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- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
compelled to buy." They have a keen idea at the very beginning of the venture who their ideal customer is and what the ideal product is that they need to deliver. Then, they work back from that point in the future to the present, picking the customers who will... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Picture This
importance of capturing these moments: As CEO of Shutterfly, she leads a 23-year-old company that got its start making photo prints of life’s memorable moments. But it also pioneered the process of turning digital images into physical... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
link improvements in their daily processes to achievement of high-level strategic objectives. The Balanced Scorecard framework describes strategy with strategic objectives, measures, targets, and initiatives. (See Figure 2-1.) Strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- Profile
Clarissa Quintanilla
with outstretched arms lined the highway beckoning passing cars to stop and buy wildlife they had captured. The hopelessness of their situation helped Clarissa develop a conviction "to be involved in the View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Kelp Is on the Way
experiment with seaweed and asked kelp farmers if he could buy some. “They said, ‘Sure, but what are you going to do with it?’ ” Perkins recalls. “Then I realized there was no infrastructure to store it or View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap
Review entitled “The Elusive Green Consumer” in fact describes findings suggesting that while “65% [of consumers] said they want to buy purpose-driven brands that advocate sustainability, only about 26% actually do so.” The authors... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
price point, packaging, colors. I wanted to make a product that I would buy and that my friends would buy. OW: I’m sure it wasn’t all smooth sailing in the early months or years. Were there any moments where you thought, this is not going... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Deal on Wheels
Will Boland (MBA ’09) cofounded CarLotz, based in Richmond, Virginia. It’s an innovative venture that’s designed to take the hassle out of the automotive sale-by-owner market. “Most people describe the process of View Details
- 21 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits
investment standpoint, the cost of emissions and resource scarcity, particularly water, is largely yet to been priced in, and I believe there are plenty of strong buying opportunities in many markets. Real assets, such as farmland, can... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
consumers who used to be loyal department store customers. "I think department stores are in the process of significant change," said Pat Chadwick, senior vice president of northeast regional stores for Bloomingdale's, at a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
people and process as much as technology. So there's more to the Y2K problem than technology? Definitely. You can tell a lot about a company by how it's reacting to the Y2K problem. An organization whose people failed to see how it would... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
difference to the entire region. You can see the prosperity returning to the villages.” The impacts of this prosperity have been significant. A local credit union has replaced an abusive loan-shark system; farmers (mostly women) have learned how to View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Books
negotiation theory, Professor Subramanian explores the common situation in which negotiators are “fighting on two fronts” — across the table but also on the same side of the table with competitors. This is a guide for all involved in View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Providing the Care That Seniors Need
and raising a family, and becoming a caregiver to an aged parent. “Through that process I began to look at what was available in the marketplace for the aged who had cognitive disorders like dementia, but also the aged in general, and I... View Details
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
they were unproductive and after which they started carrying their weight? That seems unlikely. Observers of this phenomenon have advanced three more-plausible explanations about the recent confluence of IT and productivity. The first is that the incredible recent... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
coalition came out of McMinn’s community outreach efforts as owner of Vineyard 29, in St. Helena, where he moved in 2004 after buying the winery. “When we started the Vine Trail, I didn’t own a bicycle,” he recalls. “But our family enjoys... View Details
- Web
Staff Catering Guidelines | About
donors, alumni). Again, the travel and expense policy must be followed. Disallowed Usage Lunch meetings with internal HBS employees only. If there is a lunch meeting with internal HBS employees, then it may be helpful to allow time for the meeting participants to View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
Arctic Ice Project is ready to scale. “It’s time for us to put our foot on the accelerator,” Payne observes. The Arctic Ice Project recently hired a new executive director and is in the process of expanding its board. Fundraising is key... View Details
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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog
https://courseware.hbs.edu/video/?v=0_cteitfd6 Course Content and Organization The course first focuses on how to buy a small business. We begin with the case of two HBS MBAs who chose to purchase a small business using a search fund... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
So if fewer and fewer people are buying insurance policies, what are insurers going to do with their business? They should look at this as a changing market and realize that if they get in now, they could have a commanding mindshare of... View Details