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  • 27 Apr 2018
  • HBS Seminar

Helen Riley, Moonshot Mission Controller at X (formerly Google [x])

    Using Gen AI for Early-Stage Market Research - Harvard Business Review

    Generative AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), offers a promising new tool for early-stage market research by simulating customer responses to product concepts. This can allow companies to draw conclusions... View Details
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    About Us - HBS Working Knowledge

    Senior Associate Editor Dimitri Siavelis , Associate Director of Product and Strategy Ariana Cohen-Halberstam, Growth Editor Kim Kohatsu, Growth Editor Baker Library Kenneth J. Peterson, Executive Director Contact HBS Working Knowledge... View Details
    • 02 Sep 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories

    to convince consumers to buy luxury goods." The Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe promotes the idea that its products can be handed down from one generation to the next, for example. With such a limitless time frame for enjoyment, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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    Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of: The determinants of group culture. Managing the performance of individual subordinates. Establishing productive relationships with peers and seniors over whom... View Details
    • September 2024
    • Case

    Xendit: Hiring for Growth

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steve Castano, Quoc Anh Nguyen and Claire Wu
    In 2019, Xendit, a growth-stage Southeast Asia (SEA) fintech venture based in Jakarta, was looking to hire a Head of Sales and Head of Product to lead its next phase of growth. Founded by Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya, Xendit provided payment infrastructure, modeling... View Details
    Keywords: Fintech; Financing and Loans; Entrepreneurship; Jobs and Positions; Sales; Product; Growth and Development; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Philippines
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    Rayport, Jeffrey F., Steve Castano, Quoc Anh Nguyen, and Claire Wu. "Xendit: Hiring for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 825-046, September 2024.
    • 22 Feb 2024
    • Blog Post

    It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

    carved out a product manager or adjacent role for me to step into. I ended up joining Starlink at SpaceX, where I had a terrific summer working on the Growth team in LA - and even overlapped with alum and now SpaceX employee Kate Sweeney... View Details
    • October 2022 (Revised November 2023)
    • Case

    Framebridge (A): Reimagining Custom Framing

    By: Rembrand Koning and Alicia Dadlani
    In December 2018, Susan Tynan, founder and CEO of Framebridge, a four-year-old venture-backed startup that sold online custom framing, formulated plans for the future. Her vision was to revolutionize the $4 billion industry by making custom framing easy, transparent,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Business Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Consumer Products Industry; United States; District of Columbia; Kentucky
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    Koning, Rembrand, and Alicia Dadlani. "Framebridge (A): Reimagining Custom Framing." Harvard Business School Case 723-352, October 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
    • August 1970
    • Case

    Hawthorne Plastics

    An "imperfect tester" problem involving the decision of how to produce batches of plastic strapping, given uncertainty about the length of the molecular chain in the raw material. A decision on whether to test the raw material and a choice of production process must be... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Mathematical Methods
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    Hammond, John S. "Hawthorne Plastics." Harvard Business School Case 171-004, August 1970.
    • March 1988
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    Goodyear Restructuring

    Features a firm with a strong, successful, clearly-defined product market strategy. In 1982, this strategy was augmented by new management to include other, conflicting goals. This has an immediate negative impact on the stock market's evaluation of Goodyear's stock... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Rubber Industry
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    Asquith, K. Paul. "Goodyear Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 288-046, March 1988.
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This working paper employs the concept of deep responsibility to assess the social responsibility of the beauty industry over time. It shows that many of today’s problems with the industry have deep historical roots. Products have carried too many health hazards.... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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    Jones, Geoffrey. "Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-058, March 2023.
    • January 2021
    • Article

    'Mobile'izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability

    By: Shawn A. Cole and A. Nilesh Fernando
    We examine the role of management in agricultural productivity by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice service provided to farmers in India. Demand for advice is high, and advice changes practices, increasing yields in cumin (28%) and cotton (8.6% for a... View Details
    Keywords: Agricultural Extension; Informational Inefficiencies; Technology Adoption; Agribusiness; Information; Mobile Technology; India
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    Cole, Shawn A., and A. Nilesh Fernando. "'Mobile'izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability." Economic Journal 131, no. 633 (January 2021): 192–219.
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Impact Investing: A Theory of Financing Social Enterprises

    By: Benjamin N. Roth
    I present a model of financing social enterprises to delineate the role of impact investors relative to “pure” philanthropists. I characterize the optimal scale and structure of a social enterprise when financed by grants, and when financed by investments. Impact... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Mathematical Methods
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    Roth, Benjamin N. "Impact Investing: A Theory of Financing Social Enterprises." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-078, February 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
    • March 2019
    • Supplement

    KITEA (B): Getting Ready to Face IKEA

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in September 2015, when IKEA is about to open its first store in Morocco. It then chronicles the efforts of KITEA CEO Amine Benkirane and his son Othman between 2013 and 2015 to prepare KITEA for IKEA’s entry. After incurring losses for the first time in... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; KITEA; IKEA; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Entry Strategy; Responding To Entry; Localization; Competitive Interaction; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Strategy; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Retail Industry; Morocco; Africa; North Africa
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    Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "KITEA (B): Getting Ready to Face IKEA." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-421, March 2019.
    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Full Substitutability

    By: John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky and Alexander Westkamp
    Various forms of substitutability are essential for establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible goods. We extend earlier models’ definitions of... View Details
    Keywords: Substitutability; Mathematical Methods; Auctions; Market Design
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    Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky, and Alexander Westkamp. "Full Substitutability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-016.
    • May 2018
    • Article

    Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries

    By: Alberto Cavallo, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer
    We show that online prices can be used to construct quarterly purchasing power parities (PPPs) with a closely matched set of goods and identical methodologies in a variety of developed and developing countries. Our results are close to those reported by the... View Details
    Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity; International Economy; Online Prices; Billion Prices Project; Economics; Macroeconomics; Price; Internet and the Web; Spending; Economy; Global Range; Measurement and Metrics
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    Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer. "Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries." AEA Papers and Proceedings 108 (May 2018): 483–487.
    • March 2018
    • Case

    Zensar Technologies Ltd.

    By: Joseph B. Fuller and Tanvi Deshpande
    Zensar, an established mid-tier IT services company based in India, is known for its customer-centric approach and close-knit culture. Sandeep Kishore has recently stepped in as the MD and CEO, replacing the previous CEO of 15 years. Kishore is developing his strategy... View Details
    Keywords: Digitalization; Business Processes; Strategy; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Information Technology Industry
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    Fuller, Joseph B., and Tanvi Deshpande. "Zensar Technologies Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 318-051, March 2018.
    • December 2012 (Revised September 2022)
    • Case

    BabbaCo

    By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Gaurav Jain
    Having just raised a Series B financing, the case protagonist is faced with a tough decision: should she "step on the gas" and scale the customer base, or continue focusing on fine-tuning the product and business model. The case describes the various marketing channels... View Details
    Keywords: Subscription; Marketing; Scaling; Product-market Fit; Online Marketing; Customers; Decisions; Expansion; Marketing Channels; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Marketing; Marketing Strategy
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    Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Gaurav Jain. "BabbaCo." Harvard Business School Case 813-107, December 2012. (Revised September 2022.)
    • June 2012 (Revised February 2014)
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    Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor
    For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies—wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. In 2009, the... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Renewables; Carbon; Environment; Industrial Policy; Competitiveness; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Renewable Energy; Competition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Energy Industry; China
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    Vietor, Richard H.K. "Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China." Harvard Business School Case 712-061, June 2012. (Revised February 2014.)
    • September 2010 (Revised April 2012)
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    Better World Books

    By: Michael I. Norton, Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery and Thomas J. Steenburgh
    Better World Books, a young start-up, provides a socially conscious alternative to Amazon, collecting and selling used books to keep them out of the waste stream, while donating a portion of their profits to support global literacy efforts. The case presents an... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Online Technology; Retail Industry
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    Norton, Michael I., Fiona Wilson, Jill Avery, and Thomas J. Steenburgh. "Better World Books." Harvard Business School Case 511-057, September 2010. (Revised April 2012.)
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