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24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

displace incumbents. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-033.pdf Cases & Course Materials AFL-CIO: Office of Investment and Home Depot Harvard Business School Case 407-097 Describes the AFL-CIO: Office of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2021
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Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

When the pandemic forced employees to flee offices and work from home in droves last year, many business leaders worried that productivity might take a dive. Would remote workers be too tempted by the lures of Netflix or too distracted by... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

April 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Teaching Note

Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?

By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-096. View Details

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31 May 2023
Research & Ideas

With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines

2,000 users, homing in on passenger usage data between January and November in 2018. After a rider had been active for three weeks, the authors tracked how—and, more important, when—customers used the service. The researchers then ranked... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

a race to commercialize the videocassette recorder (VCR), a market that television had created. Matsushita's Video Home System (VHS) captured the world market on the strength of that firm's functional... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

blame game engulfed politicians and S&P itself. In the midst of all this angst, four Harvard Business School faculty members offer their views on what went wrong and what needs to be done to right the US ship of state. bo Becker,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

March 2019 (Revised March 2020)
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Choosing the Right Esports Business Model

By: David Collis and Alexander MacKay

Two esports entrepreneurs must choose on which business model to focus their time and money. After successfully launching an online esports coaching platform, a number of new opportunities emerge in the rapidly growing esports space that now has close to one billion... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Business Development; Esports; Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Management; Strategy; Sports; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia

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30 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

the pricing of digital songs, a study on the reach and effectiveness of online video advertisements for video games and movies, and a project on how online retailers of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

consumer trend or technological development may be emerging in Germany or Japan, not your home market," Bartlett says. "Having eyes and ears around the world is critical, as is having the response capabilities to tap into the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

managers still need to seek other drivers of creativity. I Want My Functional Experts To Influence High-level Strategy Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer New research by HBS professor Anette Mikes and colleagues looks into how... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

Mums the Word! Cross-national Relationship between Maternal Employment and Gender Inequalities at Work and at Home By: McGinn, Kathleen L., Mayra Ruiz Castro, and Elizabeth Long Lingo Abstract—Our research considers how childhood exposure... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

Simcoe, an assistant professor at Boston University, adds that such policies might also resolve a type of coordination problem often seen in the diffusion of technology standards, such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface or a new View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

Games are breathing down the city fathers' necks, there's no room for discussion or compromise when people's homes (especially those of low-income residents) need to be razed for Olympics construction.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Elephants By: Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead, figure out a different way to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

You've held your own while negotiating dozens of successful deals. Even so, you want to take your game to the next level. What's the next step? There are plenty of guides that offer tips on negotiation strategies. As useful as these are... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

21 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer

Late-arriving luggage proved to be a parable about customer service for Harvard Business School professor W. Earl Sasser. In this excerpted transcript from a new video CD presentation, Sasser discusses how a seemingly harmless budget trim... View Details

Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser

02 Mar 2015
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Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

players who aren't yet significantly impacted by ecommerce and have some runway; Home Depot for example. They use the omnichannel strategy to help their businesses thrive instead of just survive. Home Depot... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

of home buyers, investors, and regulators. Using the latest research in psychology and behavioral economics, they present a new theory of belief formation that explains why the financial crisis came as such a shock to so many people—and... View Details