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01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

the NBA to really differentiate itself, especially by leveraging the tool of the Basketball Africa League as a franchise, is actually quite strong.” “Ultimately, if we think about all the things we’re trying... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

HBS Professor Marco Iansiti and H.T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, solicited views on new directions for the Internet in a panel discussion called "e-Service: The Next... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

25 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

platforms running under eBay or Google or Rakuten. In some countries like Japan and Korea, one can do exactly the same thing on the Internet and over the mobile phone. And in Japan, mobile phones now... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

may just lead you to eat more bacon. (To add insult to injury, medical studies suggest that a high level of cortisol leads to an accumulation of abdominal fat.) CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King recently... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Charts & Statistics Birthplace Education Gender & Ethnicity Tenure Birthplace of Leaders Foreigners Gain CEO Access After Mid-Century Pre-1950 Founder 73%... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

shelves stuffed with books. Now the pale wood shelves share wall space with expanded windows, and the center of the long, high-ceilinged store is filled with low, rolling display tables. The store’s design captures the View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

one—including how things like data sourcing, volume, diversity, privacy and security will be handled. Data can be acquired in a number of ways including crawling public data, finding data-rich partners,... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
Case

ASOS PLC

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand... View Details

Keywords: ASOS; AsSeenOnScreen; Online Fashion; Online Apparel; Nick Beighton; Nick Robertson; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Social Media; Marketplaces; Shipping; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Age; Gender; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United Kingdom; England; London

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Educators

Purchase

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

says Haupt. Asparagus tongs, for example, are a thing of the past. Multiuse items—like Steuben's Magnolia bowl, which doubles as a caviar server when flipped over—are in demand. An Emotional Buy Retail... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

Profile

Bridgette Slater

accomplishments, but I admire her humility and generous spirit most of all. What’s the best thing about your hometown? Growing up in Washington D.C., I always enjoyed how culturally diverse and international... View Details

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

manufacturers have been free to reduce quantity by small amounts ever since. Today, the standard tin may contain as little as eleven ounces of ground coffee. Consumers themselves report a greater sensitivity View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors faced unprecedented challenges. Vital supplies such as facemasks and cotton swabs were in short supply. New protocols had to be developed to isolate infected patients. Treating patients... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

that we call the ‘high-impact entrepreneur.’” There are three things that define high-impact to Endeavor. First is having the commercial skills to create something that’s large and successful, creating a lot View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation track. Introduction to Entrepreneurship Essentials ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Entrepreneurship Essentials $1,850 Next... View Details

Portrait Project

Nishi Anand

“Look! My new college!” Dad said, smiling ear to ear, on a video call. He was pointing towards students sitting on a dirt floor and a teacher writing on a cracked blackboard perched on a tree. Despite the scant facilities, dad looked excited! As the new dean View Details

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

every day,” Nneka said. “Yet I just felt this call to try to do something about it. How do you lift billions out of poverty? How do you create healthcare systems that work? Those are really hard things to do... View Details

12 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

communication has been elusive. That's too bad, because people have been anticipating profound effects from the ability to collaborate in real time at a distance for a long time. One of our favorite examples View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

take a long time to solve. This kind of thinking is actively harmful for patients,” he says. “These are things that we could do tomorrow morning to meaningfully reduce the mortality View Details