Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (5,087) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (5,087) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 151 of 5,087 Results →
  • 25 Jun 2018
  • Blog Post

The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”

fast-paced industry,” he says. “I find it interesting not only for personal reasons, but also for its business opportunities.” As fall turned into winter, Aaron anticipated a post-graduation future in investing or PE, focusing on... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • Blog

Inside the Learning: How Faculty Prepare for Class

instructors who specialize in digital communication, meeting management, crisis communication, or levity (a particularly context-specific skill) to address the participants' context-specific needs. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE A PROGRAM—OR EVEN A... View Details
  • Blog

Emerging from the Pandemic: Insights from South Asia and ASEAN

While HBS delivers the majority of its Executive Education programs in Boston, we conduct research and deliver global leadership programs to serve the needs of executives from all over the world. In her role as regional director of client development, Rukmani Bagai... View Details
  • Web

From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations | Information Technology

tackling security concerns, navigating complex project structures, and linking tests to code effectively. Given the constraints of the Hackathon, we focused on whether ChatGPT API could detect code changes and generate tests automatically... View Details
  • December 2000 (Revised March 2001)
  • Case

DoubleTwist, Inc.

By: Joseph L. Bower and Christina L. Darwall
John Couch, CEO of DoubleTwist, has transformed a software products company into an Internet application service provider, racing to provide databases and tools for those working to explore the human genome. Crafting strategy and building organizational capability are... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Information Technology Industry
Related
  • February 1989
  • Background Note

Note on Attracting Stakeholders

By: Amar Bhide and Howard H. Stevenson
Acquiring resources--or to put it more broadly, attracting stakeholders--is a basic entrepreneurial task. While every enterprise needs employees, customers, suppliers, and financiers who are willing to risk their time and money, attracting these "stakeholders" to an... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Human Resources; Organizational Design; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty
Related
  • 20 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

Over a dozen years ago, HBS professors Ben Shapiro and Kash Rangan conducted research with colleague John J. Sviokla, focusing on the impact that a company's order management cycle (OMC) has on customers. Think of OMC as the process that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
  • April 2001
  • Teaching Note

MindSpring TN

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steven Silverman and William A. Sahlman
Teaching Note for (9-899-178). For book only - not listed on case. View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy; Web Services Industry
Related
  • 30 Nov 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy
  • 04 Oct 2016
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: CVS Health

organization.Jeff Lackey, VP Talent Acquisition, CVS Health Describe your organization in three to five sentences.CVS Health is at the forefront of a changing health care landscape, with an unmatched suite of capabilities and the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
  • 15 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Medallia

Organization:Ursela Knezevic, University Programs, MBA Talent Outreach, Medallia Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Medallia is the fastest growing Customer Experience Management Company... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 05 Aug 2015
  • News

Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery

“Corruption is a great untapped market,” Henry Motte-Munoz (MBA 2013) says with a laugh. “Not many competitors and customer interest is quite high.” It’s a market he’s helping to disrupt using Bantay, an NGO he cofounded while at HBS,... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
  • Person Page

Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

 

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Mission Possible

tap the best minds in genetic research. Fresh out of HBS, Cindy Ko (MBA ’05) joined a nonprofit economic-development organization dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Although their missions are different, these... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 12 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

faces as general manager at various stages of the organization's development—and how his style, priorities, and approach must change as the needs of the organization change. Provides an opportunity for action planning to address the major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

will need to be more focused and productive after the crisis. Start now and take care of these customer basics before you possibly follow a prophet into the wilderness. About the Author Frank V. Cespedes is... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
  • March 2001 (Revised July 2002)
  • Case

WingspanBank.com (B): Should This Bird Still Fly?

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
WingspanBank.com is launched to critical acclaim, but its fate is hardly certain. Bank One's new CEO, Jamie Dimon, must decide what to do with what is now a second Web site for the bank's current and prospective customers. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customers; Innovation and Management; Organizations; Complexity; Web Sites; Financial Services Industry
Related
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

this past fall with an open challenge: choose an organization whose operating model will be significantly affected by climate change, and tell us what it should be doing to address it. Students posted responses to the prompt on HBS’s Open... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 08 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

employee and customer data. And new laws may be on the horizon, shaping how organizations respond. “How you put this into practice,” Polzer says, “matters a lot.” You Might Also Like: When Bias Creeps into... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 10 Oct 2018
  • News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

percent. Give low- and middle-income customers access to low-interest-rate loans by using a predictive algorithm that uses nontraditional data to measures creditworthiness. “There’s a spectrum of behavior,” says Ayala. “On the one extreme... View Details