Team Focus - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

management and digital marketing tools for entertainment venues and sports teams (largely unused during the pandemic), switched to targeting small- and medium-sized traditional businesses struggling to survive. Fourth Quadrant: Firms... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research

so that they can focus on teaching, writing, and research. Services RSS works closely with colleagues at HBS who also provide research support to the faculty. Each of these departments can triage faculty requests to assess which is best... View Details

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

from less than 10 hours in the 1960s. What’s more, the meetings are often poorly timed, badly run, or both. We can all joke about how painful they are, say the authors, but that pain has real consequences for teams and organizations.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 26 Jan 2024 Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Locations Company Perspectives Nonprofit / Government Summer Internships Why We Recruit Emerson... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

top U.S. health administration schools and a recent article in the Lancet, our educational systems focus their curricula on isolated,theoretical subjects, such as analytics and quantitative problem solving, rather than the team-oriented,... View Details

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New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Competition 31 Student teams participating in 2024 Social Enterprise Track $75 k. Grand Prize 841 Social Enterprise Track teams since 2001 Resources & Benefits Workshops A series of workshops and office... View Details

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Tara Basu Trivedi

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? To get out of my comfort zone – to explore startup ideas, to meet people who don’t think like me, to learn about what goes into making a team and a product successful. I knew I’d never... View Details

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to accelerate the impact of social entrepreneurs moving their organizations from start-up to growth phase, with a focus on organizations serving communities of color. The Forum provides training, classroom discussion, and peer support... View Details

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Aligning Reimbursement with Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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26 May 2022
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Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

decision-making processes. Many companies already elevate an ethics focus to the board level, creating committees on corporate responsibility and accountability. These structures can help create trust in a company’s products among the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Manjari supports co-chairs William R. Kerr and Joseph B. Fuller on all project priorities. Her research efforts focus on location choices by global companies, the role of business in making cities and regions more competitive, shared... View Details

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Academics - Health Care

the role of U.S. regulations and policies on organizational strategies and market outcomes. Course Catalog Listing Independent Projects Students may earn academic credit by working independently or in teams as they conduct research and... View Details

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

envision a world in which there was a computer on every desk at a time when personal computers didn't exist. But he also realized that the way to capitalize on that future was to focus his energies on controlling software, not hardware.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

address concerns, and ultimately get everyone back on the same track to achieve team goals. Team leaders should focus their relaunch in four key areas. Revisit your shared... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
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Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales. These results were in marked contrast... View Details

Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul

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Alumni - Business & Environment

academic credit. Student Summer Internships Consider hiring an MBA student as a summer intern. HBS can help to cover the costs. Make a Green Career Transition (login required) If you’re interested in launching a career transition into green business or other... View Details

23 Jan 2024
News

A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Apr 2024
Blog Post

How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young

where I had the opportunity to pursue many strategic priorities including the sale of our team to HBS Alumni Josh Harris (MBA 1990). Did 2+2 change your path or alter your post-undergraduate plans? The 2+2 program allowed me to have... View Details

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

and anecdotal information, but despite having over 65,000 citations in the last 50 years, there have been no large-scale experimental causal tests of this theory as it relates to employment.” Enlisting a LinkedIn algorithm To put the theory through a rigorous test, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS

industry/subject focus, and the faculty member teaching the course. The immersion component often lasts anywhere from 6 to 11 days. Each IFC has a specific focus which exposes students to projects and/or business contacts within an... View Details

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