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- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
goal. When you consider that your job-perhaps even your industry-may disappear, you have no choice but to take control. Filled with stories of professionals of all kinds who have profited from this proactive approach, Own Your Future... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
feeling high rental prices would lock local residents and businesses out of the market. Hollywood and Highland or Sunset and Vine? Turner planned to make his decision soon. Details the economics of both projects. Purchase this case: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
to offline media, which made attribution modeling more difficult. Decisions pertaining to product extensions, channel expansion beyond DTC e-commerce, and geographic expansion were also on the table to prove that Hubble's customer value proposition and operations could... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
growth was one of the biggest stories in e-commerce, especially when the retailer attracted $50 million in investment from Index Ventures, a top VC firm that funded other successful retailers such as Net-a-Porter and Etsy, in 2013. Yet, with a cash infusion, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
plans for resolution have been Toyota's substitute for crisis response. As accounts pour in about declining quality, the company parades out relatively unknown mid-level managers to quell the firestorm. It won't work. "You live by... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
many of these businesses is still challenged," says Lal, the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing. "From a profit perspective, from a growth perspective, and more importantly from a return on investment perspective." In addition to... View Details
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
and 2009, when the field of ratings seemed ripe for upheaval, Becker learned of several planned rating agency start-ups, including what would become KBRA. When the firm lured ex-Moody's executive Jerome Fons, whom Becker knew, "I... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
106 eyeglass stores that to date has delivered word-class eyeglasses to 1.5 million people at the base of the pyramid at an entry price of under $15, when previously this was only available at $125 or more. It was profitable and readying... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
Preannouncements under Market Uncertainty Authors:Ofek, Elie, and Ozge Turut Publication:Marketing Science Abstract A firm may want to preannounce its plans to develop a new product in order to stimulate future demand. But given that such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
currency. This reduced profitability because Clearwater's costs were in Canadian currency while its sales where largely in other currencies. The case also discusses the challenges of maintaining a sustainable fishery and uses the collapse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C. J.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
the extent of change that you need to make in the next 2 years?" The answer surprised them. They knew that innovation was important, but 65 percent of the CEOs said they were planning significant change over the next 2 years, and... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
profitability in Japan, the JPX-Nikkei400 Index was introduced in 2014. Each year the Index selected 400 large and liquid firms deemed best performing in terms of profitability; membership is considered highly prestigious. We document... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
specifics are determined lower down in the organization. Even if you get the plan right, implementing it is a whole other project. Some of Clark's research in the book deals with the extent to which the operating organization also has to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
directors. Controlling for these effects and other ratings determinants, we find that firms with lower residual ratings have higher subsequent citations in corruption news events. They also report higher future sales growth and show a negative relation between View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
(and law schools, medical schools, etc.) should attempt to teach students ways to reconcile their actions when ethics seemingly compete with profit or another targeted outcome." As Ken Coleman pointed out, "business students... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
realized that there was more here than a typical charitable contribution. There was a real connection. The similarities between what each organization wanted to do and how it planned to achieve its vision were striking." From then on, the... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Knowing where and how much the target is currently losing with unprofitable products and customers, the acquirer can develop a profit plan based on transforming unprofitable relationships into View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
increase medical business skills and raise clinical performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53281 Tournament Incentive Plans Incorporating Objective and Subjective Criteria: Implications for a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509024 Breaking through Action Plan Harvard Business School Exercise 409-059 The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace