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- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Crucible: Relocation
Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson When we discussed the concept of crucibles at HBS, my best guess then—based on my dating record and polycystic ovaries—was that I might struggle with finding a life partner and with fertility. As I re-emerge from my first real... View Details
Keywords: Zhang, Qian
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
they need to worry about attracting and retaining the best talent,” Toffel says. “Or why CEOs of companies that largely sell to Indiana residents, like the Colts football team and Pacers basketball team, might oppose the law to ensure all... View Details
- 29 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
2014 is simple but powerful—maybe the best way to improve your work performance is to devote time to reflecting on your actions. Now is also your chance to tell Working Knowledge readers in more than 200 countries around the world what... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
wisdom for banks was that in order to grow they should offer the best rates of deposit or buy another company. Instead, she said, Commerce Bank offered the worst deposit rate in every single local market. It... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
recalls. Nevertheless, he says, during that period "my daughter and I were very close. She loved the environment. It was one of the best things we could have done." After graduating from HBS, Jones worked at Prudential in San Francisco as... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
think the economy is going to get weaker, we tend to buy companies that do better than others. In a weak economy, when we see potential for a big rebound, we tend to buy cyclicals because those companies... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
Bill Roedy, Sweetriot, S’well bottle, the Nature Conservancy, Tea Collection, and Zobha) Guilt-free holiday jewels Amy Jain & Daniella Yacobovsky (MBA 2010) Co-founders, BaubleBar “As hard as we tried, we couldn’t find a place to buy high... View Details
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)
one-third of all the food in the world is wasted.” How does the company’s food distribution process work? “We focus on resolving the nutritional needs of community kitchens by distributing high-quality nutritious food and providing training on the View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
transformation. In the Best Investment category, which is was a closed judging panel by HBS Alumni Angels, Busbud, an intercity bus travel company, took the award. Each category carried a $25,000 prize. With more than half of HBS alumni... View Details
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
page, so that consumers can compare Progressive's quotes with estimated quotes from competitors. In doing so, Progressive informs some customers that Progressive's product may not be the best choice for them. Indeed, curators run the risk... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
something that hadn't been done in 81 years—make an illegal drug legal. “They do not need to buy it at a fancy store—they'll go to a back alley basement shop as long as the product delivers” Of course, the question remains: How will state... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
Super Bowl Sunday is sure to bring the usual barrage of clever soda, beer, and car ads featuring everyone from Vegas showgirls selling Coca-Cola to pop celebrity Psy charming us to buy pistachios Gangnam-style. But at a whopping $3.7... View Details
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
video via Amazon—but does that create the best environment for the consumer? Research on "overchoice" by HBS professor John Gourville has shown that people can be so overwhelmed by the variety of products available that they go... View Details
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Holding (BBH) and invest in the former USSR by buying Estonia's biggest brewery, Saku. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710471-PDF-ENG Central Europe after the Crash: Between Europe and the Euro Diego Comin,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
best experiences (from wine tours to swimming with dolphins), and the company provides robust online booking tools for activity operators to help them better run their businesses. The company has already been labeled “The OpenTable... 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 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