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- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
Côme Laguë by Robert S. Benchley Côme Laguë (MBA 1993) has no respect for firms he calls "patent trolls"—holding companies that buy up and bank the intellectual property of closed businesses solely for the purpose of generating income... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
problems (and the ways they reinforce each other), this paper offers a new approach to community transformation which calls for leaders to use technology to inform and connect people. We need to convert the social safety net into a social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
merchant and shopper has left a lot of customers wandering the desert. Well-run loyalty schemes are a way to bring them back into the fold. Such programs can also help remedy the commoditization that has occurred in the retail sector on many levels. Both the Internet... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
years later, looking for a new challenge, she came across salauno. Captivated by the organization’s mission and work, she negotiated a month-long project to show the directors how she could make their operation more efficient. “I diagnosed the View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
for Integrated Electronics), Grove started as director of operations before rising through the ranks to COO in 1979. For the next two years he presided over an all-out crusade with the fearsome name of Operation CRUSH. Powered by Intel’s View Details
- 19 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Finding Success in the Middle of the Market
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.In soccer, it's axiomatic that controlling... View Details
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.This post is drawn from an article that... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
possibly was another example unfolded. As reader Anna Johnson put it, “When the pressure to meet quarterly performance expectations against best-guess sales targets and a flesh pounding schedule take precedence, it’s not surprising that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
(iStock) iStock SUMMING UP Who Will Call the Shots in Stakeholder Capitalism? At one time in my checkered academic career I studied, researched, and published papers about interorganizational management. Specifically, I was interested in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
primarily by the sale of the glasses themselves. VisionSpring is what organization scholars call a "hybrid" social venture, since it combines the social welfare logic of a nonprofit and the commercial logic... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing KnowHow, for Harvard Business. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Customers are the source of all cash flow. Organic growth depends on... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
inclusion and investing into underrepresented communities,” she says. “Great games can come from anywhere. The company’s called Midwest as they are headquartered in Wisconsin and are focused on highlighting talent from underrepresented... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
companies was Pierre Foods, a producer and distributor of processed and precooked protein products that had experienced several years of promising sales growth and held a leading market position. Despite this, 2007 saw Pierre foods... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today, focused on the portrayal of black figures in modern and contemporary art. The New Yorker called the show “a memorizing display, deeply felt, accurate, and necessary,” while the... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
can navigate host governments. Our 'core-periphery' framework posits that the actions that an MNC takes with actors in what we call the 'periphery'-comprised of state, quasi-state, and civil society actors-can lead to positive or negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
stages, which the course calls extrapolation – the period of dramatic top-line growth that occurs midway through a typical S-curve, after a venture has confirmed product-market fit and raised its first round of VC financing. Adopting the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Stress Test
lock, but the company soon expanded its focus to B2B sales in the health care sector. Its clients now include sites responsible for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, which require both security and a reliable audit log. The... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
allowing him and his team to scan Xerox's technology base and identify investment opportunities that might otherwise have been missed. 38 This structure was called Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV). Fumbling the Future was published in... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
not only result in the unfair treatment of non-shareholder constituencies but can even end up hurting the shareholders in the long run. When we call on managers and directors to check their personal ethics at the door when they enter the... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler