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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
significant resources. Consequently, I think that Gazelle should seek one to two partnerships with large companies (e.g., Best Buy, Verizon, or Apple) on its buy side in order to take its scale to the next... View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
have told the Wright brothers, "Don't do it: it's a bad use of capital!" Yet over the past two decades, Ryanair's ROE was often comparable to the best returns in the pharmaceutical business—a traditional example of a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
Mountz Photo courtesy Kiva Systems Kiva's robots in action Main article: Where Innovation Rules In the News: Boston Globe: Amazon Buys Kiva for $775M Those who know Mick Mountz (MBA 1996) well were not overly surprised when he started a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- Op-Ed
Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis
has always been quality, a competitive advantage that prompted many Americans to stop buying GM and Ford brands. Toyota can only regain its footing by transforming itself from top to bottom to deliver the highest quality automobiles. When... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Home to HBS
extensive and super helpful in job searching, support with relocation (how could I be well connected here without my HBS Alumnae Circle and the HBS friends in the Bay!?), and suggestions on how I can best progress in my career. One of the... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
hard decisions about returning to the market. Here’s a common prediction: Social distancing forces people to do more buying online and communicating through social media, thus accelerating a permanent, big shift after the crisis to more... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
operation with a compelling reputation. Several issues were critical in the Lauders' thinking. First, they wanted to reach large numbers of middle-class and wealthy consumers, women with sufficient means to buy premium-priced products... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
the brand through other channels. But now he wonders whether to break it off. Sticking with Amazon means a simplified supply chain. The Fulfillment by Amazon program handles fast fulfillment and, with free shipping, the economics are quite favorable. Convenience cuts... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
How can online advertising fraud be detected and prevented? What should we look at, where should we look, and what methods and tools should we use? These questions are relevant to anyone who buys online advertising. According to HBS... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
large operating losses into positive operating margins, while achieving levels of patient care and satisfaction that were ranked best in their category. Having constructed the high-level strategy map and scorecard, leaders cascade the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- Profile
Ben Steiner
to purchase stock, that the government had received from TARP-recipient banks in exchange for the bailout funds. Many of the participating banks waned to buy back the warrants they had issued before their terms matured in 2018 and 2019.... View Details
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
In this excerpt, Nohria and Leestma outline the challenges and rewards awaiting businesses that target the mobile-commerce customer. The best place to start? Develop a thorough knowledge of consumer behavior.The race for dominance in... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
fashion destination for 20-somethings." Did this lofty ambition make sense? And did ASOS have the right strategy to achieve it? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716449-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-455 Reinventing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
George F. Baker - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
living memory of this quiet, sagacious and courageous New Englander who could understand the needs of present day society and . . . take what was best in his own past and apply it for the good of the present and the future.” Harvard... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
cite when claiming that the economy is basically doing OK. It was those “fundamentals” that Herbert Hoover was extolling just before the Great Depression hit. Some of the fundamentals, macro and micro, anecdotal and otherwise, that matter to the majority of Americans... View Details
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
my new book Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, I explore how purpose-driven leaders find success by going beyond focusing only on shareholders and customers and also considering their employees, communities, and the environment. In the... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
that enable them to predict new patterns for the future. ”We are in a new industrial revolution led by algorithms” We have all seen the process in action, whether it’s Amazon telling us we “may also like” to buy an Instant Pot... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
interconnection and assembly with other tiles via “plug & play” connectors. Crossover Energy is an energy services company, helping organizations reduce their energy costs and embrace sustainability by reducing their carbon footprint. Dr. Consulta uses production line... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
"Lots of companies were buying the same products for different prices, and we were trying to make it more transparent. The problem was that the product users did not want transparency. We approached it like consultants, but I learned that... View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Today's episode of Skydeck features alumni weighing in on where and when they do their best thinking. The podcast team collected these thoughts during Spring... View Details