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- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
data are often voluminous and unstructured, presenting analytical challenges for traditional tools that were designed for well-structured, quantitative data. We adapt methods from natural language processing and machine learning to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 1999
- Case
Project Dreamcast: Serious Play at Sega Enterprises Ltd. (A)
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Andrew Robertson
Focuses on the ongoing competitive battles in the global home video game market that is estimated to exceed $15 billion by 1999 in the United States and Japan alone. Describes how Sega Enterprises has redesigned its development processes to create a revolutionary... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Product Development; Business Growth and Maturation; Market Entry and Exit; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Computer Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Andrew Robertson. "Project Dreamcast: Serious Play at Sega Enterprises Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 600-028, September 1999.
- 07 Jul 2019
- HBS Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
first year. “There’s so much to unpack in the choices that Walmart is making,” Kerr says, remarking that management has also introduced virtual reality goggles to train employees as well as an app, Spark City, that uses a game-type simulation to teach workers about... View Details
- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
stabilized, First Republic’s weakness, which prompted a hasty sale to JPMorgan Chase, portends continued headwinds for startups seeking investors. Julia Austin: Take stock on how to manage in times of crisis When the SVB situation... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Photography and Print Advertising - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Field, ca. 1934. olvwork490066 Photography became established in print advertising in the late 1800s after perfection of the halftone process allowed photographs to be printed alongside text. Straightforward shots of consumer products... View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization
which the largest chunk stems from embodied carbon in materials and packaging. “Stuff accumulation:” There are over 400 billion LEGO pieces on Earth (60 bricks per person)! This fact alone highlights the challenges faced by a company that relies on the View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
that entrepreneurship is believed to play in the process of economic growth, alleviating financing constraints for would-be entrepreneurs is also an important goal for policymakers worldwide. We review two major streams of research... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
necessities of social distancing attenuate or alter the traditional organizational levers. Several CEOs observed: “Keeping spirits high in a sales environment. At the moment our sales force has to work twice... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
some stake in the company and continue to participate in its management? Should they auction off their shares to the highest bidder and exit? Or should they play a role in the global beer industry through a stock-for-stock sale to InBev,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
March 2019 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Thin Slices of Workgroups By: Satterstrom, Patricia, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Lisa Kwan, Oliver P. Hauser, Wannawiruch Wiruchnipawan, and Marina Burke Abstract—In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
tenure of Dunlap's predecessor, Phillip Lippincott, Scott had struggled to improve its operational effectiveness at the plant level by working on process improvement and launching an effort to work cooperatively with its union. In the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
for the company’s various customer segments. Students must consider whether PatientPing’s pricing, sales team, and sales process are optimal based on the unique challenges of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
journaling where they write their responses to the prompts below and then we discuss them together. Whether or not you have a coach with whom to process your answers to these prompts, you should find journaling your responses to be a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- Web
Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
Engineering. Michael Cline (MBA 1985), Accretive Technology Partners J. Michael Cline is the founding Partner of Accretive Technology Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on building market leaders in the business process... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 12 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?
the service process rather than the line they’re waiting in. “Showing customers the work that’s being done to serve them can cause them to mind waiting less and value the service more,” he says. In virtual environments such as call... View Details
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
features another common sales incentive--a "president's club" membership for those employees who sell more software than 90 percent of their peers in a given year. The software firm uses a "commission accelerator" program over the course... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young
The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a field of... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
"make the numbers work." Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/busse-place-b-marisa-s-dilemma/an/214104-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-496 Babcock International Plc. In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne