Fulfillment - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

other reasons that have nothing to do with the obvious merits of your proposal. These people are not irrational; they are simply fulfilling needs and interests that you may not fully appreciate. When others appear irrational, negotiation... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

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Global Activities 2020

Global Activities 2019–2020 Deepening the global understanding of HBS students, faculty, staff, and alumni has long been a key component of the School’s efforts to fulfill its mission—to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.... View Details

20 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19

and scalable solution to this widespread problem. Rather than manually match requests as they come in, our platform texts and confirms the request will be fulfilled by a nearby volunteer. With this tech-enabled approach, we can more... View Details

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

Eisenmann interviewed recommend that entrepreneurs step back and ask if their ventures are still on track to fulfill their original goals. If the answer is “No,” if they are out of moves, or simply lack the resolve to carry on, founders... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

had 50/50 experiences with startups, citing remote work, nebulous job descriptions, and lack of fulfillment as their gripes. This role promised solutions to all of those concerns. I reached out to professors, friends, and even dropped... View Details

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Artful Leadership | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato”... View Details

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

Impasse means that we need to change our whole approach to a problem. Thoughts are always part and parcel of the feeling experience: thoughts of "I'm not doing something correctly, I'm not succeeding, I'm not fulfilling my potential.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

subsidiary in an international market. These sorts of assignments, almost by definition, require individuals to establish direction, communicate that direction (vision and strategies) to diverse stakeholders, and figure out how to motivate the stakeholders to implement... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

01 Mar 2004
News

Derek Ferguson

the self-examination process, Ferguson says. “It’s difficult to avoid putting money at the forefront of your life. I want to provide for my family, but being a huge financial success doesn’t always fulfill your sense of joy and peace.”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

across four countries. Foodology delivers 200,000 orders a month through apps such as Uber Eats and the Latin American unicorn Rappi, and it has fulfilled more than 2 million orders since launch. According to Izquierdo, Latin America is... View Details

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

hope my book helps managers better understand that responsibility and how to fulfill it. About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: Shutterstock/Josep Suria] How is the selling... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

have no direct affiliation with E Ink. By contrast, Hagiu and Wright present examples that fulfill all of the MSP requirements. In the case of eBay, both buyers and sellers must create accounts with the online marketplace; that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Melcolm Ruffin

"It was definitely the right decision," he says. "UMass had a supportive ecosystem I wanted and needed." While there, Melcolm fulfilled two sports-related internships: a summer at Octagon sports agency, where he worked... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

machine learning strategy that avoids the pitfalls while fulfilling the promise.” Eventually, Bracaglia would like to start his own business from the ground up after gaining four or five years of management experience in an established... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

out of poverty, providing products and services that have improved people’s standards of living, and creating fulfilling jobs and careers. But the challenges facing the world today require business to do even more—to address persistent... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

build my students’ quantitative intuition and fluency? In-Class Facilitation As an instructor, it’s helpful to think about quant-heavy segments as fulfilling three purposes: Increase students’ comfort and intuition around the numbers... View Details

November 2017
Teaching Note

Amazon.com, 2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-402. On January 28, 2016, Amazon announced record 2015 operating profits of $2.2 billion on $107 billion of sales, and the markets responded with cautious optimism. For years, founder and CEO Jeffrey Bezos had prioritized growth and... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Market Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Competition; Internet; Corporate Strategy; Online Advertising; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Hardware; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Price; Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle

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01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

of our Executive Education programs is to help fulfill the need for well-trained business leaders at all levels of organizations worldwide, and we are interested in increasing our focus in Latin America," said Dean Nitin Nohria. "This... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

able to realize the sales before the end of the quarter and thus fulfill their budget goal and make their bonuses. But the high cost of assembling the goods at a distant location—it required not only the rental of the warehouse but also... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

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