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- 10 Dec 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Vulnerable Banks
- February 2025
- Supplement
eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Book
Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
children, and to tell a personal story about that picture and about growing up. Earlier in the day, we had explored the notion of being “all in.” Being all in, I figured, has to connect with who we are and who we want to be. So, I wanted to understand what drove each... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and the Internet
highly integrated. When a company's activities fit together as a self-reinforcing system, any competitor wishing to imitate a strategy must replicate the whole system rather than copy just one or two discrete product features or ways of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
- 30 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?
results will help retailers work through the complicated pricing puzzle and pinpoint the best fit for their businesses. In deciding whether to self-match, companies should start by determining whether their competitors are already doing... View Details
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One
It's a perfectly natural thing. I think if a person working with and through other people has made the world a better place or avoided a problem for some organization, I'm willing to call him or her a leader. Whether they get a medal or an award or View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
Business School and is the author of the book Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations about Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy. You Might Also Like: To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It
success is not simply predicated on changing the old ways of doing things but on reimagining them; and for those who seek inspiration as they consider what they can and should do with the rest of their lives. (And if you're unsure whether you View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
we fall short of some ideal—and given the busy pace of our lives, “good enough” reflection is a real accomplishment, he says. How do we aim for good enough? The answer, Badaracco says, is to find an approach that fits comfortably into... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
understanding of how we measure inequality, we can both uncover its impact and intervene to more effectively correct it. One size doesn’t fit all In the plainest terms, inequality refers to the degree to which some have more than others.... View Details
- 07 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination
- March–April 2023
- Article
Market Segmentation Trees
By: Ali Aouad, Adam Elmachtoub, Kris J. Ferreira and Ryan McNellis
Problem definition: We seek to provide an interpretable framework for segmenting users in a population for personalized decision making. Methodology/results: We propose a general methodology, market segmentation trees (MSTs), for learning market... View Details
Keywords: Decision Trees; Computational Advertising; Market Segmentation; Analytics and Data Science; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Marketplace Matching; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing
Aouad, Ali, Adam Elmachtoub, Kris J. Ferreira, and Ryan McNellis. "Market Segmentation Trees." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 25, no. 2 (March–April 2023): 648–667.
- 04 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Can a Continuously-Liquidating Tontine (or Mutual Inheritance Fund) Succeed where Immediate Annuities Have Floundered?
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
mistakes, says Beer in his new book Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations about Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy. Beer, who has spent 45 years working with hundreds of companies to execute organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Mar 2008
- HBS Case
JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis
something the airline takes very seriously." Beyond The Core The JetBlue case fits well with the overall course focus of growing and refining an operating model, Huckman says. "After you spend time perfecting your operation, you... View Details
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
settings feel compelled to prove their worth, hide failures and mistakes, and avoid taking risks. But they are especially challenging for white women and people of color, whose talents are often overlooked or underestimated because they are less likely to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
equally important goal of fitting in with the rest of society,” says Chiara Farronato, assistant professor at Harvard Business School. “Too much of a thing and it becomes a commodity, too little of a thing and it becomes something that’s... View Details
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
(The team manager based in Germany told researchers that "every time the US team members develop something, it may get rejected because it does not fit with what the German team members have in mind.") Nonetheless, the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
expose perceptions and expectations of each other and how the leadership of the business will play out. Experienced hiring managers know that it is rare they’ll hire the first candidate they interview for a newly created role because they may not be clear on the right... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 26 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)
for marketers and influencers Branded content doesn’t have to come at such a price, though. Companies and YouTubers can partner successfully and still serve viewers if they heed five pieces of advice from Zhang and Cheng’s research. Sponsored content can work if it... View Details