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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
Optimize for Speed The competitive and customer context can be critical in deciding whether to go big quickly or be scrappy. Is the customer ready for your vision? Do you understand their needs well, and have you built the solution to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
unposted openings, discussing salaries, and how getting recognition for accomplishments can lead to promotions and pay increases. The book’s case studies and expert contributions provide many examples and recommendations to manage stress and make the search process... View Details
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Europe - Global Activities 2021
their understanding of systems change.” Podcast Explores Unilever’s Digital Transformation In an HBS podcast, Professor William Kerr and Nick Dalton, executive vice president of business transformation at Unilever, discuss the company-wide plan Unilever launched to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
being performed. “The key to anything we do is to stay on a very, very tight feedback loop between analysis, insight, and implementation,” says Hodges. Digging into the data keeps that loop turning with all the speed of a ballerina’s... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
Lakhani said the question comes down to this: Do we have the right labor force? His research team recently held a three-weeklong contest that looked to improve the accuracy and processing speed of an algorithm designed to analyze genomic... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
ethical values, but include preferred behaviors such as treating people with respect, exercising speed in decision-making, insuring transparency and the sharing of information, and emphasizing simplicity in ways of getting things done.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?
nature and delivery of the IDA program could be the answer, he says. Rather than administering IDAs through brick-and-mortar channels—banks, paperwork, and more paperwork—why not use technology to speed up, standardize, and improve... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 29 May 2017
- Blog Post
The Diverse Community at HBS
Before I came to HBS, I worked at Disney in a consumer insights role with the Corporate Brand Development and Studio Marketing teams. Tracking evolving consumer behaviors in entertainment was part of my job and I was fascinated by the View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
investing. Whereas most randomized control trials have long learning cycles of years or more, PAD’s interventions are delivered digitally, “so we know immediately who listens to what messages, and we can conduct surveys by phone in near real-time. It’s dramatically... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Case Study: Your Data, Your Health
platform,” says Tariyal, so the question is how to choose among many stakeholders: Should NextGen Jane focus first on the disease affecting the greatest number of women? The one most likely to impact costs for insurers? Should it pursue the test that would most appeal... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 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
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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
- Profile
Robert Leke
method taught me to concisely and powerfully communicate my points and perspectives to my bosses, as well as engage in constructive debate over tense points. Furthermore, HBS helped me perfect the skill of taking up a completely novel topic, getting up to View Details
- 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
- 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
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
automated investment and sophisticated screening tool based on historical data provided by the platforms. Investors using this tool can execute a purchase order at high speed online, which is important for quickly grabbing high-demand... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
usefulness as the competitive environment changes, leaving the firms within the cluster susceptible to an environmental jolt. The findings from the study also contributes to our understanding of organizational inertia. Hannan and Freeman [scholars] define inertia in... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
New economy companies may be moving at the speed of light, but they still need managers who can get the job done, according to career development experts who spoke at the African-American Student Union conference, "The Digital... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
looks at how the company built a digital organization that leverages AI and other technologies to speed its operations, manage its processes, and ensure quality across research, testing, and manufacturing in its race to develop a vaccine... View Details