Publications

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

patient visiting the clinics. They used a pink form that would be clearly visible in the folder. Each clinical and staff person seeing a patient accompanied with the pink form recorded the time when their patient meeting started and when it concluded. The project... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Mar 2004
News

Derek Ferguson

release — about the length of time it takes for a perfect digital copy to make the rounds on the Internet. “It’s changed the spending levels. It’s changed the whole process of breaking in new acts.” “Music is so powerful that we’re... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Recruiting Partners - Health Care

Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers University of Pennsylvania Health System V Vecna Technologies Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. Visiting Nurse Service of NY Vizient W Wellcare Health Plans, Inc. Withings - Digital Health Z Zimmer Inc.... View Details

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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

January 16, 1855. HC: HP-1, p. 31. Digital Accessibility Contact Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston , MA 02163 Phone: 617.495.6411 Email: histcollref@hbs.edu... View Details

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Ellen Desmarais | About

high-impact growth initiatives in global media and learning companies such as McGraw-Hill Education, The Wall Street Journal, and Getty Images. As Managing Director, Digital Strategy, she modernized HBP Education group’s approach to... View Details

The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million

The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology... View Details

February 2006 (Revised September 2007)
Background Note

Winner-Take-All in Networked Markets

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Discusses platform structure in new networked markets, that is, whether a market that exhibits network effects will be served by a single platform or by rival platforms. Defines "platforms" and "platform structure"; describes factors that influence the odds that a... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Growth Management; Network Effects; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

Picture 1982 Joins Symbolics 1993 Joins Lotus Development Corp. 1995 Joins Digital Equipment Corp. 1996 Named President and CEO, AltaVista 2003 Joins Catalyst as President 2008 Named CEO, Catalyst 2015 Retires from Catalyst Retired... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

September 2014
Case

Victors & Spoils: 'Born Open'

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Michael L. Tushman

Victors & Spoils (V&S), located in Boulder, Colorado, was the first advertising agency built on open innovation and crowdsourcing principles from the ground-up. V&S was co-founded in 2009 by John Winsor, Claudia Batten and Evan Fry, all former members of the... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Agency; Marketing; Crowdsourcing; Open Innovation; Growth; Acquisitions; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Digital Marketing; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Advertising Industry; United States

March 2023
Teaching Note

Ransomware Attack at Colonial Pipeline Company

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-069. On the morning of May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline Company became aware that the company had been the victim of a malicious ransomware attack that had stolen and locked up company data. The extortionists demanded 75 bitcoins (worth... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

sector. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA?Prior to HBS I did three and a half years of health care strategy consulting and then two years at a digital health startup. Although these were great experiences, I still had many questions... View Details

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

Fellowship. What is it and what impact do you hope to have? My ClimateCAP project is a venture idea I am building with a friend at MIT Sloan (whom I met in Kenya!). Our venture, NetaCarbon, aims to democratize access to the carbon market by View Details

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Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online

areas: Business Essentials Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Finance & Accounting Business in Society Marketing Digital Transformation There are multiple ways for employees to learn. They can complete one... View Details

20 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time

happen for some companies, even while it is rare overall. “The firms that grow persistently are in fact, few and far between,” he says. In addition, persistent growth didn’t necessarily mean sustainable growth during the length of the data sample. Take computer giant... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” with Umit Gurun and Quoc Nguyen. Lauren H. Cohen : Invited to give a keynote address at the launch of the eNaira, Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), 2021. Lauren H.... View Details

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Valerie Porciello | About

included Research Computing Services, the HBS Behavioral Lab (BeLab), the Case Research and Writing Group, the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning, an Executive Fellows Program, and a Predoctoral Fellows Program. Prior to Harvard, Valerie served on a... View Details

January 2020
Case

Banorte Móvil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli, Carla Larangeira and Mariana Cal

In mid-2019, Carlos Hank was deliberating over the results for Banorte Móvil—the mobile application for Banorte, Mexico’s most profitable and second-largest financial institution. Hank, who had been appointed as Banorte´s Chairman of the Board in January 2015, had... View Details

Keywords: Data Analytics; Customer Lifetime Value; Financial Institutions; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Customers; Technology Adoption; Communication Strategy; Banking Industry; Mexico; Latin America