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  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

however, offers a different model that consumers are beginning to embrace. "Our outlets encourage browsing and we sell at a fixed price." Jain cited a challenge familiar to any retailer in any country: difficulty managing... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 23 Nov 1999
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle

magnitude of fundamental technological innovation in the economy, the presence of liquid and competitive markets for venture capitalists to sell their investments (whether markets for stock offerings or... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner; Financial Services
  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

  Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract Household financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

A Better Way to Go on Strike

costs at $200 million a day. What's more, a strike would cost the pilots and other employees their salaries. The airline would lose tens of millions of dollars daily and risk losing market share to its competitors. Yet the pilots were... View Details
Keywords: David Lax and Professor James K. Sebenius
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Siebel Addresses HBS Northern California Club

building great products," Siebel told the audience. "We make as many mistakes as anyone else, but this is our vision: Build a high-quality business. Do whatever it takes to make our customers satisfied. Be a market leader, a great place... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • November 2004
  • Case

The Electronic Product Code: Future Impact on the Global Food System

By: Ray A. Goldberg and James Weber
The Electronic Product Code (EPC) is a successor to the Uniform Product Code and will improve the efficiency and traceability of the global food system. This case focuses on how best to implement this new system and respect the privacy of the ultimate consumer, and the... View Details
Keywords: Information; Rights; Ethics; Consumer Behavior; Management Systems; Technology Adoption; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Alumni Book Briefs

thinking, translating his insights into practice and correcting the most common misconceptions about them. Guide to Managing Growth: Turning Success into Even Bigger Success by Rupert Merson (PMD 71, 1996) (Wiley) Successful growth... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Manager's Notebook

Professor Jeffrey F. Rayport and John Hagel III (MBA '77, JD '78), a principal in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office, detail how managers will resolve the upcoming tug-of-war over this valuable information asset. Until recently,... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
  • December 2002
  • Article

Business Enterprises and Global Worlds

By: G. Jones
The role of business enterprise in integrating economies is one of the central historical themes of the last two centuries. Although globalization—both in its current iteration and in its nineteenth-century form—has been widely studied, the role of the firm, as opposed... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizations; Emerging Markets; Behavior; Business Ventures; United States
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  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Books

Adam Smith's free markets notwithstanding, Moss reminds the reader that government involvement in the management of private-sector risks is nothing new in the United States. “Policymakers have long played a... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • June 1991 (Revised February 1999)
  • Case

Willow Creek Community Church (A)

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
Describes the historic evolution and current positioning of a Christian church which focuses on the attraction of "unchurched" individuals. Describes the church's strategic service vision and its current growth and leadership problems. View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Marketing Strategy; Growth Management; Religion; Service Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

One-on-One with Carter Roberts

we’ve made a difference, and that we created models and hope for the world,” explains Roberts. He recently talked about the WWF’s new mission. What’s the rationale behind your new conservation strategy? From a management point of view,... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

New Porter Prize Awarded in Japan

honors and highlights companies that have maintained superior profitability by implementing unique strategies based on innovation in products, processes, and management techniques. Matsui Securities was chosen for its ability to define... View Details
Keywords: awards
  • January 2015 (Revised July 2019)
  • Case

CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence

By: Leslie John, John Quelch and Robert Huckman
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

The case describes a program that CVS Health recently implemented to improve medication adherence, an important problem from a societal, public policy, and firm... View Details
Keywords: Medication Adherence; Affordable Care Act (ACA); Marketing Strategy; Communication Strategy; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social Issues; Information Technology; Value Creation; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Insurance Industry; Public Relations Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

as money-market funds. Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink: Why 40% of Your Business Is Unprofitable, and How to Fix It by Jonathan L.S. Byrnes (DBA ’80) (Penguin Portfolio) Given the uncomfortable truth that it’s possible, even easy, to have every View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 12 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 12, 2016

Management Science The Relationship Between Workplace Stressors and Mortality and Health Costs in the United States By: Goh, Joel, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios Abstract—Even though epidemiological evidence links specific... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

the last twenty years, our stock markets also became increasingly institutionalized. The real investors are mostly professional money managers who are focused on the short term. "It is these... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 31 May 2016
  • First Look

May 31, 2016

functional proximity over base proximity when locating preventive health services. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51094 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Multi-Echelon Inventory View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

2014); Founded 2012 Eight out of ten patients discharged from the hospital need additional care. CarePort’s technology assists with planning and managing this post-acute care. The winner of the 2012 HBS New Venture Competition in the... View Details
  • Profile

Mariano Bomaggio

the career front, so I came to HBS to explore them. I saw it as a perfect way to discover what I really enjoy within different industries and places to work." In his finance classes, Mariano has been exposed to "how managers... View Details
Keywords: Tech; Manufacturing/Energy