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- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
management should understand about IT is its associated economics. Driven by Moore's Law, those evolving economics have enabled every industry's transaction costs to decrease continually, resulting in new economics for the firm and... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
proprietary code, in the hopes that this will lead to greater value down the road thanks to new kinds of cooperation. As Lerner and Tirole explain, "This is similar to giving away the razor (the... View Details
- Web
From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni
and various roads to success. Assessing Your Fit Due to the risk involved in choosing the wrong CEO, companies are placing increased emphasis on assessment as part of the search, and this process is equally important for candidates.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of... View Details
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
assessing the startup health care company's 2014 marketing plan. On December 31, 2013, Vaxess had obtained an exclusive license to a series of patents for a silk protein technology that, when added to vaccines, reduced or removed the need... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
office-but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she shows that you can devote more time to your personal life and accomplish more at work. The good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
AASU50 - Alumni
Black Business Leaders Series (HBS Cold Call podcasts) The Road to Zero Wealth (Prosperity Now report, pdf) Racial Progress is Real, But So Is Racist Progress ( New York Times , January 21, 2017) Fighting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer
design, incubate and invest in DTC businesses through their multiple forms and iterations. Tell us about your SIP. Why is it exciting? Our SIP is called Managing Beyond Direct to Consumer (DTC) and we are in our second year of running it. The last ten years gave rise... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
bit more complicated than originally anticipated. A new Harvard Business School case study called "Marketing the '$100 PC'" spells out these opportunities, problems, and challenges from a marketing point of view. As the case... View Details
- Web
John H. McArthur | About
the world, McArthur was not one to rest on laurels. The initiatives he launched during his deanship sought to maintain the School’s preeminence, while steering the institution toward a new century. Developing the Faculty McArthur built an... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
come first. The authors have identified six common barriers to change: (1) unclear direction on strategy and values, which often leads to conflicting priorities; (2) senior executives who don't work as a team and haven't committed to a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
that Kanter calls IKIWISI (I'll know it when I see it). She compares it to improvisational theatre: you make the best judgment you can in the moment and remain prepared to adjust to whatever new conditions arise. "Personally, I hate... View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
anything at HBS. I came in with a plan and an idea of who I wanted to be post-HBS, but giving myself the time and space to explore, ask questions, and try new things turns out to be the best thing I ever did! HEALTH CARE Rhea Choudhury... View Details
- 10 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service
shipyards nearby, and parents, siblings, grandparents, and cousins in the Air Force, Army, and Marines. Military service was always a goal, but Scott did not take a typical road to either the Marine Corps or to HBS. Read Joshua's profile.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
of our lives, we just deprive ourselves of a very important input." Christensen explores the synergies between economic logic and personal conviction in his new book, How Will You Measure Your Life? Coauthored with James Allworth (HBS MBA... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) Mitchell Weiss Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC) (also listed under Accounting & Management and General Management) George Serafeim Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion tightened by temporary road... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50648 2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—The public health footprint... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Relocating to Boston with Your Partner
For my wife (Megan) and me, relocating 3,000 miles across the country from Los Angeles to Boston for HBS was a huge deal. We had lived in California our whole lives, only leaving L.A. for short stints in the San Francisco Bay Area for our undergraduate programs.... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
particular, is to understand patterns of investment and reward, and effectively manage the process that defines the dynamics of buyer-seller evolution, according to Narayandas. But how to do that? New research he shared with other... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace