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- 29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008
view. It also reshapes what firms can use to build competitive advantage, or it necessitates a rethinking at least. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608121 Sealed Air China Harvard Business School Case 308-051 With a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. In general, distributed innovation is made possible by the modularity of the underlying product or process. But despite the documented technical benefits of modularity, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006
development in Africa and in other low-income countries. Provides a brief political and economic history of Rwanda, but focuses on the country preceding and after the genocide. A description of government policies since 1994 enables... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
1988), appeared. Stung by the description in the book, Xerox chairman David Kearns established a task force with the mandate of preventing the repetition of such a failure to capitalize on Xerox innovations. The task force reviewed Xerox's View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 719-043 Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background This note provides a brief overview of the history of Saudi Arabia as well as the economic and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
broadly available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52046 October 2016 Business History Review The Rise of Synthetic Colors in the American Food Industry, 1870–1940 By: Hisano, Ai Abstract—This article... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016
partners? And how could edX monetize its services to recoup Harvard and MIT's investments and reward participating universities? This case presented the history of edX and the online education market as background for a discussion about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016
improve its domestic intellectual property rights enforcement. After briefly describing Barshefsky's past experience with trade negotiations, this case discusses the history of U.S.–China trade relations and analyzes Ambassador... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4
fund under the Bay Partners' banner, Deshpande wondered if that was realistic, and even desirable, given the firm's tumultuous history over the last seven years. Other Bay XI LPs and some other potential investors were urging Deshpande to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
field forces a new coda to the contest's history when Baby.com.br ("Brazil's one-stop shop for baby products online") and BOSS Medical (a minimally invasive device for the extraction of bone graft during spinal fusion procedures) are both... View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30
fashion without intervening predictions. Subjects were yoked so that the same history of outcomes was observed in all conditions. The results revealed the Gambler's Fallacy when outcomes were experienced (with or without predictions).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9
the Panama Canal to make use of both conventional historical methods and the tools of quantitative analysis, The Big Ditch examines the impact of the Panama Canal on the Republic of Panama, the United States, and the world. Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu deftly chronicle... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
had created. In seeking to do so, Hirai might find guidance in the history of the industry, which had been marked by rapid and frequent changes of fortune. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
tension surrounding the case is the choice to move from the hub of commerce in central London to a relatively obscure site whose owners (Olympia & York) have a history of financial bankruptcy. What business elements (clients,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
they've ever had in the 125-year history of university-based business education. I believe that most of our students want their work to have meaning, and they want to find meaning in their work. The fact that too many of them believe that... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
history of the republic is off to a rockier start. What I teach my students is that great leaders—like Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs—are fast learners, and they continue to invest in learning throughout their careers. Moreover,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
that are relatively unknown and have low marginal costs. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance (2,773) http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-087.pdf http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6649.html Published: April 1, 2011 Paper... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
growth of green building and over its 25-year history had become a powerful brand in the construction sector with its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. Nonetheless, USGBC faced two significant challenges... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-018.pdf Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930 Authors:André Martínez-Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Publication:Financial History Review... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace