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- 06 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers
Because consumers gravitate to merchandise labeled as “updated,” even if the items are not necessarily improved, according to the results. "Once something says ‘revised’ on it, it makes you suspend critical judgment." “After showing... View Details
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
discipline and intimidation, which some critics say goes too far. Knight was fired from a long career at Indiana University for grabbing a student, and prior to that he was filmed clutching one of his own players by the neck. And then... View Details
- Web
Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
key concepts and metrics in valuation, including time value of money, terminal value, and net present value. Highlights Forecasting: Metropolis Health Care IRR and Payback Period Industry Insights: Assessing Financial Statements Show Hide... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Runner-Up X-COR Therapeutics is the lower-flow CO2 removal cartridge that saves lung failure patients, treating COPD and other acute respiratory failures in critical care and outpatient settings. Business... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
organizations successfully integrate new technologies into their operations. "In an industry context in which individual heroism and skill are assumed to be critical determinants of important outcomes," they write, "this... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
policies with exclusions. Thanks, but no thanks to bailouts Our panelists expressed frustration with government aid programs, such as the US CARES Act and its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) enacted in late March. Although designed to... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
writes about VUCA and its application in the business world, says red teamers “don’t simply shoot holes in a plan [they require] leaders to move beyond ‘that won’t happen’ to ‘what if this occurs.” Red team membership should be rotated, he says, and leaders must be... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- Web
Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Care Measured Outcomes: A Future View of Value-Based Health Care This video examines the critical role of outcomes measurement in improving health worldwide. Featuring... View Details
- Research Summary
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Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
joining HBS. Audrey Atencio (MBA 2024, Section G), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Piva Capital Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm ($500mm AUM) investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
critical care centers that were overwhelmed immediately. And right now, it's critical for people to understand that while we hope to have a vaccine post-HSCT, that they are the... View Details
- 02 Apr 2020
- What Do You Think?
What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
the past year or two. All of it is now down the drain as 80 percent of the economy shuts down while the other 20 percent operates beyond its supposed capacity. What’s the lesson here? Be careful of how much time is devoted to this kind of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
China's skin care market. A Chinese domestic brand, after some success in partnership with Sephora in Europe, aspires to challenge the French and U.S. brands' hold on the China market. It must decide how to segment the market, how to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
lose hope in their organization and become cynical and passive. “People who are this discouraged stop bothering to collaborate with others to improve the organization,” he says. The antidote: Organizations need to allow critical... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Group to add healthier products to its lineup. When soft drink sales declined in 2010, shareholders criticized PepsiCo’s execution. Nooyi responded by beefing up PepsiCo’s marketing and strengthening her leadership team—but held firm to... View Details
- Fast Answer
Patent search: license agreement
In Bloomberg, do the following: Type BI PHRMG -> Health care -> Large pharma -> Licensing deal. In 2020, USPTO launched a IP Marketplace with an initial focus on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules
Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About
serving over the years as Co-Chairs of their respective MBA Class Reunion Campaigns. They are three-term members of the HBS Board of Dean’s Advisors and are currently serving as Vice Chairs for the HBS Campaign. Additionally, Steve has served on the Health View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
entrepreneurial culture, knowing experimentation would be critical to discovering how data could be woven into the company’s business practices. His colleagues followed this mantra: develop, test, measure. Yet they couldn’t just continue... View Details