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- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
lending portfolio would have to move to the productive sector of the Bolivian economy by 2018, and these loans would have a controlled interest rate of 11.5%. How would BancoSol meet these targets, fulfill its mission, and remain... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
to join a syndicate that will fulfill the contract. We model syndicated markets as a repeated extensive form game and show that standard intuitions from industrial organization can be reversed: collusion may become easier as market... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
Customers of a financial intermediary, in contrast, provide financing in exchange for a specific set of services and do not want the fulfillment of these services to be contingent on the credit risk of the intermediary, even when they are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
of the Women's Tennis Association, arrives amidst turmoil. Players and tournaments clash over opposing interests. As a result, the board members who represent them are equally divided and feel conflicted about their role. They aren't sure how to help their constituents... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
tell journalists about this work? A: This is evidence of the fact that they really do fulfill an important role, particularly in the business press. A lot of non-business press journalists don't always think as highly of the business... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
firm's early success at originating carbon credits in developing nations and selling them to governments and firms that seek to offset their greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily or to fulfill regulatory obligations. South Pole's early... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
earn profits in the future. Conversely, other stakeholders need to understand that companies need to make a profit in order to survive and grow. Failure to do so means that eventually they will not be able to fulfill the needs of other... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
made MIA unique—offering affordable homes for its BOP customers in Mexico—to fulfill other critical needs at the BOP for water, clean energy, and health care services? Jaime was an expert in housing, but could he translate that expertise... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
sufficiently broad to fulfill its mission or, on the contrary, whether it needed to be narrowed in order to eliminate organizational challenges and external perceptions of conflicts of interest. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
hand is not usually open for discussion. Usually, the more pressing question is how to build on what is already available to fulfill future sales goals. So appendages are built, and a maladapted structure emerges. Now layer on the natural... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Bimbo's institutional relations manager, "Over time, Don Lorenzo's personal values have permeated Bimbo's philosophy." Utilitarianism Collaborations may also fulfill a very practical function: to satisfy partners' organizational... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Department, must decide if this approach is still the best way to fulfill his organization's goal of protecting and increasing the pension assets of 17 million Canadians. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
Great chefs, like great artists, go far beyond their materials (in this case, food) to provoke an experience that fulfills their creative vision. Unlike artists, however, they are running a business that requires putting diners in the... View Details
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
soon. Along with the inevitable stresses, the authors point out, CEO transitions can provide opportunities. Whether you reinvigorate your career within your company or find fulfillment elsewhere, the key lies in deciding what you want to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
entrepreneurship and how it shapes and reshapes the modern world. August 2013 HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need Reaching Your Potential: Know Yourself-and Find Fulfillment By: Kaplan, Robert Steven Abstract—Despite racking up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
surrounding leaders and leadership). Rather, the course is designed to give students actual access to being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership. Our promise to the students is that if they honor their word to fulfill the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
engage in self-creation and the utility that they derive from such activities. We propose that creating products fulfills consumers' psychological need to signal competence to themselves and to others, and that feelings of competence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
The authors identify the organizational levers that companies and frontline managers have at their disposal as they try to meet workers' deep needs. Reward systems that truly value good performance fulfill the drive to acquire. The drive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
variety, process flexibility and even the path of industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the software industry. Our research takes advantage of a natural experiment, in that we observe products that fulfill the same function... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne