Expertise - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 1999 (Revised March 2003)
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Webvan: Groceries on the Internet

What are the prospects for grocery shopping on the Web? This case invites a comparison of seven business models, with particular emphasis on Webvan. Why does the investment community value Webvan at $7.8 billion after less than six months of operating experience, and... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Experience and Expertise; Investment; Information; Marketing; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Cognition and Thinking; Internet and the Web; Retail Industry; Service Industry

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29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

knowledge than do nonprofit groups about the social problem, so they experience more ramp-up time. In nonprofits, the founders often have technical expertise in the problem area and are able to do a more in-depth analysis. Resource... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

22 Aug 2005
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The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

technical skills, expertise in analysis, and diverse views, allowing them to brainstorm and explore different interpretations of a failure's causes and consequences. Because this usually involves the potential for conflict that can... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

August 2023
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Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR

By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek

Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management industry View Details

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13 Sep 2021
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Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

scholarly expertise How can companies tap into academic expertise? As a manager, it isn’t always easy to dig into science, Krieger says. Sometimes, the results of studies are difficult to replicate or require additional research to become... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

12 Oct 2017
News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

take what they know and offer advice based on our expertise that will help them get the results they want to see.” A Calling to Serve Along with utilizing his experience and HBS education, Majors says his work at Purpose Built Communities... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

07 Apr 2020
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What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

platforms and influencer status to more meaningfully help those most in need. Surveyed consumers deem celebrities and social media macro-influencers to be less credible spokespeople for brands during a crisis, with most consumers favoring true View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

18 Aug 2008
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How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

their background and expertise to improving education? A: It's a good question. Given the impact businesspeople have in society, it is crucial that they understand the root causes of why schools have struggled so much and why so many... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

platform to broaden our expertise to new domains such as digital fabrication for affordable housing, particularly as we look to expand our mission of equitable housing in the US and internationally." View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

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Harvard Business School

on the boards of the National Urban League and Northern Virginia Urban League. He also served on the boards of five Fortune 500 firms. Brittain leant his expertise to the Yale Corporation Audit Committee and the Dean's Board of Advisors... View Details

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By: Karim R. Lakhani

Can America Invent Its Way Back?

BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008

Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Supporting our Exceptional Faculty

legendary teachers and scholars, as well as the future leaders of the School. Gifts from alumni help set in motion a powerful ripple effect — influencing not only our students but also the people and organizations touched by the research and View Details

Keywords: David E. Bell; professorships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2003
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Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls

have been sharing their business expertise with local girls by giving career-skills workshops, holding mock job interviews, and serving as judges on scholarship panels. One particularly successful event was a stock market lesson designed... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton; the Women's Initiative; HBS Association of Northern California; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
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Faculty Books

underinvestment in manufacturing. They argue that companies must reinvest in the collective operational capabilities underpinning the development of new products and processes. Only by reviving this “industrial commons” can expertise and... View Details

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

01 Jun 2005
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Change of Pace

policy and the expression of faith in public life. He will also lend his expertise to nuts-and-bolts issues, such as assessing the financial risks involved in the diocese’s possible support for a housing project in the West Bank city of... View Details

Keywords: GOP; Catholic; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2011
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Innovations Under Way Will Shape HBS’s Future

are entrepreneurs. The ability of the School to leverage its vast resources across the University will create both a world-class opportunity and a distinct competitive advantage in the field of entrepreneurship. This also provides another venue for our alumni with... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Skeete Tatum; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2000
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Vivek Ranadivé

product performs the same essential function for all of them: delivering information across networks in real time. Ranadivé shares his expertise in his 1999 book, The Power of Now, in which he explores the impact on business of what is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; Information; Air Transportation; Transportation

29 Apr 2019
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A Global Mission

countries by his count—looking for places where his business expertise could reshape response to complicated humanitarian crises. His first project was in Bangladesh in the 1970s, when he led a project on agricultural restoration after... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Building Your Own Dream Team

personal and career success and emotional development. Think of them as your personal board of directors with a heart. You meet with each other regularly with a formal agenda, call on each other’s expertise as needed, share emotions,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2006
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Taking the Long View

At 105, Al Gordon (MBA ’25) remains an active investor in a career that began before the Crash of 1929. According to a Bloomberg News article (Seattle Times, September 10, 2006), Gordon, the former chairman of Kidder, Peabody, is currently bearish on U.S. stocks, in... View Details

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