Evolving Business Models - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Mar 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

by Alex Popa (MBA 2007). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the challenges facing View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Faculty Research Online

who are increasingly willing and able to care for their own conditions. The result: changing models of health-care delivery. The Bias of Wall Street Analysts Historically, stock analysts’ recommendations have been swayed by View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Aug 2020
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Defining Flex Work

companies that offer it, but almost immediately Auerbach recognized two fundamental problems. First, no one knew how to talk about flexibility. Second, no one had the data to understand the business benefits of it. The New York City–based... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.

The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work by Cathleen Benko (MBA ’89) and Molly Anderson (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors argue that a lattice model rather... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Dec 2017
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Case Study: The Doctor Deficit

develop a solid business model with value-added services. It’s difficult to have exclusivity for this type of marketplace, so retention is key. —Yishan Cao (MBA 2007) Case Study Update: QE Solar Three years... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Oct 2018
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Paths of Victory

Reflecting HBS’s standing as the top school for entrepreneurs (according to the most-recent PitchBook rankings), the annual HBS New Venture Competition has helped Harvard Business School students and alumni launch dozens of new... View Details

Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

01 Mar 2017
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Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact

this past fall with an open challenge: choose an organization whose operating model will be significantly affected by climate change, and tell us what it should be doing to address it. Students posted responses to the prompt on HBS’s Open... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2015
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Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?

Sachdev (MBA 2013) found that the companies that thrived shared five common traits. In a recent working paper, Lal and Sachdev lay out these best practices, which include an open and flexible regulatory structure, business View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Sep 2006
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Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns

Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce... View Details

Keywords: Paul Massari; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

06 Dec 2021
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Vision: Sound Science

not to divide topics into their relevance to another topic. You just don’t know where ideas will lead you.” “You can’t be fixated on one model of success...you have to adapt.” “You can’t be fixated on one View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

01 Mar 2012
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In Memoriam

Business History, Emeritus, Tom McCraw, “Dick was a model for how to live both the life of the mind and the human spirit: the rare combination of a tough, critical intellect and an upbeat temperament.” The... View Details

Keywords: obituraries; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Feb 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach

Emeritus Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the challenges facing View Details

01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor

part of the problem, is increasingly being called on to be part of the solution. How business can do this most effectively is the focus of the GPP’s research and scholarly activity. While GPP faculty note that it is too early to declare... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2012
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Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech

Investing in HBS Great Expectations Model Teamwork Donor Spotlight FIELD 2: Global Intelligence FAQ For one day last November, it was every hand on deck and every eye on screen inside the war room set up by HBS’s Educational Technology... View Details

Keywords: Professor V.G. Narayanan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2006
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Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978

the Time & Life Building, she was given what were then state-of-the-art tools: an adding machine and an IBM Selectric typewriter. But soon desktop computers were introduced, and they revolutionized the way business was done, helping the... View Details

15 Oct 2019
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Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

on the rise in the MENA countries. The company was cofounded by a woman—women represent about 25 percent of entrepreneurs in MENA countries as compared with the global average of 10 percent—and it capitalizes on the region’s high digital connectivity. BulkWhiz... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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Riding It Out

An ailing horse and an overweight Labrador retriever provided the inspiration for Becky Minard and Paal Gisholt (both MBA ’93) to launch SmartPak, a business that provides nutritional supplements, dog food, and supplies to customers... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2017
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Case Study: Something New

over and over. Additionally, because most women aren’t fashion design- ers, it reduces the overwhelming responsibility of designing some- thing from scratch. —Erica Keany Blob (MBA 2006) Change the business model, and morph into a... View Details