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- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
of decision makers, options can slow things down considerably,” says Weiss. Bigbelly is swiftly moving towards a subscription-only model that, if it alienated some municipalities, would make up for that fact by speeding sales to others. Just as crucially, the company... View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
have yet to achieve its potential as a commercial power source. However, its promise has continued to drive interest with the understanding that successfully deployed fusion power would transform the world’s energy landscape. Commonwealth Fusion Systems has assembled a... View Details
- 18 Jan 2022
- News
HBS Alumni Mentor Students; Shanghai Club Hosts Entrepreneurship Conference
“This is about helping to prepare students to successfully enter the workforce,” she says. “The mentoring program is helping to rebuild Morris Brown’s connections in the business community. The HBS Club of Atlanta’s goal to help engage and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
DM: [laughs] SWG: And the second quarter, I began to think about is the stages of when you're building financial security, you're starting families. You might be starting to do some caregiving. You might be prioritizing wellness. And I... View Details
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
waiting for the bosses to give you the magic wand saying you should be allowed to do this." GE, for its part, has transformed from a company that used to view marketing as a support function to a company that now requires all its chief marketing officers to summon... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
a task that requires information on companies' emissions levels, risks, and reduction opportunities. This paper explores the conditions under which firms participate in this endeavor. Building on theories of how social activists inspire... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
"yawner app." (That will save time and money. And that way, you can cross the Internet off your to-do list quickly.) To build the site, choose the vendors that are the most dismissive of your traditional business (they think... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
manage a worldwide team to develop a virtual product—diving to the bottom of all five oceans, and doing a lot of science along the way.” The Five Deeps Expedition, Vescovo said, has “proven to be as challenging as any business thing I’ve... View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
technology holds promise after a long development phase, but the packaging is more expensive, and Wright and his team must convince the industry stakeholders of the packaging's value. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
specializing in building and managing prisons. Students must assess the firm's strategy and risks, evaluate key financial reports, derive forecasts of future performance, and use these forecasts to value the firm. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
Cases & Course MaterialsAcelero Learning: Building a Culture of Performance Harvard Business School Case 307-048 No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307048 Cintas y... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
continued to live apart, a situation both understood wasn't sustainable. Should they build their life in the United States or Egypt? Meditation is one of Enan's morning habits; another is free writing in her journal. At the time, she... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
only a conscious and concerted effort of group development can harness that strength. Outlines five steps in group development each team must take. Suggests that action learning, the skill the learning group must master to become... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
Harrison, and Tom Martin Abstract—Successful relationships depend on trust—trust between spouses, trust between parent and child, trust between enterprises and their stakeholders. This chapter focuses on the factors that build trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
Multidisciplinary physician teams met to inform a 3-phase process of (1) concept development, (2) measure specification, and (3) implementation via EHR integration. Results. Outcomes were divided into 3 tiers that reflect the entire cycle... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
add-on case study reveals the location decision that was made in front of the challenge presented in the (A) case. The launch of the Open Innovation Gateway (OIG) was a success. Fujitsu's management team now had to figure out the best way... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
understanding the cultural background of each team member and customers is as essential as learning to conjugate new verbs. The same can be said for employees at all levels: even when they are fluent in the lingua franca, a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
changing too quickly for arm-chair strategizing to be useful. As a consequence, many management teams are stuck in a wait-and-see posture in response to extreme uncertainty in the post-COVID environment, while others are making panicky... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
sit-at-the-desk jobs where the hours matter, but an increasing number of jobs are run by self-managed work teams, in essence, where employees join virtual teams working from anywhere. IBM has done surveys that show that on any given day... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
through partner institutions, then chose to also pursue field building roles. KaBoom! reached scale by “giving away” its model online, before shifting its focus to working with municipal governments to expand capacity. Generalizing from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne