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28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

one hand, this is not rocket science, and yet you see hundreds of applications not doing well.” Lal’s research delved into five successful mobile money deployments: Telesom ZAAD in Somaliland, Dialog eZ Cash in Sri Lanka, Econet EcoCash... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

and other service providers, lessons from this case are applicable for teaching about institutional change, procurement processes relevant to many fields, and how to increase rigor in typically informal business processes. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

the case materials, lectures, guest speakers, and application workshops: First, you must understand the externals in your business and their impact on required sales tasks. Value is created or destroyed in the external marketplace, not in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1

Repetition of interaction may improve learning, since experience working together aids in the identification, transfer, and application of knowledge among members within a group. Additionally, experience need not be constrained to one... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jun 2007
Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

one way and on your credit application to your mortgage lender in another way. In a moment of weakness, you might account for your income favorably to your prospective lender and not so favorably to the IRS. You might find yourself coming... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

architecture. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55689 2019 Handbook of Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Applications 2 Behavioral Economics and Health-Care Markets By: Chandra, Amitabh, Benjamin Handel,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

for example, that McDonald’s is going to sponsor the game’s rollout in Japan. I imagine it could fundamentally change the face of things like sponsorship and mobile advertising. We haven’t begun to see the most outrageous applications of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

the Chinese dataset will apply in New York," warns Khanna. "Nevertheless, it is better than not having any findings at all." Although the data may not be directly applicable to the United States or other countries, it... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Jun 2004
What Do You Think?

How Important are Big Ideas?

open-minded CEOs, and the concepts they develop and implement. This raises a number of questions. Do the development and application of management concepts represent a significant source of competitive advantage? Is it more important than... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

marketing positioning in a customer's mind, and a way to keep an organization on its collective toes. But the concept is, in the opinion of readers, one that in application raises more questions than it answers. Among these are: (1) Are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Case

Brainlab: Imaging a MedTech Future

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Gregory P. Licholai and Federica Gabrieli

Can Brainlab, a privately held firm, compete with giants like Medtronic and Amazon in delivering the Digital Operating Room of the future? The CEO is pondering solutions for secure exchange of medical information, pricing a new robotic imaging device, and reorganizing... View Details

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February 2024
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ReSpo.Vision: The Kickstart of an AI Sports Revolution

By: Paul A. Gompers, Elena Corsi and Nikolina Jonsson

This case study explores the growth journey of Polish computer vision sports start-up ReSpo.Vision in an emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem. By providing 3D data and analysis to soccer clubs, ReSpo.Vision achieved significant milestones with a €1 million seed round, an... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business Plan; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Decisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; Poland; Europe

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28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

information on sites such as Yelp, eBay, and TripAdvisor. The framework relies on an algorithm set up to tackle bias inherent in reviews by taking into account reviewers who vary in accuracy, stringency, and by reputation. Luca cowrote the paper, Optimal Aggregation of... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

provide women with their personal "board of directors." All participants live in small groups of five to eight women. The groups are arranged by industry or by the issues they have indicated in their application that they would... View Details

Keywords: Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

but determined to lead it, especially in tropical countries, by the dawn of 2030. From its nascent stages focusing on the multifaceted applications of graphene, Log 9's trajectory has been nothing short of meteoric. The company's foray... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

of the School. For instance, in MBA and Executive Education admissions, we are interested in applicants who will enrich our classroom discussions with a wide range of international perspectives. We are also evaluating the degree to which... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

16 May 2011
Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

one time," says Buell. Third parties also track service quality (J.D. Power in this case). And because banking is a service that touches almost everyone, its customer group is diverse, making the study's results applicable to other... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

towards empowering employees to be creative and make decisions," which she believes will continue. Penny Cortez thinks that we should see more research on why "bad leadership seems to be more common than good " Illysa would like "more research and... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle

technological innovations and the development of regional agglomerations. While the increase in innovative outputs can be seen through several measures, probably the clearest indication is in the extent of patenting. Patent applications... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner; Financial Services

30 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Leadership That Defines you – Reflecting on my Time at HBS

been reflecting on this since I wrote my essay for my HBS application three years ago. It has acted as my central focus to sharpen what my definition of leadership is and how I want to apply it to my life. Before HBS, I had an expansive... View Details

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