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01 Sep 2004
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Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)

Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he holds a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

September 2020 (Revised February 2024)
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Artea (A), (B), (C), and (D): Designing Targeting Strategies

By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS No. 521-021,521-022,521-037,521-043. This collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing—implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and... View Details

Keywords: Targeted Advertising; Targeting; Race; Gender; Diversity; Marketing; Customer Relationship Management; Prejudice and Bias; Analytics and Data Science; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Technology Industry; United States

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What Is Industrial Marketing?

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Discusses the key distinguishing aspects of industrial as compared to consumer marketing. These differences are highlighted for organizational as well as marketing mix aspects. View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Marketplace Matching; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Core Relationships; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry

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Michael O. Braimah

in Sub-Saharan Africa. His work there led to his next move toward an MBA. "We're not naturally inclined to take the 30,000-foot view of the effect of our actions on the world as a whole," says Michael. "I liked HBS' focus... View Details

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Multimedia Development | Information Technology

behind-the-scenes recreations. Amy C. Edmondson ; Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management Innovation and Growth Multimedia development at HBS grew out of a strategy by Dean Kim Clark in the mid-1990s to transform HBS IT and infuse... View Details

24 Jul 2018
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How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft

to the failing performance and then encouraging everyone to focus on making hard decisions quickly," says Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith, whose office shares a small hallway with Hood’s. So what was the plan to... View Details

01 Jan 2010
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Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965

focus on asset management and service would yield superior results. The approach worked so well that the company became the largest privately owned, independent asset View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Sound Bites: A Degree of Hope

Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) President and CEO, the Strada Education Foundation Illustration by John S. Dykes I grew up as the son of a single mother in rural Mississippi. And while we were never legally poor, there was that sense of economic insecurity the whole way. And... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

productivity concepts—from motivation and goal-setting to focus and decision-making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Duhigg explains that the most productive people, companies, and organizations view the world,... View Details

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Caitlin Reimers Brumme Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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Marilynn Davis (MBA '82)

in the middle of a recession, and we have seen a lot of changes,” noted Davis, who is now EVP and manager of the consumer banking segment at FleetBoston Financial Corporation. “We've spent our careers in a climate of heightened... View Details

21 Oct 2021
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DraftKings Backs New VC Firm

Photo courtesy Drive By DraftKings A recent article in the Boston Globe reported that the venture capital firm Drive by DraftKings, led by Meredith McPherron (MBA 1993), had raised its first venture fund. Called Drive by DraftKings, McPherron tells the newspaper that... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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The Art and Science of Teaching

Doug Lemov (MBA ’04), a charter-schools consultant and managing director of True North Public Schools, a network of schools in upstate New York, is a former teacher, principal, and charter-school founder. After years of trying to analyze... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

Lessons from the Management of Clinical Trials Authors:Robert S.Huckman and Darren E. Zinner Periodical:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract For over three decades, the benefits of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

drives. CB: Ultimately, though, the power of modularity does not lie simply in the creation of financial option value and the ensuing impact on competition. Modularity also helps simplify complex systems and divvy up complex tasks so that individuals and companies can... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

18 Dec 2023
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Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale

explained the need to engage and communicate, create better systems, and shift our focus from spending more to spending better. From there, Katie Rae, CEO & Managing Partner of Engine Ventures,... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Transforming the IRS

over the next five years transformed almost every aspect of the sprawling agency, from its antiquated IT systems to its internal management structures. Many Unhappy Returns (HBS Press, 2005) is his insider account of a mission that seemed... View Details

Keywords: Ann Cullen; IRS; Many Unhappy Returns; reform; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

12 Jul 2011
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Phone Fun

disciplines involved in the role, combined with the pace and focus on tangible deliverables is intellectually, creatively, and emotionally fulfilling,” he elaborates. At HBS, Braterman developed the skills to put marketing into context at... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

Roger Milliken

Deering, Milliken and Company was founded in 1865 and had primarily been a selling house for cloth producers in the south. When Roger Milliken inherited the business in 1947, he changed the focus of the company, buying numerous mills and... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

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