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- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
Business School, while Devin is professor emeritus from Swarthmore College. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Can you explain what accidental innovation is? What led to your interest in researching this concept? Robert... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
that gentrification can ruin neighborhoods by forcing out existing businesses that serve the needs of the locals. “We found that changes in the local economy—such as a new... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
In a new book on the origins and impacts of globalization, Harvard Business School's Geoffrey Jones focuses on the role played by a vital but... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
that normative or preconceived beliefs about the functioning of the social world may guide social behavior in children. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54387 Coupling Labor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can
Döpper and Joel Stiebale in Rising Markups and the Role of Consumer Preferences. The research sheds light on how markups on key household items had already taken off View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- February 2024
- Case
Innovation Strategy at Stanley Black & Decker: Setting the Direction for Growth
By: David L. Ager and Antonio Manuel Oftelie
On July 1, 2022, Don Allan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Black & Decker (SBD). Although Allan had been with the firm for 23 years, most recently serving as President and Chief Financial Officer, he recognized that he was stepping into his new role as... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Growth Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Ager, David L., and Antonio Manuel Oftelie. "Innovation Strategy at Stanley Black & Decker: Setting the Direction for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 924-301, February 2024.
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
The bottom line is, after all, the bottom line when it comes to business success. No profit, no business. But should money be the sole measure for evaluating and rewarding the effectiveness of a leader?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
business practices throughout the organization; and a genuine interest in helping potential customers figure out if what we're selling is right for them. "When you experience this as a customer, the benefits... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-103.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A) Harvard Business School Case 107-055 In 1996, CEO Fernando Garcia Checa wanted to make... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
in these various private-equity asset classes has been and is likely to be. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808048 The Politics and Economics of Accounting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
at GoDaddy Scott Wagner has recently joined GoDaddy, a leading provider of cloud-based software and services that helped individuals and small businesses establish a web presence, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A More Accommodating Approach
Executive Education is also offering content that reflects changes in business that leaders are having to navigate today, such as Competing in the Age View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
Frameworks & Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
the business environment shows how the multiple dimensions of microeconomic competitiveness in a location are interrelated. Clusters Clusters are groups View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
the late 1990s. In most high-tech fields, Japan is the only country outside the U.S. with significant U.S. patenting activity; however, whereas Japan played an important role View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- July 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Mitchells/Richards
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
Describes a small, luxury retail chain's operational sophistication achieved through the use of technology and high-touch customer service. A family-run business, Mitchells has built its success with a customer service strategy know internally as "hugging." The term is... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Expansion; Family Business; Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Luxury; Customer Focus and Relationships; Retail Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Corey B. Hajim. "Mitchells/Richards." Harvard Business School Case 604-010, July 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
pricing for first-exposure products on the site. Many in the industry have relied on years of experience and intuition to determine pricing—can Wilson provide new insights? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Richard Nolan and Warren McFarlan explored the role of the board View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- January 2013 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
The New Carolina Initiative
By: Michael E. Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo
The New Carolina Initiative case explores the process of fostering competitiveness in the subnational region, South Carolina, one of the poorest states in the United States. The case has been developed primarily for use in the course "Microeconomics of... View Details
Keywords: Public Sector; Poverty; Competitive Strategy; Private Sector; Economic Growth; South Carolina
Porter, Michael E., and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo. "The New Carolina Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 713-462, January 2013. (Revised November 2016.)
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
the great consumer brands of the future. Prior to his role as Managing Partner at Maveron, Levitan was a managing director at Schroder Wertheim & Co., a leading investment banking firm View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Working with Professors at HBS
and partnered with Henry McGee in order to write it. It was published this year and is by far one of my favorite HBS cases. I love Ms. Rhimes’ stories and her incorporation View Details