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- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
blocks for developing customer relationships. Third, because deep metaphors are shared by consumers who may vary considerably on the surface, they become very powerful tools for developing new product concepts, communicating about them,... View Details
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
scientist who can’t wait to get to the classroom to share the experiment. If you adopt this mindset, students will remain intellectually and spiritually in the classroom with you.” The Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice in... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS
I was way off about timing. HBS paid off before I left campus. Let me share three reasons: First, I learned to ask what else? That question has helped me create richer solutions. I remember leaning forward in my seat during a View Details
- 22 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Case Protagonists at HBS
The case method is a cornerstone of the HBS pedagogical method. During their time at HBS, students will step into the shoes of 500 different case protagonists – and learn how to make difficult, critical decisions with limited information. Case protagonists visiting... View Details
- 08 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?
paywall sales strategy, you have to make sure you have the reputation and the uniqueness of content to do it ” “We look at the whole picture—both the digital and print channels, and the two revenue sources of the firms, advertising and subscriptions,” says study author... View Details
- Profile
Ken Zeng
platform businesses like Airbnb should bear responsibility for guests facing racial discrimination from hosts. Several Black classmates shared their personal encounters of being denied rides or verbally attacked by Uber drivers. It was an... View Details
- Web
Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
career and am looking for a path to becoming a chief sustainability officer or sustainability manager with a company I can align my values with. This class seemed like the perfect opportunity to give me the right tools to learn more about... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
the official site. For more on the Women's Student Association, visit wsahbsclub.com. Taylor Clarkson Harvard MBA Student, Class of 2022 Being mixed is a experience shared by many, but discussed by few. My... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
replacement to silver halide film in our core market?" By seeking to create high-priced, performance-competitive digital products, Kodak missed much of the disruptive growth driven by inexpensive digital imaging. Kodak eventually established a strong market View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
in others and show that all these definitions are equivalent. We then introduce a new class of substitutable preferences that allows us to model intermediaries with production capacity. We also prove that substitutability is preserved... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
counterparts, we work with them to carefully consider whether the other side is truly irrational. Almost always, the answer is no. In most cases, behavior that appears to be irrational has a rational—albeit hidden—cause. Here, we will View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
Summing Up Can the Brilliance of the "Jerk" Be Tapped? The best business problem cases are those that divide a class into groups making two or more persuasive arguments. The questions of whether or not and how to make... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
In 1997, a young entrepreneur visited a class at Harvard Business School taught by my colleague, Len Schlesinger. The class discussed a case based on the visitor’s fledgling online retailing company that had... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business
Sports (BEMS) class allowed me to connect with and learn from a number of people who work at the intersection of arts and business. I also had the opportunity to do an Independent Project with Professor Elberse in my final semester, where... View Details
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
to workers, who were expected to pay for their own English classes and learn during off-hours. Neeley, who drafted some best practices that the company began to implement, says Rakuten has quickly moved to make substantial changes,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
to the judges—five teams in each of the two class sessions that Brown taught this spring. Ideas included ways to revive existing luxury brands (marketing diamonds Shreve, Crump & Low to a younger audience, for example) as well as ways... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Leadership Forum The panelists shared leadership challenges and successes around ESG, innovative public policies and “climate budgeting,” and the need for large investments to quickly scale up the renewables infrastructure, which... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)
Mickelson, Henrick Stenson, and Lydia Ko. Under Brewer, Callaway’s US market share has increased 57 percent, a significant achievement as the number of active US players declines. “Melding the desire for a shorter format or more relaxed... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
new employment, given the need for significant productivity improvement necessary to reverse the outflow of manufacturing activity from a developed economy. Peter Hogan reminded us that "manufacturers' share of GDP (in the US) has been... View Details
- Profile
Emily Schlichting
"I started assessing what my life would be like as a sick person. And I realized that if I didn't maintain health insurance now, I never would – I wouldn't be able to get it in the future. Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) came in and impacted my life... View Details