider how you can create an View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

your investor is a former operator, especially at an early stage company, odds are they have built/tested many MVPs. Engage them in the MVP discussion. Review product priorities and test plans. Again, their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

and American Industry in Europe (1960). His 1989 Harvard Business Review article "General Managers in the Middle" was a bestseller for many years. Beyond the Harvard Business School campus, Uyterhoeven consulted regarding international... View Details

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

because they have not implemented reforms proposed to them by creditor nations. My belief is that there is plenty of blame to go around, but there is still a way for Greece to recover to the betterment of the entire European community. The Successes Let's start by... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

Accordingly, this review provides a framework for optimizing efficiency in the cardiac cath lab. The authors outline a management method based on the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, a commonly used business tool by which a company can... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-094 Airbnb, Etsy, Uber: Acquiring the First Thousand Customers By 2016, two-sided online platforms (or marketplaces) were pervasive among the highest... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids By Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) Harvard Business Review Press Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we’ve never had a trusted, go-to guide all... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Sep 2024
News

The Making of a Streaming Sensation

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

supplier capabilities and hence about future supplier performance. This paper presents a multi-period model of service level competition among suppliers selling substitutable products to a customer that engages in supply learning. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

amenities. (Bloomberg/Getty Images) “Yoga is at the core of our identity and culture,” Yeung continues. “It has kept us grounded in who we are as a company. It influences our brand strategy, the product categories we go after, and the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

30 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”

integrity; and "neoteny," a trait that makes them "addicted to life" and able to recruit protectors, nurturers, and believers through a long and productive leadership career. In pointing out one other thing shared by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

publications, including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. His paper "Investing in Distressed Situations" received the... View Details

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

Business School Case 806-044 Fred Khosravi is a serial medical device entrepreneur. In his latest venture, he must decide whether to sell now or continue to develop his current product and whether to market it, sell the company, or IPO.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

way through that critical project. But first, just one more cat video Research has shown that people are more likely to follow through on their goals, whether it’s boosting productivity at work, improving grades at school, losing weight,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Jul 2018
News

Running the Numbers

social media,” Gelman explains. Several years ago, the Patriots relied on similar analytics to re-invent its marketing to women, launching successful merchandising, a new online content section called Patriots Lifestyle, and social media... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

26 Oct 2017
News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

total organic product sales in 2015 were $43.3 billion, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far ahead of the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent. “We’re a little bit like the Uber of farming, in... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

that outside expertise is often needed. Sony, a legendary marketer, outsourced its program to market products through its online "Sony Style" store, recognizing that they needed expertise in areas... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

01 Dec 2015
News

How Do I Get Your Job?

Sundance. + ONLINE web-only content MB: Can you talk about the economics behind Roadside? ED: Ultimately, this business is driven by the curation of a slate of films. We release 10 to 12 films each year—they could be finished, or films... View Details

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

co-creation of markets and value, multinationals without firm-specific advantages, and born-global firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50242 November 13, 2015 Harvard Business Review If CEOs Care About... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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