Filter Results:
(354)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(354)
- News (99)
- Research (226)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (139)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(354)
- News (99)
- Research (226)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (139)
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
micro-foundations to capture the essentials of our setting, i.e. the handheld video game console market. In doing so, we provide a framework to understand the dynamic, long-term impacts of bundling on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- 16 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters
View Video Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore (MBA 2021) has turned her real-life experience of having a unique name into a children’s book, A Name Like Mine. We asked Sandore about her inspiration behind the book, why it’s important to pronounce... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
took a job at Stride Rite. By the time eBay came along, I was at Hasbro in Rhode Island. Fortunately, my husband was game to move back to California. What was your first reaction when a recruiter asked you to consider interviewing at... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
Whitman explains Quibi’s great gambit: by doing for short-form mobile media what HBO did for premium television, the company (whose name is shorthand for “quick bites”) will revolutionize the way we watch video on our phones. The idea was... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community
game changer. How has the HBS alumni network impacted your career? From a purely business perspective: I ended up meeting my first boss at Spotify through an EC acquaintance who had worked there as an MBA intern the previous summer. I was... View Details
- Web
Finalists | New Venture Competition
kids in Kazakhstan with an AI-driven simulation game that makes learning English fun Remarcation Hannah Wong (MArch 2025) Jia Wen Goh Fostering the autonomy of disabled users in public space through information justice Business Track,... View Details
- Profile
Michael Maples
grown up working on one of the original IBM PCs and writing video game software in high school. He went to Stanford and became even more involved with computers. His father, Mike Maples, Sr., was a... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
presence to Jay.” The Rally Fighter, pictured above, is Local Motors’ most well-known vehicle, with appearances in the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction and the racing video game Forza Horizon 2. Local... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
provide software developers in sectors ranging from video games to engineering simulation with training, tools, and support for application development tailored to exploit the unique capabilities of NVIDIA... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
focusing on the desert oasis of Las Vegas. Two researchers turn to Fortnite to quell pandemic boredom Wu and Clough share a few passions outside of scholarship, including the mass-multiplayer game Fortnite, which they began playing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
CDs played music, not virtual-reality games. Will I even recognize the place? Related Platforms and Collaborations: Technological Innovation as a Case Method Supplement Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction: Multimedia Cases Focus... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
scholars to devote more resources to obtaining a fundamental understanding of contemporary and future practice and how analytic tools and contemporary advances in accounting and related disciplines can be deployed to improve the professional practice of accounting.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
business focused on seniors. “The insight is that, at some point, seniors will be comfortable with video chat—and lo and behold, COVID-19 has really proven that to be the case. That’s an example of the myth being upended by the reality of... View Details
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Dialogue Welcome and Introductions Laura Morgan Roberts, Robin Ely,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions into digital outcomes. Emotiv wants the technology to be adopted by mainstream consumers and is leaning towards the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
each of our awardees, capturing their work and private lives in pictures and extensive interviews. We’ve distilled his work for the profiles that follow. For more about each recipient and to watch a video tribute produced by Turnley,... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
the government just isn’t perceived as a cool place to work. Faced with the opportunity to spend your days in brightly colored offices with video game rooms and bountiful cafeterias, why would young talent... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
culture, leadership, and strategy of Uber in Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Blake J. Harris covers a classic business battle in Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation; besides being a video View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
leadership, and strategy of Uber in Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Blake J. Harris covers a classic business battle in Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation; besides being a video View Details
Keywords: by Staff