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12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

building not-for-profit groups to pursue their mission. Businesses in this era focused on compliance with a rising body of legislation and public policies designed to mitigate what were then seen as environmental excesses. The social... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Accenture). He became a partner in 1976, specializing in the development of financial control and operating systems in retail and banking industries. In 1985, Gates began to develop commercial and residential real estate. His first... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

4 Markets Apply market principles to analyze industries in which no traditional market functions. Highlights The Concept of Market Equilibrium Internet versus Traditional Retail Prediction Markets Show Hide Details Concepts Market... View Details

24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

spent with talented and interesting classmates and professors. “We all became really close,” she said, “and it was nice to know that there was a group of people who shared an interest in charting a path forward that would allow us to go... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

As the COVID-19 virus pandemic began to sweep across the world, Doug McMillon and his team at Walmart watched in horror. Suddenly, they realized, tomorrow would be nothing like “business as usual” and everything in the company’s marketing plan, from View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

versus to consumer households. They grouped industries into supply chain versus business-to-consumer (B2C), to find the percentage of outputs in each of these areas. “We find that the supply chain economy is a distinct and large segment... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

within a 10-mile drive of an EVgo fast charger. But large swaths of the population still need to be reached. “One of the biggest changes over the last couple years is just awareness about electric vehicles and education about charging”... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

estimating the impact of changes in supplier performance on customer demand. Using data from Hugo Boss, a manufacturer of branded apparel, we find increases in supplier reliability to be associated with significant increases in orders from Hugo Boss's View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

and female founders—a time of day more compatible with family schedules than the typical evening and weekend offerings. It has also organized a volunteer group of investors, mentors, and advisors for weekly “office hours” to review pitch... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

insurance industry Proudest Accomplishment: Being the mother of Elisa and the wife of Andrés Summer Internship: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - Boston Office How do you do it? I have a great partner (Andy), I’m positive and enjoy the... View Details

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

century? Today, the world’s largest taxi company (Uber) owns no cars; the world’s largest provider of accommodations (Airbnb) owns no real estate; and the world’s largest retailer (Alibaba) owns no inventory. Modern platform thinking has... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

and inspire. That takes skill and practice. MBAs need to ask themselves, "How do I engage people to accomplish a task while I remain in the background?" At HBS, the Authentic Leadership Development course aims to teach these skills in small View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

workspaces, airports, health care, education, auditoriums, and conferences. During the pandemic, the company decided to leverage its network of clients to collectively understand how to face the crisis. In collaboration with the HR association of Turkey, it formed a... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

09 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection

notice things placed just inside a retail outlet. The reason: this is a "transition zone" in which customers shift from their fast parking-lot pace to a slower shopping speed. As a result, much of... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Bierck; Retail

26 Oct 2015
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Ron Johnson’s Post-Penney’s Rebirth

The November issue of Fast Company has a profile of Ron Johnson (MBA 1984)—former Apple retail guru and JC Penney CEO. Johnson’s now at the helm of a consumer electronics startup, Enjoy, that focuses on... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade

Stanley P. Goldstein

In 1969, Goldstein’s drug store chain, CVS, was acquired by Melville Corporation and soon became the conglomerate’s dominant retail establishment. Goldstein took the reins of Melville in 1987 and began a total restructuring program... View Details

Keywords: Retail

04 Sep 2019
News

Clicks and Mortar

increasingly transform into places for experiences, not just for taking inventory home. What probably will not survive are the retailers that are more like a warehouse, or just physical repositories of goods. Real estate is too expensive... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers

06 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

Online, consumers are more likely to buy when a product grouping display contains like items. Source: Mik22 In online retail displays, items pictured next to your product may make or break a decision to buy... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Retail

01 Mar 2006
News

The Real Conflict

BY PERMISSION OF JOHN DEERING AND CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Nowadays, mighty Wal-Mart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, must feel less like a hotbed of retailing and more like a war room. There is a groundswell of criticism of the... View Details

Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Miscellaneous Store Retailers

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