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- 14 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022
himself to support me in my various pursuits, including my HBS application process, even though me getting accepted might mean an indefinite period of long-distance. He has been the biggest celebrator of my success and vice versa. We are... View Details
- 18 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Family Business Club
to pursue. Some students also consider starting their own business post-MBA. This is a touchy subject which students often struggle with. Members also often battle with issues like succession planning, wealth regeneration, nepotism, etc.... View Details
- 05 Jul 2021
- What Do You Think?
Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?
products and services? Does it take a CXO to remind us of that? Do we really need CXOs? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: Clayton M. Christenson and Michael E. Raynor, The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
said. They used "turbo incentives" but turbo incentives also require turbo controls. The innovation they sparked at the beginning was real, but it flew out of their hands. As amateurs, Salter said, "they unknowingly released forces and became subject to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
rates. The presentation will also explore implications of these changes for investing. Digital Platforms: The Business Model of the 21st Century Professor David Yoffie + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides Digital platforms have become the most View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
for your product or service, as well as to remove the inhibitors to purchasing. The most successful companies follow this two-pronged strategy of providing a reason for the customer to buy, while eliminating annoying problems in the order... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
marketing to gather, catalogue, analyze, and share such information as current sales rates, customer response to new initiatives, competitive activity, and marketing communication literature including brochures, proposals, and presentations. Companies have found View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983
successful companies. While Nelson tries to keep a low profile, Providence, with offices around the world, competes with larger, global firms. With the success of the firm and $40 billion under management,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
interacts with outside its boundaries, whether that’s open source software or the community or the environment, can start to have big implications for the competitive advantage and the success of the firm.” Do open source benefits scale?... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
not adopt, such as tenure. Insper’s honor code, subsidized dorms, and robust fellowship programs may be co-opted from other schools, but they are designed for the Brazilian students to whom they cater. Creating Insper may be Haddad’s proudest accomplishment, but it is... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
continued success once the downturn ends.” As business leaders begin planning for the coming year in the midst of all the market turmoil and uncertainty, this is one lesson it might pay to remember. View Details
- Blog
Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method
was a one-page narrative about a management challenge facing leaders at the General Shoe Company. The case proved to be a very successful teaching tool, and many more cases followed. Today, the case method is just as relevant as it was... View Details
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
Finance, Financial Innovation for Social Change Introduction: Ford Foundation, the Other 95% Show Hide Details Concepts Pay for Success Leveraging the Entire Institution for Change The Evolution of Capitalism Featured Exercises Assess... View Details
- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
Sometimes when John R. Wells, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, meets a senior manager from a successful company, he likes to ask the provocative question, "Is your company already dead?" In his more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
But this only works well in a school environment with standardized metrics, and completely falls apart in a complex workplace with varied evaluations – perhaps this is why despite the high success rates of Asians in schools, the “bamboo... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Teaching has been a lifelong passion of mine. As the third generation of academics in my family, I see good teaching as a means to give back and to encourage others to share my passion for discovery. I’ve been very lucky to have many teaching opportunities, both as an... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Technology Strategy; Machine Learning; Data Science; ＂Marketing Analytics＂; Data Visualization; Analysis; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Corporate Strategy; Software; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; Computer Industry; Advertising Industry
- March 2023 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Majid Al Futtaim: Adapting the Shopping Mall to the Digital Era
By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in August 2022, as Ahmed Galal Ismail, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Fatima Zada, digital and omnichannel director at Majid Al Futtaim Shopping Malls, go over the plans to roll out the omnichannel mall offering for the Mall of the Emirates they... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Competition; Expansion; Profit; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; United Arab Emirates
Moreno, Antonio, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Majid Al Futtaim: Adapting the Shopping Mall to the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Case 623-051, March 2023. (Revised August 2023.)
- March 2014
- Case
Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit... View Details
Keywords: Australia; China; Environmental Strategies; Green Business; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Australia; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science." Harvard Business School Case 314-087, March 2014.
- 2013
- Working Paper
How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars
By: Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser
When a Major League Baseball club signs a Japanese star player, it obviously tries to commercialize its investment in the player. The initial focus is on home attendance (ticket sales) and television audiences, plus merchandise sales. These elements are similar to... View Details
Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser. "How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-029, September 2013.
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the... View Details