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- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
for growth for the company; what would consumers want to purchase online that would fit into a rapid response distribution model? Students rejected numerous options involving lower-value items such as dog food, which would require... View Details
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
about disruption vis-à-vis public education? Where do you see the most room for innovation? A: The lesson from all industries is that the most promising areas for innovation are pockets of what we call "nonconsumption"—areas... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
reduction are the wellsprings of competitive strength and unique advantages for Toyota Even today, all Toyota production divisions are making improvements to TPS day-and-night to ensure its continued evolution.” Danaher’s system for achieving its goals is View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
business administration (DBA) in accounting and control, marketing, policy and management, or technology and operations management. Another option is a joint program with Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
service, either having purchased their own device, called the Equalizer, or by bringing their product to one of several service centers around the country. NA options are now standard fare at... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
of practical relevance of much of our research might suggest that few of us also have the ambition to improve the decisions of the managers and policymakers whose actions we study” Toffel’s paper serves as a call to arms for scholars to... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
was focused on what we call today innovation platforms. With the emergence of Amazon, eBay, and other firms in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was clear that a very different kind of technology platform was emerging, which we View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Companies: earnings estimates
Where can I find earnings estimates for companies? First Call Real Time Earnings Estimates has current and historical data. For Current Overview – All Earnings: At top of screen, look up desired security. On the left menu under... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
other every day for the last thirty years. Anyway, when I called him in New York, he just was beside himself. When he later learned there would be a reception for me at HBS that day, he wanted to get to Boston as quickly as possible. He... View Details
- Portrait Project
Shaan Gandhi
treatment options—an easier, conservative option and a harder, more aggressive one. Her condition was grave, so we needed to choose the latter. She later died of bleeding, a side effect of the treatment. We had made the hard decision. But... View Details
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
exit the game. Once you've placed the bet, though, you always have to choose one of three broad options, which we'll call Option A, Option B, and View Details
- Web
Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA
to their education through a combination of savings and student loans. Borrowing loans can seem daunting, but if you do it wisely, you can minimize the amount you owe and the time it takes to pay them off. There are tons of student loan View Details
- Profile
Eric Sonnier
sweet spot, exposing Eric to the rigors of marketing and finance. After graduating from the University of Texas, he went into consulting with Deloitte. “I saw consulting,” Eric explains, “as an option for keeping my View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
company called MinuteClinic, with locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Baltimore, operates a number of facilities where a nurse-practitioner or physician’s assistant provides an array of basic medical services, from diagnosing and... View Details
- 07 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events
engage students in discussion around company values, job opportunities, and potential career paths. You and your team have the option to facilitate events 1:1 or in a small group in person or virtually, or in a large classroom setting.... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
matched yield spread). The conversion option can be valued using the Black-Scholes call option pricing formula. The key is to recognize that each conversion View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
tech startup producing stylish bracelets with an inobtrusive control button that can send text messages and GPS tracking to friends, a pre-recorded call to a specific phone number, or a direct connection to the police. “Flare gives you... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
coverage and increase premiums. However, the new proposal actually looks far more similar to Obamacare than many anticipated--causing some conservative groups to speak out forcefully against it. Criticizing the plan, Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky even View Details
- Profile
Ben Steiner
think the highest calling of business is to build something new that employs people and adds value to the economy.” Ben sees his summer work with the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel “as a good illustration of what each school brings to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Particularly, I appreciate that the historical roots of racism were not “sugarcoated” and that the depths of ongoing institutional racism surfaced, along with options to do something about it. This article serves as a wake-up View Details