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- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios By: Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham Abstract—We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets from 1968 through 2014. We define... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand’s Social Network on Marketing Outcomes By: John, Leslie K., Oliver Emrich, Sunil Gupta, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Does “liking” a brand on Facebook cause a person... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2018
- News
The Only 3 Career Steps that Matter
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
forthcoming American Economic Review Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and reallocation featuring endogenous... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
November 2016 Quarterly Journal of Economics Stereotypes By: Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—We present a model of stereotypes based on Kahneman and Tversky's representativeness heuristic. A decision maker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
key is to be ruthlessly realistic with oneself. As I hope the book makes clear, this is one of the greatest challenges for any CEO. Q: The Innovator's Dilemma by HBS professor Clayton Christensen illustrated how formerly successful... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
assessments came from correspondents like Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam. McNamara published a book years after he retired to reassess the Vietnam War and his role in it as secretary of defense. His main... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- August 2000 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Borders Group, Inc.
By: Zeynep Ton and Ananth Raman
Describes Borders Group, a well-known retail chain, in late 1999 and its traditional strengths and rapid growth in the 1990s. By 1990, however, the company had fallen behind Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble in leveraging the Internet for book retailing, although it... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Distribution Channels; Service Operations; Business Growth and Maturation; Economic Growth; Industry Growth; Growth and Development; Internet; Business Model; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Supply and Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry
Ton, Zeynep, and Ananth Raman. "Borders Group, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 601-037, August 2000. (Revised February 2003.)
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. Bradley and coauthor Nancy Bartlett are in the midst of writing a book looking at how broadband technologies are reshaping industries. We asked him to take a few minutes to talk about the... View Details
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Amazon.com, 2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-402.
On January 28, 2016, Amazon announced record 2015 operating profits of $2.2 billion on $107 billion of sales, and the markets responded with cautious optimism. For years, founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos had prioritized growth and... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Market Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Competition; Internet; Corporate Strategy; Online Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Hardware; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Price; Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
- 15 Apr 2024
- Book
Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters
cut through all the questions that inevitably run through their heads so they can instinctively choose the right path. The best way to tackle a tough call: Start by defining on a personal level what is right, says Harvard Business School Professor Joseph L. Badaracco,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
In her new book SuperCorp, Rosabeth Moss Kanter argues that capitalism is near a crossroads. The old ways of doing business no longer work. Traditional leadership roles are breaking down. And the public is fed up with greedy executives... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith Abstract—We investigate how the prevalence of materialistic bank CEOs has evolved over time... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing
publish a book on the subject of jobs-to-be-done marketing, explains that there's an important difference between determining a product's function and its job. "Looking at the market from the function of a... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
Story of American Business: From the Pages of The New York Times (Harvard Business Press), presents more than 100 compelling, provocative—and sometimes funny—articles published in the preeminent U.S. newspaper. The articles span the... View Details
- Web
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Electric Company, 1892–1913 Ben Cohen Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, 1978–1994 Wilton D. Cole Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1956–1963 Gilbert Colgate Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1920–1928 Samuel B. Colgate Colgate-Palmolive Company,... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
industry went through its life-cycle stages. (Read a book excerpt on Herb Kelleher and Southwest Airlines below.) Sarah Jane Gilbert: Your research on the airline industry explores three types of executives: the entrepreneur, manager, and... View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
Michael French and Andrew Popp) We asked BHR coeditor Walter A. Friedman, whose book Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America has contributed to the literature, to help us understand why salesmen are again the subject... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
Hadley Vlahos, a hospice nurse. The book offers a poignant glimpse into her encounters with individuals nearing the end of their lives and the families accompanying them. Vlahos’s experiences are compelling and highlight how those in a... View Details
- Web
Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
about value-based health care. Here we publish links to major value oriented organizations in health care. American College of Surgeons' THRIVE Initiative On July 18, 2019, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business... View Details