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17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

continuously advertise them. There is really no room for consumer empowerment when consumers make themselves too predictable. —Luc Wathieu In a time of recession, the waste of marketing dollars will become an issue again. We can expect marketers to be increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

U.S.-Canada relations. "Every Republican and most Democrats in the Midwest want to approve Keystone," Vietor said. "It will create 7,000 temporary jobs, 400 permanent jobs, and 2,000 related jobs as well as provide a million barrels of oil every day to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

The team then refined the survey and since 2006 has administered it in 11 cohorts of AMP participants to nearly 900 executives from more than 600 companies. (The results of the AMP surveys have not yet been published since this phase of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

indirect. While end-users don't know which browser other users are using, the developers of the content that make the browser so useful do care that everyone is using a similar browser. Q: So Firefox and other new browsers, no matter that they have new features and... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

says that’s enough to make it through.” Scrutinize every cost. Every dollar matters now. Companies hanging by a thread should try to renegotiate contracts with suppliers and landlords, and refinance debt. Is there a new supplier for a key... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

possibility and addressed the possible practice on its merits and demerits. As Shadreck Saili put it, " all other methods we use seem to be part of neuromanagement any method that can be used to refine the identification of a perfect... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Mar 2018
News

HBSAAA Leads the Way in Celebrating African American Alumni Impact

percent with their newfound investor money, or sit back and tinker and refine further. That created a lively debate, particularly between guests in the tech sector and those representing more traditional industries.” This is the second... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

experienced since the early part of the 20th century. It will not happen overnight but rather over decades, as in the case of the evolution and refinement of managerial capitalism. In the early stages of this new movement, we anticipate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

The initial idea was tested in a course called Leading Product Innovation in the executive education program and refined over the years. At this point, more than 1,000 executives participated and the feedback has been enthusiastic.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

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Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

showcase your narrative. Highlights Write Your Personal Value Proposition Refining and Adapting Your Story Show Hide Details Concepts What Is a Personal Brand? Visioning: What Value Do You Want to Create in the World? Auditing: Identify... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Books

innovations may have been -- whether it was Ray Kroc's refinement of franchise economics or Henry Ford's perfection of assembly line production -- every organization faced the key business problem of determining where to place the... View Details

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

inequality could affect this or that economic indicator, he reasoned, then it might be possible to refine the large-sample studies in productive ways-focusing only on punches aimed at the stomach, rather than all punches, in examining the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

and practical implications on the concept of accidental innovation. How Kayak Users Built a New Industry Customers have produced some of the most important innovations in industries ranging from oil refining to scientific instruments. But... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact - Course Catalog

- Identify and describe stereotypes that may bias our perceptions and impede our ability to trust each other. - Evaluate and develop your personal influence style. -Analyze, evaluate, and refine your personal influence style, and identify... View Details

27 May 2014
News

Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

brings a group together in an online forum to solve a specified "challenge." The participating HBS alumni researched the issues of long-term growth and job creation, generated theories of and potential solutions for the issue, and refined... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

especially effective for wartime reconnaissance. Mahler made the first Vectograph for Land in January 1938. Thousands of Vectographs with accompanying records from the corporate archives reveal that the development and refinement of the... View Details

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

those actions. Further refinement and tests of these hypotheses are likely to help us better understand some of the fundamental questions in corporate accountability reporting. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

And so that is another variant. Q: What are your next steps for Project Antares? A: We want to refine the matrix that will allow us to propose what the high-impact interventions are and develop commercial delivery systems for them. Next... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

workplace and analyze the root causes of it using course frameworks like the four components of architecture. Based on this analysis, participants propose an action plan to address the gap. Throughout the course, they refine their project... View Details

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