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Dafna Bearson
phenomena—and make meaningful predictions in rapidly changing global markets. In particular, Dafna gravitated toward questions related to the challenges new automation and digital technologies pose to job... View Details
- November 2011
- Teaching Note
AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage (TN)
- 29 Nov 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How Will Gamers and Investors Respond to Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard?
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
was shocked by their advice. “They said, ‘Try three Advil a day. It might help. There are a few FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, and they won’t help,’” he recalls. McCance, a venture- capital pioneer with Greylock Partners, had spent 40 years as eyewitness... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion of high tech... View Details
- Web
Kraft Accelerator
trials and research, and how the challenges go way beyond just making the technology work. Previous Episodes Bridging a Critical Gap: Using AI to Avoid Wasteful Treatments, Unnecessary Tests and Poor Outcomes 19 SEP 2019 | Under the... View Details
Arjun Chopra
Arjun Chopra is a Partner at Floodgate and leads the firm's investments in opportunities that transform the ""IT stack"" in ways that help companies change the way they do business and compete. Before Floodgate, Arjun was the CTO at... View Details
- February 2023
- Case
Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)
By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago
In 2020, Alejandro Simón, CEO of Sancor Seguros Group, a nearly 75-year-old cooperative that had become Argentina’s insurance leader, had to decide about the Group’s digital transformation strategy. The Group’s values and history needed to be considered during the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Transformation; Organizational Culture; Cooperative Ownership; Strategy; Business Strategy; Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Insurance Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina
Tamayo, Jorge, and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago. "Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 723-422, February 2023.
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
unwavering belief in human potential. After the war, the stage was set for an explosion of innovation, and Doriot was in a perfect position to light the fuse. As a professor of a leading business school and a director of dozens of companies, Doriot had become an expert... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
which has always been a great force for change. I have a sense that there will continue to be important technological changes that we, as a school, will have to learn how to be on top of and respond to... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
Summing Up: Where Do We Draw the Line on the Use of Technology in Hiring Practices? The idea of using brain scans in hiring, while it generated limited enthusiasm among respondents to this month's column, nevertheless was rejected by only... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50066 Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital By: Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—We study adaptation by financial intermediaries as a response to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2001
- Background Note
IT Asset: the "Legacy" System Problem
By: Richard L. Nolan
Describes the legacy system problem facing traditional companies as they strive to build strategic I-Nets. Identifies the key trends amplifying legacy system problems that cause IT assets to become IT liabilities. View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations
It's the set of processes that transforms either materials or information into a product or service. EE: How has this definition evolved over the past decade? Upton: There have been some exciting changes in recent years. First, operations... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
(once a characteristic of living things only, right?) in its answer. It assessed the situation, took a calculated risk, and bet just enough to win. Game, set, and match—$53,601 to $42,399—to the still-undefeated Wired One. (Dollars are just a figure of speech here; no... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
male-dominated mining community. The first woman and non–South African to lead the 95-year-old company, Carroll, a native of Princeton, New Jersey, was hired as a change agent, and her combination of compassion, strategic vision, and... View Details
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
Society (BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental... View Details
- February 2011
- Article
The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Hoffman, Andrew J. "The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism." Strategic Organization 9, no. 1 (February 2011): 77–84. (Winner of the 2016 Best SO!apbox Essay Award, Strategic Organization.)
- January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
LOLA: Do You Know What's in Your Tampon?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Aldo Sesia
LOLA is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business launched in 2015. What started as a company to provide women with organic and transparent material-labeled tampons via a subscription model, had, by 2019 evolved to include additional menstrual and sexual wellness products.... View Details
Keywords: Direct-to-consumer; Channels; Disruption; Business Model; Brands and Branding; Internet and the Web; Strategy; Retail Industry; United States; Canada
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Aldo Sesia. "LOLA: Do You Know What's in Your Tampon?" Harvard Business School Case 320-015, January 2020. (Revised March 2020.)
- 2018
- Working Paper
Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Matrix: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape
By: Das Narayandas and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of higher education,... View Details
Keywords: Executive Education; Internet and the Web; Disruption; Management Skills; Leadership Development
Narayandas, Das, and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu. "Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Matrix: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-020, September 2016. (Revised June 2018.)