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- September 1999 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
drugstore.com
By: Richard L. Nolan
On a clear day in August 1999 in the new headquarters of drugstore.com, against a backdrop of the Blue Angels flying in formation over Lake Washington practicing for their hydroplane Seafare Cup performance, Peter Neupert was pleased with his company's IPO performance.... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Retail Industry
Nolan, Richard L. "drugstore.com." Harvard Business School Case 300-036, September 1999. (Revised April 2000.)
- 19 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating our Student Fathers
have for prospective student dads? Take full advantage of living in the Northeast. From day trips with the family to Portland, Maine to date nights in the North End of Boston,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
representing groups of investors, and from those in the U.S. and other countries—if at all representative—provide what is for me a rather sobering assessment of the future of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
based on the costs of using efficient processes and contingent on achieving superior outcomes. The end result will be a more effective and more productive health care sector.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
unit to the next. One dimension along which a unit of output can vary-a dimension with particular relevance in outsourcing-is the end customer to whom it is delivered. The performance benefits View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Howard H. Stevenson
Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Supreme: Remaining Cool While Pursuing Growth
By: Jill Avery and Sandrine Crener
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-006. Following VF Corporation’s acquisition of cult streetwear brand Supreme, consumers and industry pundits were nervous that becoming part of a large, public corporation would put an end to Supreme’s slow and careful growth... View Details
- 2007
- Book
America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again
This book draws on the author's multiple research projects and field observations to analyze problems facing the United States in recent years and to create an agenda for renewing American strengths through returning to core American principles—but in new ways suitable... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Policy; Leadership; Civil Society or Community; Cooperation; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M. America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again. New York: Crown, 2007.
- 27 May 2020
- Blog Post
Creating Unity and Belonging through Food and Dance: ‘EKTA’ at HBS
As I sat next to dad on our way to the Srinagar airport, I reflected on how this could be our last family vacation for a long time. The end of August was approaching and soon I would be in a far corner View Details
- Article
How to Really Motivate Salespeople
By: Doug J. Chung
Much of what we believe about the best ways to compensate and motivate the sales force is based on theory and lab experiments. But in the past decade, researchers have been moving out of the lab and into the field, analyzing companies' sales and pay data, and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Motivating People; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Sales
Chung, Doug J. "How to Really Motivate Salespeople." Harvard Business Review 93, no. 4 (April 2015): 54–61.
- Career Coach
Mo Fong
understand their truly motivations and their values as guiding principles on how to chart their career and life ambitions. She is passionate about helping students chart their career paths and providing executive coaching for mid-career... View Details
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
Yoshimi Anzai, Marta E. Heilbrun, Derek Haas, Luca Boi, Kirk Moshre, Satoshi Minoshima, and Vivian S. Lee Abstract—The lack of understanding the true costs (not charges) of delivering health View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
The Artful Dodger: Answering the Wrong Question the Right Way
Keywords: by Todd Rogers & Michael I. Norton
- 09 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Startup Balancing Act
said to my coworker, and with that I stepped off the hover board. “Hopefully, you can learn it by the end of the summer” he replied while laughing. I gave him a firm handshake and returned to my desk. My... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
How to Really Motivate Salespeople
Much of what we believe about the best ways to compensate and motivate the sales force is based on theory and lab experiments. But in the past decade, researchers have been moving out of the lab and into the field, analyzing companies' sales and pay data, and... View Details
David A. Moss
David Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Yale. In 1992-1993, he served as a... View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
reader engagement. For the professionals, our story of Jim Barton often mirrors their own life experience, and has prompted many real CIOs to say to us "this is my life," "this book is about... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace