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- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
Take a seat and hold on tightly. You're aboard the Internet Express, where speed is the order of the day and profit but a remote destination. For firms that ride the rails of the Internet's fast track, getting big fast—whatever its... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
with the D2C option, mainly because speed is of the essence to establish a market position before someone else does. I would consider partnering with real estate companies but worry that they’d want to capture some of the value or put too... View Details
- Web
Hacking AI with HBS IT | Information Technology
common theme. This year, that theme was “Learning and Working with AI,” and teams were challenged to explore how AI could be strategically employed in IT’s work. AI has easily dominated the tech world over the last couple years, with AI bots springing up across the... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
Despite recent advances in our understanding of how locations impact the creation and appropriation of value by firms, the speed of these changes has often surpassed the speed of research on the connections... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
evocative word. Can you elaborate? We are living in an age in which we are simply much more tired! laughter It’s the white-hot speed of the information revolution. It’s the technology that’s brought an astounding amount of choice, not to... View Details
- 22 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
LM Wind Power Test and Validation Center
big mess and a loud noise!). LM Wind’s wind tunnel was impressive. Capable of wind speeds up to 380 km/hr, the test measures the lift, the drag, and the moment on the blade at different wind speeds and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)
flows to pay their liabilities. Sports are very stable. In recessions, people will cancel vacations, but they won’t necessarily cancel their season tickets.” “We’re going to see more modular construction. At Everton Stadium, just opening this year in Liverpool, they... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
scope and speed at which Japanese firms came to the US was dramatic,” Alfaro observes. “But the US [government] is not going to let China do that.” Instead, China has intensified trade with and foreign direct investment (FDI) in four of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Rebecca McKillican
the rest of the day, I walked just a little bit taller. I want to make people walk taller. In today's world where a multitude of messages hit our senses every second, I will not sacrifice the importance of the message for speed and... View Details
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
dashboard, "indirect goals" that help predict and explain financial performance beyond the "direct goal" of profit. These might include the speed of aircraft turnaround in the airline industry, the conversion rate of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
government should speed up its reforms in the internal sector rather than scale back external sector reforms. Q: On the influence of émigrés, you write, "With the help of its diaspora, China has won the race to be the world's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa
internet speeds that are higher than some developed countries, developed one of the hottest real estate markets in the world, and cultivated one of Africa’s foremost innovation hubs. And yet, there is so much more that remains to be done.... View Details
- Web
Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
surprised by the speed with which IAS/IFRS was overhauled once the EU decided to adopt the standards. I truly did not think the board would be able to pull it off. They really should be commended for the View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
Summing Up What's the Future of the Authority Figure In Leadership? Leadership involves the effective management of tensions characteristic of all organizations. Are such tensions exacerbated by today's need for increasing speed and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
in three ways. First, the early adopters who valued the club-like atmosphere of relaxing over a quality cup of coffee found themselves in a minority. To grow, Starbucks increasingly appealed to grab and go customers for whom service meant View Details
- Student-Faculty-Profile
Lauren Taylor & Rebecca Henderson
have had less impact. It's enabled me to come up to speed in disciplines that are new for me much faster than I otherwise could have. The other clear benefit is that I get to ask Rebecca Henderson about what she thinks of my interests and... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
They do not punish with sufficient speed and force to eliminate the incentive for misconduct. At a time when the temptation before some managers is orders of magnitude greater than twenty or thirty years ago, the concern is that the... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
structures and systems as well as reconciling the varying speeds at which divisions within a company may develop. Merson explores these different aspects of growth and outlines strategies and tactics to enable businesses to move forward... View Details
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
Blockbusters break sales records and exceed expectations. Around 100 pharmaceutical brands exceed $1 billion in annual sales. Procter & Gamble has 23 such brands. Speed. It's not just the sales volume; it's the speed of the sales... View Details