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  • 04 Sep 2013
  • What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

conclusions resulting from a reading of responses to this month's column. In defense of strategic planning, Greg Martin said, "Same story, different day: in times of change it is practically irresistible to not throw the baby out... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • January 2024
  • Case

Sprouts Farmers Market

By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona
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DENIAL reviews

By: Richard S. Tedlow

"A wake-up call to be sure that we dont allow ourselves to confuse our maps with the actual territory."

strategy+business "2010 Best Business Books," Winter 2010

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  • 23 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

Despite the urgency of debate on the U.S. national stage about health-care reform, an issue now before the U.S. Senate, one crucial element of change has been less visible: advances in the delivery of medical services. Innovations in health-care delivery—applying the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

mobile phone penetration, universal availability of unique ID systems, and evolving privacy and data protection laws. It builds on global best practices and promotes the adoption of human-centered design... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Aug 2019
  • Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

communities she serves. Each one is poised to have a tremendous impact in the communities in which they work in addition to having outsized financial impact. Some of the best parts about the MBA experience I’ve had were created or... View Details
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Chairperson, Private Equity at Apollo; Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997), CEO and Co-Founder of Social Finance; Member of the Harvard Corporation; Fran Seegull (MBA 1998), President, US Impact Investing Alliance + More Info – Less Info Impact investing has rapidly evolved... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats Abstract—A long line of research examines how best to schedule work to improve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Leadership Initiative - Leadership

Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is the co-author of Collective Genius: The Art and View Details
  • Web

Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

Policy The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines and best practices for students, alumni, and/or other community members participating in Instagram Takeovers of HBS-related Instagram accounts.... View Details
  • Web

Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni

putting your best foot forward. Importance of Social Networks Social networks have given us the ability to connect with almost anyone in the blink of an eye, making it much easier to expand, nurture and maintain our relationships. Learn... View Details
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

practices creating a learning and innovative organization; and tracking results in terms of the "four Rs" of retention, referrals, returns to labor, and relationships with customers. It shows "the culture cycle" at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March–April 2024
  • Article

How Companies Should Weigh in on a Controversy: A Better Approach to Stakeholder Management

By: David M. Bersoff, Sandra J. Sucher and Peter Tufano
Executives need guidance about managing their organizations’ engagement with societal issues—including hot-button topics such as gender, climate, and racial discrimination. Success in this realm does not mean avoiding public controversy or achieving unanimous support... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Judgments; Management Practices and Processes
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  • 22 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

a lot of really important questions that are hard,” Cole says. “Quite frankly, they may not even be answered in the venture capitalist space. Questions like ‘what are best practices for impact investing?’... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 16 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

future, says Joseph Fuller, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and a co-head of the project. Fuller likens the shifting job demands to a melting ice floe. “What’s left are the things that are hard to automate,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

an opportunity to hear firsthand the challenges companies face in their implementation, and share best practices and learnings from their initial efforts. OneTen Summit Highlights Exhibition at Baker Library... View Details
  • 11 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

fat contracts to players long past their prime. Each transaction altered the overall negotiation landscape. In rapidly changing marketplaces, you can't provide for every contingency. But you can take a page from Marine Corps practice and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports
  • 01 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

cares about their well-being. Many realize that this needs to change. Practicing active, habitual kindness can transform the remote workplace and it can start today. A little reassurance, compassionate listening, a conscious effort to... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal…and What to Do about It

By: Malcolm S. Salter
What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer is not entirely clear, I argue in this essay that any effort aimed at restoring... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Systems; Trust; United States
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  • 31 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

up saving the life of the potential victim The trigger for achieving the desired outcome: instilling the sense of fear in the subordinate. Accordingly, can an argument be made that at times and under certain circumstances fear might be the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett