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- 28 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)
where I was able to gain foundational business experience which ultimately led me to HBS. What is your favorite memory from HBS? The Latino Student Organization (LASO) was my home away from home. The annual LASO retreats stand out as some... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
employees on company time to make updates and edits to the software for community use that could be used by competitors? New research by Assistant Professor Frank Nagle, a member of the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, shows that... View Details
- 19 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles
joining a bubble. In the recent paper, "Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles," Harvard Business School's Robin Greenwood and Stanford's Stefan Nagel compared the returns of young and older mutual fund managers during and after... View Details
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
capitalism" he believes it fosters. He thinks private sector responsibility is the answer and his prescription is described in a new book, Conscious Capitalism, that he coauthored. Conscious capitalism is made up of four elements: a purpose higher than merely View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
the major considerations and frameworks of compensation. Its audience is general managers interested in learning about their own or their employees’ compensation. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/419020-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements
often palter by changing the topic or by giving an answer that doesn’t directly answer the question that was asked. “They’re getting tough questions they don’t want to hear,” says Harvard Business School Professor Francisco Gino, one of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
exciting. For the other 364 days a year, consumers go out of their way to avoid commercials. Kenny: The case gets into some data about how much brands are spending on advertising, generally speaking. I mean, what does that number look... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
argue that inertial forces generally constrict how TMTs perceive innovations but that frame flexibility can overcome these constraints, increasing the likelihood of adoption and broadening the organization's innovation practices. We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
acres of land in southern Chile and run a variety of sustainable businesses to generate annual returns for investors. Patagonia Sur planned to derive various streams of revenue from the land—including... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
butter: the paper book. First it was Books on Tape, followed by books on phones, and then the king of business model killers, Amazon.com's Kindle. “Traditional trade book publishers are scared.” Now the iPad, with its magnificent color... View Details
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
the firm-size distribution; controlling for level of economic development, regulation, institutional constraints, and other variables that might affect the business environment; and using different empirical specifications. We further... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Value of a 'Free' Customer
By: Sunil Gupta, Carl F. Mela and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz
Central to a firm's growth and marketing policy is the revenus and profit potential of its customer assets. As a result, there has been a recent proliferation of work regarding customer lifetime value. However, extant research in this area is silent regarding how to... View Details
Gupta, Sunil, Carl F. Mela, and Jose M. Vidal-Sanz. "The Value of a 'Free' Customer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-035, December 2006.
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
General Management Program Harvard Business School Note 407-022 Discusses the importance of living room groups (eight participants who share a living room) at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
Kopola faces a decision on the company’s strategy moving forward. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416047-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-138 Match Next: Next Generation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2008
- Working Paper
Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality
By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III
This paper analyzes changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services (A&MS) industry using publicly released data that have been largely ignored in past discussions of the industrial organization of this industry, namely those available... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Marketing; Measurement and Metrics; Rank and Position; Competition; Advertising Industry; Service Industry; United States
Silk, Alvin J., and Charles King III. "Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-044, September 2008.
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
development projects that are imposed from above, with little concern for local needs. By the time she arrived at HBS, Dlodlo was herself the single mother of a two-year-old daughter, a circumstance that made business school a grind:... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
Publications 2006 University of Chicago Press Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education By: Anteby, Michel Abstract—Corporate accountability is never far from the front page, and Harvard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
refreshing their product lines and extending their brand to more affordable items. Pressure to innovate is intense, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
profit generated by different business strategies. Formulas and examples are provided to calculate the profit generated by changes in market share, revenue growth, efficiency... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne