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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
filing for bankruptcy in the courts often results in a forced wind-down of the business. Management is replaced by a trustee or administrator (who is often an accountant or lawyer by training), the firm’s assets are sold off, and proceeds... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
established companies that didn’t see them coming. Are companies looking at disruption the wrong way? Danielle Kost: In your book, you argue that technology isn’t the main force hobbling many companies today—it’s changing customer needs... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
How to Avoid a Price Increase
seems to support this logic. First, consumers themselves report a greater sensitivity (or awareness) of price than of quantity. Second, in tracking the sale of snack foods we found that consumers reacted greatly to periodic changes in... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- Web
Judges - Alumni
/AR and frontier technology by Goldman Sachs, CB Insights, and Pitchbook. Brandon spent time in sales operations and corporate development at Box. His passions and focus are mainly in enterprise technologies; notably applied machine... View Details
- 04 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted
recruitment, hiring, and promotion processes and by conducting pay audits to evaluate salaries by gender. Yet Cullen’s research suggests that companies may need to consider more subtle underlying forces that are holding women back,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Charts & Statistics - Leadership
less than a day for the war effort Atomic bomb ENIAC computer Penicillin used extensively to treat soldiers' infections Synthetic rubberx Influence: High 50 1950 s 19 Television sales expand dramatically Transistors used in portable... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
Unfortunately, "local" didn't seem to be any better a description of Coke's market space than "global." On March 7, 2002, the Asian Wall Street Journal announced: "After two years of lackluster sales the... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- Research Summary
Mastering Strategy Execution
By: Robert Simons
Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
BlackTech Week have demonstrated the force of Black entrepreneurship and catalyzed success for many, Kanter says. Hatcher and Pearson have rebranded their initiatives under one umbrella, the Center for Black Innovation, which includes a... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
least attractive. Sales can go up (high price points replace low price points). Margins typically go way up. The incumbent stops worrying about disloyal, dissatisfied, low-paying (overshot) customers whom outsiders may term... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
expected to grow. Those combined forces present an existential challenge—and a megalopolis-sized opportunity—for entrepreneurs. “As population growth and weather-related pressures increase, the necessity of using our existing resources... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
surprisingly then, the day after the Super Bowl, the sales of antacids are higher by about 20 percent. Sixteen million people call in sick to work. The week leading up to the game there's a Super Bowl lift in categories like condiments,... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
for the 40 percent of American workers stuck in low-wage jobs? This session will feature recent research from the School's Managing the Future of Work Project. Participants will gain an understanding of what lies beneath the headlines and of the various View Details
- Web
Harvard Business School
on Brittain in 2011. Charles Bush MBA 1972 Charles Bush was an American civil rights activist, senior corporate executive, and United States Air Force officer. Bush was one of the first African Americans to graduate from the United States... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
As economies reopen after forced shutdowns caused by COVID-19, managers around the world are faced with a dual challenge: keep the workforce safe while preserving business viability in an evolving and volatile market. How should... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
can reach beyond the company walls to include customers. The importance of analysis related to employee turnover at another company, where managers became concerned when they observed high turnover among sales people and conducted an... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
28 percent of its sales revenues of $64 billion came from consumer electronics. The story of Europe's Philips provides still another fascinating chapter for business, industrial, and technological historians. Philips played a critical... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
January 2022, Tilden stepped into an increasingly popular party. The rise of non-alcoholic (NA) beverages has been one of the big headlines in the industry, where sales of beer grew almost 70 percent from 2016 to 2021, according to... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
higher-ranking business schools is that there are a number of forces at work that threaten to undermine or reduce the opportunities for employment in financial services and consulting. Post-crisis, many lucrative jobs in financial... View Details