Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Sep 2015
News

The Power of Service

While studying at HBS, Jennifer Eplett Reilly (MBA 1990) was also working on the opening chapter of a remarkable social enterprise success story. “Our idea was to call upon diverse young people to give a... View Details

03 Jul 2013
What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

enthusiasm you may have for the word itself. Now the topic has been thrust into our everyday lives with disclosures, or leaks, of alleged US secret View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2021
Report

The Economic Impact of the Market-Making Internet Advertising, Content, Commerce, and Innovation

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

This research about the economic value of the Internet is conducted approximately every four years and highlights the importance of the internet ecosystem, which enables job creation and market-making opportunities. This highly valued, extensive piece of economic... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Digital Marketing; Innovation and Invention; Communication Technology; Social Media; Advertising; Value; Brands and Branding

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November 2017
Case

Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (A)

By: Francesca Gino, Katherine DeCelles and Olivia Hull

Faced with a persistent robbery problem at his convenience store company, Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager at Mac’s of Central Canada, looked to standardize safety measures and devise a new way of preventing employee injury. But as a 32-year old with... View Details

Keywords: Public Relations; Community Relations; Change Management; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Training; Knowledge Dissemination; Crime and Corruption; Law Enforcement; Legal Liability; Business and Community Relations; Retail Industry; Canada

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01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

once-in-a-lifetime chance to be part of the Olympics - as among their reasons for taking on the ACOG challenge. "Along with the sense View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

interview, conducted via e-mail. Q: In general, what relationship did you find between companies you identified as short-term-oriented, their investors, and the behavior of their stocks? Francois Brochet:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

A: Jim Heskett: One can only speculate on the sources of low job satisfaction. It could be a product of unmet expectations, possibly due to inadequate attention by firms to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
News

Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

invest in a data science artificial intelligence across your enterprise to take advantage of the large volume of data being produced. And... View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Jun 2021
Blog Post

The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant

Growing up as a Black male from South Los Angeles, I was raised in a vibrant community surrounded by a diverse group of individuals who gave me guidance and taught me core values –such as curiosity,... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: The Money of Invention

capital activity of the last few years in the context of the broader history View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Finance; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

says Bauerly, “it’s just been a story of abundance. He built a great business over 25 years through all the entrepreneurial zeal that is essential in that first phase.” Granite... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

before. I wasn’t sure. I made a calculated decision to have a baby at business school. Sure, I could have deferred for a year and taken advantage of my consulting firm’s generous maternity leave policy. Yet,... View Details

01 Nov 2018
News

The Power of Civility

act behind the scenes and in front of the scenes. So I'm trying to marry the concept of diplomacy and dignity and... View Details

28 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

international financial community has formulated lessons for itself of the crises of the 1990s that, in both... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal

01 Dec 2014
News

The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships

broadly, fellowships enrich the entire HBS community by exposing students to people and concepts they might never encounter otherwise. The generosity View Details

Keywords: fellowships

09 Nov 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Recognizing the New: A Multi-Agent Model of Analogy in Strategic Decision-Making

Keywords: by Giovanni M. Gavetti & Massimo Warglien

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

The Faces Of Collaboration These alliances do not require grandiose strategic plans; patience and perseverance are often sufficient to turn small beginnings into significant strategic alliances. Consider,... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

13 Jun 2014
News

The Art of Effecting Change

Evans. "We have a chance to really impact the way people think about supporting the arts." In the year since she launched VIA (which stands for... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment

18 Mar 2014
News

The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain

Scott Howe Nineteenth-century Philadelphia retailer John Wanamaker famously said, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." Nearly 150 View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

New Year's Eve 1999 gave revelers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for celebration - the exhilarating thrill of ringing in a year that's always had an aura View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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