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- 28 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 28
broad or focused managers, to leverage, to the timing of investment, and finally, to the compensation paid to both external managers and internal staff. Purchase this note: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209152-PDF-ENG Moods of Norway Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
school companies that have done well with their schools, but they're still tiny compared to the several hundred P-TECH schools in the US alone and then in 28 countries. 2. Get on the ground and build a coalition Kanter: You were an... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
young startup’s success in the five years since its founding. The Silicon Valley–based company had recently shipped its two millionth smartwatch; held the record for three of the four highest Kickstarter... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
Hythem El-Nazer, a young investment professional at TA Associates, believes he has found an attractive investment opportunity for the firm, MetroPCS, a wireless telecomm service provider. However, two months earlier, TA had invested... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
military significance of wireless technology, especially at sea. It was essentially the creation of the U.S. Navy and a General Electric executive named Owen Young to serve a combination of commercial and security purposes. RCA was a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
Bill George, Professor of Management Practice Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry. During the year social networking morphed from a personal communications tool for View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
McCormack, the founder of leading sports agency IMG, which counts Maria Sharapova as one of its clients, is widely seen as the catalyst behind what has become the sports marketing industry. Legend has it that in 1960, McCormack, a lawyer, approached Arnold Palmer, then... View Details
- 21 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish
by raising incomes and giving people a stake in a more promising future. Our research also shows that many multinationals find that their activities in regions struck by poverty act as powerful magnets for attracting bright young... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
make a significant decision about their young company's sales function. DoubleDutch's key product was a mobile application (app) and event management platform that customers could use to better engage and connect with their event... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Debora L. Spar
and law. Is Lewis being premature in his "Internet changes everything" scenario? Spar: I think he is. Lewis is right, I believe, in arguing that the Internet is a radical technology and that it has showered both wealth and power on a range of non-obvious... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
eight major North American and European financial services companies as well as an international internet survey in collaboration with journals and organizations. The present paper gives an overview of the initial findings of 61... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
convictions of the Valley's remarkable innovators, who created not just a company but an industry, still echo through the community. Bill Hewlett and David Packard influenced the older generation directly; many of them were early... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
visited HBS and performed tricks that blew Thomke away. "He's an amazing performer, and my curiosity went through the roof. I felt like a young boy again." Thomke was teaching a course in the MBA program on innovation in 2009 and had an... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
collaboration. At the same time that leadership is being redefined, leadership development is also being reconsidered. In recent decades companies have focused on succession processes that ensure the emergence of a select group of leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
Lauder, founded Estée Lauder Cosmetics. By the time she retired from public life in the mid-1990s, this company had become one of the largest cosmetics manufacturers in the world and was recognized as one of the leading players in the... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
of NiSource's recent proposal to pursue a tax-advantaged spin-off its pipeline business. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/215026-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-001 Growth Hacking at Bazaart (A) The four founding members of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
best ad in the world won't make a dent if its message and the cultural moment are not aligned. One of Holt's inspirations was to juxtapose how brands maintain cultural value in the face of cultural disruptions with research that examines how View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
particular industry—both software engineers and fashion models are considered "specialized"—but 60 percent of the visas go to workers who specialize in science, engineering, and high-tech occupations. Top recipients of H-1B visas include major US-based technology View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
advice. He suggested that the company test and refine its business model by initially focusing on one payment operation, for parking tickets, in one U.S. city. The entrepreneurs almost bit off his head. "The leader in this market... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle