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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
doesn’t mean 32. It means that there are no expectations that people will work on Fridays unless they want to. The goal is to offer people the flexibility and choice as to how they spend their time. A policy... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
capital structure for their subsidiaries around the world and allocate internal funds among them. As a consequence, analyzing their choices provides a clean test of what matters for capital structure View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
two-and-a-half-day simulation puts students in charge of a brewery for 7 fictitious financial quarters. Working in four- to five-person teams, players make decisions on everything for running their business: types of ingredients to use,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
by Andy Goodwin However, when it comes to building certain tools, such as progressive dies for metal stampings, which is labor-intensive and takes up to three months, China often has a competitive price advantage. So, explains... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors. These include the strategy of the business, the quality of its... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
disciplined firms are at the market and segment levels if the same focus and precision don't exist in customer choice as well," Narayandas points out. In the second phase,... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
found that in joint evaluations, people are much more deliberative in their thinking. If you give people a choice between two or more individuals, then they tend to use the performance-based evidence available to them View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
thinking in philanthropy. Bridgespan’s Web site already offers a rich library of cases, working papers, and articles free of charge and attracts more than 1 million visitors a year. Building on that... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
in the name of profits, and forcing a society in need of one's services to alter its views regarding privacy. To this list one might also add the reduced cost of dealing with protests and bad press resulting... View Details
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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting
the complexities of balancing work and life. One particularly impactful moment was meeting Qasar Younis (MBA 2008), CEO of Applied Intuition. His perspective on career choices left a lasting impression for... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Two well-documented problems can derail government programs to boost new venture activity. First, they can simply get it wrong: allocating funds and support in an inept or, even worse, counterproductive manner. View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
climate report warns that harmful carbon emissions have never been higher in human history. First, the encouraging news: Data analysts at EVAdoption.com reported record sales in the U.S. in the first half of 2021, despite global chip shortages View Details
- 08 May 2017
- Blog Post
Learning through the Case Method
driven by your peers. Our cases each feature a protagonist who has to make a critical decision – and range from business problems right out of the headlines to a historical overview of China. It’s a platform... View Details
- April 2025
- Teaching Note
ZEISS: Commercializing Science
By: Maria P. Roche
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 725-359. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Organization; Decisions; Business Strategy; Competition; Business History; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Organizational Culture; Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Commercialization; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Technology Industry; Germany; Europe
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
(government-run) system; or various elements borrowed from all of these. President Obama has said he wants to move gradually, beginning by insuring all children, and has expressed reservations about aspects of the Massachusetts model,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
CEOs face difficult choices when deciding to speak out under the company's brand. Credit: fizkes Summing Up: Should Boards Specify Limits on CEO Activism? Opinions about suitable CEO activism—taking public positions View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
fibrosis treatment. Williams got into pharma by chance. After working in investment banking before and after HBS, he took a job at the consulting firm Corporate Decisions (now Oliver Wyman). One of his first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Levitz The book does a good job making the case for why we should let our kids make their own decisions and chart their own path. —Bryan Mistele (MBA 1995) Working from home has given me the time to go back... View Details
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
influencing the stakeholders making purchasing decisions Understand the importance of brand-building and the key components of an effective brand Build a media strategy across paid, earned, View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
private companies, the USPS has to have even its best ideas reviewed by regulators and contested by competitors. But inevitably making tough choices about technology to create new services has to be... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint