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09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

"private-public entrepreneurs" who establish private businesses that sell to government agencies or sometimes to citizens directly. In Philadelphia, for example, Textizen enables citizens to communicate with city health and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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January 2024
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Sprouts Farmers Market

By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona

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2009
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Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy

By: James K. Sebenius

When facing a cross-border negotiation, the standard preparatory assessments—of the parties, their interests, their no-deal options, opportunities for and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc.—should be... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Negotiation Process; Organizational Culture; Business and Government Relations

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2009
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Assess, Don't Assume, Part I: Etiquette and National Culture in Negotiation

By: James K. Sebenius

When facing a cross-border negotiation, the standard preparatory assessments -- of the parties, their interests, their no-deal options, opportunities for and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc. -- should be... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation Process; Societal Protocols; Competitive Advantage; Cooperation

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08 Feb 2017
HBS Seminar

Andrew Mao, Microsoft Research

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

today. Renovations to the Reading Room and the continued preservation and acquisition of the Historical Collections were made possible through a 2004 endowment from the de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation, a family philanthropy based in Montreal, Canada. With a goal of... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

at home, and they weren’t allowed to bring their office chairs home. The policy communicated a lack of empathy and general cluelessness about the employee experience—signals that were particularly important to working moms. The answer is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

21 Nov 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

basically the manifesto that she uses to create this ethos within Stella McCartney. A: Yes. I think she does not communicate her initiatives as much as we would have thought. First of all, it was interesting to see in class that many... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

communicate with each other on the large-scale—particularly, the global scale—necessary to share such information.” Security of individual accounts. Of the 10 most-used software packages in the analysis, the CII team found that seven were... View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

01 Jun 2005
News

Power Couple

Richard Sarnoff (MBA ’87), a group president at Random House, is one forward-looking media exec who has some impressive links to the industry’s past: His great-uncle, former RCA chairman David Sarnoff, was instrumental in developing the first commercial radio station... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

Markets? Why Does it Matter? By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj MAY 2019 Article Strategic Management Journal Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles By: Prithwiraj... View Details

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Wombi Rose

communication about what you're doing and why you're doing it," Wombi says. "It's amazing how every single time you're working through one of those, you go home with a laundry list of ideas to try." "So what drives... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Manufacturing/Energy; Retail/Hospitality

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

partnerships with companies looking to hire and companies working on initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion; Run workshops and panels of relevant topics to women in tech; Help build community for the group through small group... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

Through these meetings I’ve gained a greater appreciation for how deeply people care about the School and the role they wish to see us to play in the world. I’ve also come to see how the collective efforts of this community are the... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

02 Aug 2021
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What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

transparency laws took effect. The researchers gathered data from the American Community Survey, which collected information on wages and employment among more than 4 million people living in states with new transparency laws between 2000... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

wiped out a lot of smaller community stores, and Dollar General is wiping out a lot of others. Gazette: Businesses are struggling to fill vacancies, with workers quitting jobs at a historic clip. Retail, a high-turnover industry even... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen

executives and the board. "It gave me a lot of exposure to senior management and helped me learn how to communicate agribusiness in financial terms," he says. In 2016, he shifted once again to an Argentine agribusiness jointly... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

Bhargav: The JD/MBA community is phenomenal. There are about 40 of us total. So far, my peers in the program have been both the best role models and friends I could ask for. View Details

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Mireya Iglesias Ayala

and asking the right questions. This method fosters effective communication and a deep understanding of managerial complexities. By engaging with various cases and embracing the insights of my peers, I've learned the importance of... View Details

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

Leadership and Teaming

Sprouts Farmers Market

Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy

Assess, Don't Assume, Part I: Etiquette and National Culture in Negotiation

Andrew Mao, Microsoft Research

The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

A World of Difference

HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

Power Couple

Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

Wombi Rose

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

Future Vision

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

Ignacio Lartirigoyen

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

Mireya Iglesias Ayala