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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
billion-dollar company by taking calculated risks and making bold investments based on anticipated industry trends and client demand. Now, despite slowing demand for CRO services, PAREXEL is betting that a global footprint and technology... View Details
- 27 May 2022
- Blog Post
Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023
leaving the military. Take a bet on yourself and forge your own path. Learn more about the HBS military community by visiting the Members of the Military page or watching a Conversation about the Military Community at HBS. View Details
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
with this decision, I found out I was accepted to HBS. Getting that acceptance gave me the confidence and assurance that I needed to step out on a limb and bet on myself. I now had HBS as a “backup option.” I could explore and build the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
findings. Indeed, he believes the data suggests that local eateries are starting to siphon off customers from the "Big Boys." Why? The Applebee's and the T.G.I. Friday's of the world have been safe bets for diners because their... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
Nuclear, which was bought by DuPont in 1972. The success of that, he said in an interview with the Computer History Museum, “made me think that the venture business was easy.” By all accounts, Crisp made it look easy. He worked closely with Rockefeller and View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway
easier than others, the participants consistently betted on the players with the highest scores—and were consistently disappointed when their choices went on to lose the second game. Failing The Test The implications of this judgment (or... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce
over time as an industry matures and ultimately declines. To maintain high returns and keep your family company modern and competitive you need to make well-timed, significant bets in growth businesses. Some of these View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Don’t Mess with His Texas
WATERS: Betting the ranch on posterity. Lost Maples State Natural Area in the Hill Country of Texas is noted for its beautiful limestone canyons and native bigtooth maple trees. The park recently grew by 700 acres thanks to Lou Waters... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
well you buy and integrate but also, and more importantly, on how smart your bet about industry boundaries is. As with M&A as R&D, this approach is hard to analyze rigorously. In this case, though, this difficulty is not because... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
and other GM executives placed a series of important bets on what American consumers wanted (different makes, models and prices; cars that were status symbols and identity holders as well as transportation sources) and they did so with... View Details
- 22 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Case Protagonists at HBS
seatmate’s successes or professor’s knowledge. I dare you to try to go a full 80 minutes without laughing or applauding. I bet you can’t. What is a case protagonist? HBS cases all revolve around a decision some leader at an organization... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
envisioned I would try until much later in my career. Participating in the Summer Fellows program allowed me to bet on myself for the summer and bring my ideas to life. The SEI Accelerator provided me a community of other founders and... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
idea plays a larger role in determining entrepreneurial success than with less R&D-intensive companies. “There’s a long-standing debate in venture financing on whether one should bet on the ‘horse’—the idea—or the ‘jockey’—the team.... View Details
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
good at responding to client demand, they have limited ability to promote their own agenda. However, even “incremental” change can be important from such an influential platform. The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact (318041) by Vikram... View Details
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
these hypotheses with HBS colleague and mentor Max Bazerman, a leading ethics scholar, who had a different theory. "Max told me, 'I'll bet people are doing this because they feel bad that their papers aren't being downloaded as much as... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
star might fade without a tour to guide it. "This became a crucial bet on the development of the artist Lady Gaga," Elberse says. The decision was vital because concerts are not only a great publicity tool for recorded music,... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
and alternatives are gaining prominence. Our Remaining Questions: The Future of the Dairy Industry Future Growth While growth in Arla’s existing markets has been flat, the company is expanding into emerging markets such as Nigeria, Bangladesh, and China. The company is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
launching and running their business,” Bussgang says. “I would bet their customers—major retailers who are counting on Syrup’s platform for mission-critical business processes—would be surprised to learn that James and Ferdinand were... View Details
Keywords: April White