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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
he will cut back on his hours at Morgan Stanley in order to devote more time to some other important priorities, beginning, he says, with his family. For years, de Chazal's demanding workdays have been... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 24 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Brexit is a Big Deal
seen by many Britons as an expensive, interfering and sclerotic bureaucracy. Look for immediate downward pressure on the Euro as well as sterling, and on all European stock markets. These shifts offer... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Web
National Markets - The Art of American Advertising
small shop, or through itinerant peddlers. Retailers distributed basic goods, for example textiles and grains, to general merchants, while regional enterprises manufactured products such as tractors and looms. Given the steady demand for... View Details
- Blog
Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method
School from 1870 to 1895, had introduced case-based learning around 1890. According to the Harvard Law School website: "Langdell conceived of a way to systematize and simplify legal education by focusing on previous case law that... View Details
- 03 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Platforms and Limits to Network Effects
- 24 Mar 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing
With few opportunities for IPOs, a developing infrastructure, low transparency, and a limited labor market, the environment for private venture financing in Africa could be described as "challenging" at best. Yet if the demands... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
MBA Program - Alumni
the School is preparing future leaders for the demands of an ever-changing world. HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund HBS’s first student-run Impact Investing Fund focuses on local BIPOC-led and -owned... View Details
- December 2009 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Curt Schilling's Next Pitch
By: Noam T. Wasserman, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Rachel Gordon
As his major-league pitching career was starting to wind down in 2006, baseball all-star Curt Schilling decided to become an entrepreneur. Looking to focus his tenacity and his passion for online role-playing games on a new challenge, he founded an online gaming... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Groups and Teams; Video Game Industry
Wasserman, Noam T., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Rachel Gordon. "Curt Schilling's Next Pitch." Harvard Business School Case 810-053, December 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
interactive quizzes such as "How Bauhaus Are You?," self-guided tours for Valentine's Day, and a video on women in art with a star of HBO's Girls. It created online-only exhibitions of art, and... View Details
- 30 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Speakers: Jay... View Details
Keywords: Education
- March 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Resident
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Thomas O. Jones
Launched in 2016, Resident was a leading player in the direct-to-consumer bed-in-a-box mattress market, where it was one of at least 175 venture-backed companies competing in the space. By late 2020, it had realized over $500 million in revenue, profitability in the... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Operations; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Decisions; Marketing Strategy; Cash Flow; Demand and Consumers
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Thomas O. Jones. "Resident." Harvard Business School Case 821-090, March 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- Blog
Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?
category with a carefully curated selection of programs designed to meet a range of needs. Explore the CME Website for the full list of programs and read on to learn more about the Certificate, its benefits, and how to start working... View Details
- 08 Nov 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Could Big Data Replace the Creative Director at the Gap?
- 22 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
Administration, holds a joint appointment at Harvard School of Public Health as Professor in Health Policy and Management. Creating Demand One big open question is the degree to which illegal View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
evils. The third risk is neglecting one's own well-being. These are hard, demanding tasks that take a toll on the most experienced managers—even those who have done it multiple times before. To believe that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
http://hbr.org/2010/10/the-power-of-alumni-networks/ar/1 Prices or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? Authors:Shawn A.Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 1992
- Background Note
Researching and Monitoring Consumer Markets
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the major research techniques for consumer goods new product development, i.e. pre-test markets and electronic purchase monitoring. Provides students with information on availability and utility of these services. View Details
Dolan, Robert J. "Researching and Monitoring Consumer Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 592-088, March 1992.
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52838 July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Stop the Meeting Madness: How to Free Up Time for Meaningful Work By: Perlow, Leslie, Constance Noonan Hadley, and Eunice Eun Abstract—Many executives feel overwhelmed by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details