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- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- November 2019
- Supplement
Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Mehta and Matthew Preble
This video supplement pairs with “Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.” (case no. 418011). It contains eight individual clips that range in length from 5 to 12 minutes. Instructors can use the videos, either in whole or in part, as an additional teaching... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Leadership; Marketing; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Product Design; Product Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Selection and Staffing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Canada; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Mehta, and Matthew Preble. "Kids & Company: Entering the U.S." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 420-704, November 2019.
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
Development staff to advance the career objectives of students and alumni. And with the introduction of the FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) course in 2011, the IRC has been developing partner relationships... View Details
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
affect purchases by endogenizing viewing interest. We find that entertainment has an inverted U-shape relationship with purchase intent. Importantly, we separate entertainment into that which comes before the brand versus that which comes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Michelle Giguere
In high school, Michelle Giguere, "fell" into the Gap and never left, working part-time at the apparel retailer throughout college and returning full-time after graduation. "I loved the mix of fashion with the energy of View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
countries. “The relationship is similar to that of investment bankers and entrepreneurs,” explains Tierney, who is chairman of TechnoServe. “It's a very effective way to develop business in rural settings.” Whether working with coffee... View Details
- June 2016 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim: to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies that environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly different. This case compares the models of two dissimilar... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Non-Governmental Organizations; Business Strategy
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jordan Mitchell. "World Wildlife Fund (WWF)." Harvard Business School Case 716-468, June 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
battles.” Grupo Clarín was one of the preeminent media companies in Argentina, with leading newspapers, cable television and Internet services, and broadcast television and radio stations. Some critics contended the company had prospered over several decades by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2025
- Case
Fidji Simo: Growing the Pie at Instacart
By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Barnett
In January 2025, Instacart CEO Fidji Simo considers strategies for continuing to grow Instacart from a grocery delivery platform to a holistic grocery technology company, including in-store grocery technology and expanding partnerships across the grocery sector. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Customers; Food; Health; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Operations; Going Public; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Canada
Joly, Hubert, Leonard A. Schlesinger, and James Barnett. "Fidji Simo: Growing the Pie at Instacart." Harvard Business School Case 325-052, May 2025.
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
dissatisfied customers to take their business elsewhere. With new Internet-only banks and brokerages popping up regularly, established firms must find innovative ways to hold onto their customers. "Traditionally, strategy was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT, 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Alumni Events
Alumnae Circles Open House: Palo Alto
Women's groups are launching- are you interested?
Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
building a customer-focused organization. “You really have to earn the trust of your customer to collect their data,” Hill explains. “The needs and desires of the customer should be driving why you are... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 1997
- Book
The Differentiated Network: Organizations Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations
By: N. Nohria and S. Ghoshal
Nohria, N., and S. Ghoshal. The Differentiated Network: Organizations Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.
- October 1983 (Revised May 1984)
- Case
From Lean Years to Fat Years: The Labor Movement Between the Wars
Tedlow, Richard S. "From Lean Years to Fat Years: The Labor Movement Between the Wars." Harvard Business School Case 384-104, October 1983. (Revised May 1984.)
- September 1999
- Article
Cooperative or Controlling? The Effects of CEO-board Relations and the Contents of Interlocks on the Formation of Joint Ventures
By: Ranjay Gulati and James Westphal
Gulati, Ranjay, and James Westphal. "Cooperative or Controlling? The Effects of CEO-board Relations and the Contents of Interlocks on the Formation of Joint Ventures." Administrative Science Quarterly 44, no. 3 (September 1999): 473–506.
- 1978
- Chapter
The Context for the Individual Rights Issues: Labor Force Trends and Their Implication
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "The Context for the Individual Rights Issues: Labor Force Trends and Their Implication." In Proceedings of the First National Seminar on Individual Rights in the Corporation, edited by Alan F. Westin and Stephan Salisbury. New York: Educational Fund for Individual Rights, 1978.
- 11 Jun 2020
- News
3 Ways to Advance Gender Equity as We Return to the Office
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital Management asked Silk to become... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
have owned started out as a disruptive company.— Clayton M. Christensen Copying the management best practices of leading firms isn't necessarily the answer, Christensen said. When inventors in the Middle Ages tried to invent a contraption... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
can be found here . Accepted students will be notified by August 15, 2025. Learning Objectives Most early-stage ventures and new products fail because too few customers want what’s offered. Specifically, either: 1) the product doesn’t... View Details