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- 25 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
Starbucks Reinvented
comfort, connection, and respect for its product and the communities Starbucks serves. CEO Howard Schultz has reignited Starbucks with innovative new offerings and by refocusing workers on the company's core values.Photo: iStockPhoto So... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
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;... View Details
- 01 Aug 2022
- What Do You Think?
Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?
(“use of knowledge in a prudent way”), and trustworthiness. One can raise all kinds of questions about this research. First, the time line for cause and effect extends over a very long period of time. Obviously, religion is only one... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
bundle and (all) the products separately. "Unbundling" refers to products that were previously sold as pure bundles being sold as separate items. Take rock band U2's latest album, No View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
the transition to a more diversified product line based on the company's proprietary technologies. In one instance, Fuji manufactures protective film for flat panel displays from cellulose triacetate, the... View Details
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
to automatically direct product to geographical points of demand. Q: Can you describe some of the enablers and drivers behind the growth of the IT consulting industry? How has globalization impacted this growth? A: The enablers and... View Details
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Research - Private Capital Project
investors like pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, and large family... October 2024 Case Continuation Fund Dilemma By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu 2024 Working Paper Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
a bespoke-enough product that prospective customers don’t know that they want or need this product yet. Partnerships around insurance have been valuable in driving growth in new categories like travel and... View Details
- 25 May 2023
- News
Brazil’s Nubank Turns 10
is Guilherme Lago (MBA 2005). Nubank launched in 2013 in São Paulo, Brazil, a country whose banking system has been known for its high fees and low-tech approach. Now half of all adults in Brazil use Nubank, thanks in part to an expanding set of AI-driven View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
adding a powdered probiotic and/or magnesium drink to the product line) is compatible with that strategy. Achieving sales and distribution through major retailers and ecommerce with only nine employees says something positive about the... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently acting VP of View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
for example—in addition to commodity products. It describes how the firm's sales strategy—including changes in structure and compensation—changed as its overall product line evolve. The case also offers an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
role in innovation, and those who did underplayed the depth of that role. “Jeff Bezos is not coming up with every new product. He is probably not coming up with the vast, vast majority of them,” one analyst stated. However, our findings suggest that Bezos is actively... View Details
- 05 Jun 2009
- What Do You Think?
What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?
differential between past and projected growth rates. One can argue that each transaction may have produced top line growth for individual companies and tax revenues for the government, but did it create as much value for the individual... View Details
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
hamper productivity through “human obstruction” tactics, by purposely and surreptitiously making poor decisions and being uncooperative. “Making a faulty decision may be simply a matter of placing tools in one spot instead of another,”... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies
making investments in redundancy. Canon is considering a move to diversify its production base by expanding its under-construction Hita factory in Kyushu in southern Japan, and increasing production View Details
- 17 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men
women are engaging in less severe types of misconduct,” he says. “If anything, we would expect to see women less likely to be punished.” Another possible, if more cynical, explanation is that women are less productive than their male... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
revenues and product lines developed. Moreover, in no other industry have the leader's most successful competitors been those that produced products that the leader had... View Details