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- 05 Oct 2023
- News
On the Move: Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003)
Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003), who has been named Macy’s new chief customer and digital officer. In this role, Magni will take charge of Macy’s digital... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
- Web
Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work
Bundle Podcast Why Companies and Skilled Workers Are Turning to On-Demand Work Joseph Fuller and Allison Bailey 24 Nov 2020 | HBR IdeaCast Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage Joseph B. Fuller 17 Nov 2020 | Harvard Business School Working... View Details
- 04 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees
known as a "fixer." Both types of leaders, the extraverts and the introverts, can be equally successful or ineffectual, but with different groups of employees. “Often the leaders end up doing a lot of the talking and not... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
looking across products allows one to pick up on things that get lost in discussing a single product. Note that this case often gets used with HBS No. 505-075, "Note on Innovation Diffusion: Rogers' Five Factors," which can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted
value, in part because their study didn’t include operating systems, the part of a computer system that controls all the other programs. “When we first came up with numbers in the trillions, we thought, ‘Nobody's going to believe this,’”... View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
more time obtaining customer feedback and downloading it to your team, and brainstorming and selling ideas. It’s OK to stay close to a passion area, but the bottom line is, let your team execute. Process As you scale, you must shift your... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312095-PDF-ENG CityCenter (E): Blow up the Harmon? John D. MacomberHarvard Business School Supplement 212-092 Casino owner considers whether to implode, complete, or do nothing with a 26 story... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
2:45 almost in terms of game time up to 3:10, last year. So you're, we were up, basically 25 minutes over the last 10 years which is a big amount of time, and I know a lot of you that we're talking about going to games, particularly... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
construct," "build operate transfer," and other forms of public-private partnership. The handling of municipal solid waste takes up to 50% of the annual budget of many urban areas in the developing world. The ability to use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership
In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
dark side of employee motivation programs: When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions Leading up to the financial crisis, bank loan officers were often incentivized to approve sketchy applications. But researchers discovered the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Returning to the Roots
It’s not a role he sought or expected. But when his brother died of a brain tumor late last year, Florent Latour (MBA 1999) became CEO of Maison Louis Latour, a winemaker established in 1797 in the Burgundy region of France. The 11th generation of his family to lead... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
study; we asked participants to fill it out and send it back by the end of the day. Each team did this through their entire project (or project phase) that we were studying (anywhere from five weeks up to nine months). Of course, the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers
with Gen Z shoppers in their teens and 20s. The payment method made up $97 billion—or 2.1 percent—of total US e-commerce sales in 2020, a figure that is expected to double by 2024. BNPL is so lucrative, merchants are paying fintech... View Details
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
"reserve requirement" to back up supply commitments. Enron had a major advantage over competitors as a middleman between producers and consumers because it operated one of the nation's largest natural gas pipeline networks.... View Details
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
percent or less for bad service. That was the expectation up until COVID.” However, “post-COVID,” as businesses came back from pandemic-induced lockdowns, consumer behavior shifted. “Consumers started to realize the value of waitstaff... View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- 23 Jan 2024
- Book
More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World
Two years after non-fungible tokens (NFTs) captured the attention of artists, celebrities, and brands, debate still rages over their value. But NFTs could be poised to make a comeback in 2024, argues Scott Duke Kominers, the Sarofim-Rock... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
innovation, in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the potential transition to clean technology can be difficult both because clean research must climb several rungs to... View Details
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
the school's charter. The case explores the opportunities and challenges of starting up and leading an urban charter school as well as the consequences of a state accountability system based on student achievement data. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back
keep more money for themselves rather than split the money evenly with their partner. In all of the games, there were no significant differences in how men and women split the money. However, on average, participants thought women were up... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta