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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

like time value of money, terminal value, net present value, internal rate of return, and payback period 3 hrs 2 weeks Exam The CORe final exam is a three-hour, multiple-choice, closed book assessment created by HBS faculty and delivered... View Details

26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

at Automated Precision Products In 2017, Sarah Powers, VP of Sales at an automation hardware firm, is trying to understand why some members of her sales team have been underperforming. She is tasked with analyzing her firm’s email and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

trend? Alan MacCormack: There are 3 main drivers. First, the complexity of products is increasing, in terms of the breadth and number of technologies they include. Cars send maintenance data wirelessly to dealerships; sneakers contain... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51996 forthcoming Quarterly Journal of Economics Catering to Investors Through Security Design: Headline Rate and Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Historical Data Visualization Historical Data & Sources All Records Data & Sources Adult Literacy Rates World Bank, World Development Indicators database Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook National Center of Education... View Details

07 Jul 2003
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4+2 = Sustained Business Success

services that consistently meet customers' expectations. Put decision-making authority close to the front lines so employees can react quickly to changing market conditions. Constantly strive to eliminate all forms of excess and waste; improve View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

Think of famous brands you know: Hallmark cards and Coca-Cola soft drinks, for example. What do these products have in common for consumers? An emotional meaning that taps into thoughts and feelings related to the positive aspects of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

02 Dec 2002
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The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

Microsoft products by independent reviewers. We found that Microsoft products were consistently rated highly when compared to competitive offerings, a result that held true... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Jun 2022
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From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

workers to select and manage products in its warehouses. By the middle of 2021, US Foods, which employs about 26,000 workers, had 1,000 unfilled driving and warehouse positions. "You’re saying you might be a truck driver for a while, but... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

09 Feb 2015
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Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

read through a list of consumer products and rate each one on a desirability scale of one to seven. The list included several specific cleansing items (such as Dove shower soap, Crest toothpaste, Windex) as... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

estimates of real consumption across countries without the need for consumer price index extrapolations. We discuss advantages and limitations associated with the use of online prices for PPPs, including issues of representativeness and limited coverage of View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

with outside organizations should not be driven by input costs, taxes, subsidies or even the wage rates for scientists and engineers, as they often are. Instead, R&D investments should flow preferentially to the locations with the... View Details

26 Apr 2016
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April 26

its stores and its supply chain, lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions, safer products for customers and manufacturers, and better treatment of its workers. The company promoted the idea that its size gave it significant influence in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Nov 2019
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When Your Passion Works Against You

setting, the team collected data from the Canadian television show Dragons’ Den, where 177 entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas and products to a panel of five investors, called dragons, to solicit support. Would high-passion... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Feb 2016
HBS Seminar

Hong Luo of Harvard Business School and Julie Mortimer of Boston College, Department of Economics

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

more akin to an Apple, a Tesla, or a Nest, or a GoPro—where it’s a consumer product that has the foundation of sexy hardware technology and sexy software technology,” he is quoted in a book published today, Competing in the Age of AI:... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2024
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Vital Signs

rates of burnout among this population to triple. That kind of churn has had far-ranging, systemic effects and has been linked to everything from reduced quality of care to substantial costs for the system. Underlying that problem is the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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February 22, 2010

The doctors have been pleasantly surprised that I have responded to therapy better than they would have imagined. I have been greatly blessed through the miracle of medical science. I also attribute doing better to the faith and prayers... View Details

22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

waste. This increase reflects a change in the behavior of households, which keep unaltered the production of total waste but sort it to a larger extent. In addition, we show that several factors that may discourage local administrators... View Details