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- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
of these targeted coupon promotions as a defensive strategy against their challengers. Overall, retailer-initiated loyalty systems are truly triple win marketing activities simultaneously benefiting retailers (more loyalty, more sales,... View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
Unlimited Potential is a robust strategy for the company and if so, how the company should organize and execute to achieve its mission. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508072 Prediction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
been helping eBay gather evidence for months. "eBay asked me to catch anyone I could," Edelman says. "From litigation documents, it's now known that I caught them." “I looked at the diversity of views and wondered, who has it right?” Edelman's experience makes him an... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
corporate HR function. Becoming a Cognitive Referent: Market Creation and Cultural Strategy Rory McDonald describes the making of a "cognitive referent," which is a firm that customers, the media, analysts, and employees... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Negotiation Strategy: Pattern Recognition Game Harvard Business School Note 908-015 In negotiation, correctly identifying your counterpart's strategy is vital. Only then can you constructively influence their behavior—or adapt View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
actually been marked by steady decreases in concentration since World War II. Executives, they write, "need to break free of the biases that lead them to pursue larger and larger cross-border deals. There are better, more profitable View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
welfare. Yet, our understanding of this decision is limited. Using an instrumental variables strategy and dataset new to this literature, we provide the first precise, causal estimates of the effects of education on financial market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
the practice of business strategy for 30 years. The problem lies instead in what strategic leaders are not trained to do. In caricature, Porter's view casts strategists as practitioner economists who expertly analyze and manage market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
that bring appropriate contributions to the ecosystem and those that will be tempted to eat the data for lunch for themselves once they gain access. —Alex Evans (MBA 1993) At an early stage, AGR should follow the Apple ecosystem and work... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Case provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges of non-profit management, medical research and to debate appropriate strategy for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
as sound. Getting a healthy copy of the critical gene to the appropriate cells is a solution, but precision inner-ear drug delivery has been a historical stumbling block. An early breakthrough for us was figuring out a way to pair gene... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
there is action. At the same time it would be a wild dream to believe that private sector investment is going to save the world. Unless the appropriate government participates actively as an investor, regulator, or guarantor, there will... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
role is appropriate for the board? And how can the directors understand enough about the company to meet their responsibilities effectively? In this excerpt Lorsch looks at how directors are rethinking their roles. (For more about the... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
tasks and finding the appropriate platforms for execution. In that sense, the tasks were defined for data scientists and algorithm developers who do not necessarily have that domain knowledge, but possess the skills necessary for... View Details
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
billion people, $1 to $3 a day; and 3) Extreme poverty: 1 billion people, less than $1 a day. Next, consider the roles of various groups in the value-creation relationship: consumers, coproducers, and clients. Specific strategies work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
the low productivity increases associated with certain industries, like hospitality, retail, and increasingly education and health care. AIM questioned whether productivity increases are even the appropriate goal, commenting that... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
parties creatively search for mutual gain, and hardball, where each party ruthlessly presses its own advantage. "Win-win has much to say for it," Wheeler says. "But it's not appropriate in every case. If the other person refuses to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
knowledge of what sells and what doesn't, flexible manufacturing capabilities that can respond appropriately to demand, lean rather than fat and costly inventories, and the rapid replenishment of stock. "The old way was to gear planning... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Working PapersBarriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max H. Bazerman No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-063.pdf Fear of Rejection? Tiered... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
next attempt. In appropriate conditions—only in appropriate conditions—you can gain more value from experience than from up-front analysis. In certain kinds of work, even if you can figure out where you're... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin