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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • May 2022
    • Supplement

    Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
    Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
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    • 07 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

    processes and talent systems. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/eUdkBzKkQThcMS1T8PRn][/div] Embracing experimentation and the inevitable missteps and failures inherent to the innovation process is frankly nerve-racking for leaders and... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
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    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    and real estate. A widely respected business leader, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Blavatnik is well known for his interest and investments in the nexus between scientific innovation and business. Through the Blavatnik Family... View Details
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    Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

    Duolingo. To date, Duolingo had focused almost exclusively on language learning with an estimated market size of $17 billion in 2020. As a technology-first company, Duolingo recognized the enormous potential of Gen AI to power innovative... View Details
    • May 2016 (Revised April 2018)
    • Case

    Building the Digital Manufacturing Enterprise of the Future at Siemens

    By: Willy Shih
    This case describes the motivation for and the development of Siemens' digital manufacturing enterprise vision, which became the foundation for its implementation of Industrie 4.0. While the effort started with a purely defensive move by Anton Huber, head of the... View Details
    Keywords: Big Data; Internet Of Things; Internet Of Everything; Industrie 4.0; Digital Factory; Digital Enterprise; Digital Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Production Management; Production Planning; Computer Software; Germany; German Manufacturing; Machinery and Machining; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Technological Innovation; Production; Supply Chain; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Manufacturing Industry; Germany
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    Frequently Asked Questions - Doctoral

    Admissions & Financial Support Frequently Asked Questions When is the deadline to apply? Applications for Fall 2026 admission will open in September 2025. The deadline to submit applications for Fall 2026 admission will be December 1,... View Details
    • March 2020
    • Article

    A Revolution in Economics? It's Just Getting Started...

    By: Shawn A. Cole, William Pariente and Anja Sautmann
    We have each experienced thrills and pain while supporting the mission of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which facilitated many of the experiments described in the 2019 Nobel Prize citation. J-PAL in many ways seeks to fulfill what Angrist and Pischke... View Details
    Keywords: Randomized Control Trials; Economics; Research; Innovation and Invention
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    Latin America - Global

    Latin America Mexico City, Montevideo, São Paulo HBS has had a longstanding footprint in Latin America for over 20 years. The Latin America Research Center (LARC) opened in 2000 to satisfy strong interest on the part of the HBS faculty in... View Details
    • 12 Apr 2016
    • First Look

    April 12, 2016

    competitive imitation. Make it tough for rivals to copy your product-to-platform strategy: consider creating proprietary standards, using exclusivity contracts and erecting other barriers to competition. Publisher's link:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 22 May 2024
    • HBS Case

    Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

    billion in 2021, according to the case. At the time of the case study in December 2023, TikTok commanded $2.6 million for an ad to run for one day at the top of its TopView feature, which displays when people open the app. To compare, a... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
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    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    Arthur Rock? Where are the Harvard Innovation Labs? What are the newest buildings, including the newly opened Klarman Hall? At the end of this fun- and fact-filled tour, participants will know all that and... View Details
    • 14 Jul 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: July 14, 2015

    needs of all relevant stakeholders. The original Beer et al. model remains a valuable guide to the next 30 years of HRM. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49360 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2024
    • Teaching Note

    AI Wars

    By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-434. In 2024, the world was looking to Google to see what the search giant and long-time putative technical leader in artificial intelligence (AI) would do to compete in the massively hyped technology of generative AI popularized over... View Details
    Keywords: AI; Trends; AI and Machine Learning; Public Opinion; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry
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    How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace - Recruiting

    practice, this looks like creating a work environment in which employees feel secure in speaking their minds without fear of retribution or embarrassment. There are obvious reasons psychological safety is good for business: incorporating new perspectives encourages... View Details
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    Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment During the Reform Era

    The aim of the book is to illustrate the dynamics of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in the 1990s. The topic is important both because China is the world's second largest recipient of FDI and because there are substantial misconceptions about the drivers of... View Details
    • January 2024
    • Case

    Sprouts Farmers Market

    By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
    Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona
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      Overcrowded – Designing Meaningful Products in a World Awash with Ideas

      We live in a world awash with ideas. Thanks to the web and to powerful ideation approaches such as open innovation, design thinking, or crowdsourcing, organizations have today easy access to an unprecedented amount of novel concepts. In this context, what... View Details

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      Africa - Global

      Africa Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi HBS continues its efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation around the world, including throughout Africa, a region that is assuming an... View Details
      • Web

      Europe - Global

      Europe Paris HBS opened the Europe Research Center (ERC) in Paris in 2003, to help HBS develop and strengthen relationships with European business and academic leaders. The ERC enables HBS faculty to study more effectively one of the... View Details