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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
Professor David M. Upton is the faculty chair of BCAO. He spoke with an Executive Education staff member about the course.EE: How do you define the term "operations"? Upton: "Operations" constitutes all of the activities that a firm conducts in... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up
hear someone offer to do anything they value focus. Yes, it’s also good to be flexible. Just don’t approach an interview vaguely. “What challenges are next for BaubleBar?” One ongoing task is customer acquisition. How to get that next... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
new opportunities. Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility Author Daniel Litvin presented his evidence that modern companies find it difficult to operate on foreign soil. Big companies, in spite of their wealth,... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract Although there's ample research to guide marketers in naming new products, little of it has addressed follow-on offerings, even though these make up the bulk of new products in many industries. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)
made for me: This person had to have studied either computer science or electrical engineering and have a JD and an MBA. They had to have worked at a big software company and a successful startup. The kicker was they had to speak... View Details
Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?
convenience and security offered by mobile banking, Kenya’s M-Pesa, for example, grew to serve 15 million customers in its first five years. But for every M-Pesa, there is a company like India’s Eko Financial Services, which has struggled... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
contracting. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets, but caution against expanding fair values to areas such... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
School Case 806-073 Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2022
- News
Leading on Climate Change
solving the world’s problems, not creating the world’s problems?” HBS Club of the GCC ThinkTank Drawing from his recent book, Polman said a net-positive company takes responsibility for its total impact on society, which extends... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
through a private equity firm, search fund model or a public company that through dual class stock is still family controlled. It is also useful for everyone going into general management and / or want to be responsible owner investors.... View Details
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
at the time that the company is redesigning its business processes, organization, and information technology infrastructure to support aggressive growth and increased complexity. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
HBS professor advised me to begin my project by asking companies to pay smoodi to come to their offices and prepare customized smoothies for the employees. The idea was that if I couldn’t gain money this way, a machine would never work.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 29 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business
seven semesters and pursue my core passion to improve cosmetic safety. Where did you work before coming to HBS?I spent the two years before HBS working for S.W. Basics, a truly all-natural skincare company based in Brooklyn that... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
Ayala: With solar lantern in hand, kicking off a campaign to light the rural Philippines. Photo courtesy Jim Ayala After a successful corporate career that included two decades as a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and, most recently,... View Details
- 24 May 2018
- Blog Post
Win/Win Board Assignments: Expert Advice from Board Recruiter Julie Norris
Geography – the regions in which you have worked – can also play an important part. "Do you have experience in areas the company is expanding into? If, for example, you spent your career in the US, but now live in the EU, your insights... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
New Exhibit Highlights Turning Point for American Business
a long workweek it was and how extraordinarily controlling companies were in the early days before the labor movement." In subtle contrast, a striking 1933 portrait of a woman cotton warper at the Shelton Looms in Shelton, Connecticut, by... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
companies – and ultimately contribute to private sector development. Moving forward and making a big impact Through these two internships and my joint degree education, I have decided that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
investigating the workings of both the sell and buy sides of financial analysis, tackles how the U.S. securities industry research adds value in financial markets, and evaluates the business model problems that the industry encounters and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details