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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
restore service to the headquarters as well as all of the corporation’s telecommunications. I felt like an imposter, but I decided that I didn’t need to share that info. I chose to set an aggressive goal for restoration. The fire started... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?
Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
components. While the number of LEGO-branded items grew, sales did not, and in 1998 the company suffered its first financial loss. "Their top-line growth was slowing down but their cost was accelerating, so they were starting to lose... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
walked here with his mother, who hid in a cave somewhere on the mountain with her mother and three siblings during the Korean War. A bomb blast—friendly fire from US troops—killed everyone except Kim’s mother and her younger brother. The... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
returns in excess of the cost of capital. When Dunlap took over the leadership of the company, he immediately announced and implemented a reduction of 11,000 people at both the management and working levels. He fired many members of the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Action Plan: Life Study
inspired by the war in Ukraine. Proceeds from the sale of those works totaled just under $150,000 and benefited Ukrainian aid organizations. A similar sense of kismet runs through the other branches of Hartley’s remarkable career: US Navy... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
the Mexican government as a result. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-108.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsChrysler's Sale to Fiat C. Fritz Foley, Lena G. Goldberg, and Linnea MeyerHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni
Landscape Lynn Schenk, Director, Business and Environment Initiative Rahul Shendure (MBA 2001) Sidney McLaurin, Material Impact Monica Varman (MBA 2016), G2 Venture Partners Entrepreneurial Sales Lou Shipley (MBA 1990), Senior Lecturer of... View Details
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
for talent, and it’s all focused on these high productivity people, and very, very little on those workers who actually may hurt organizational performance,” Minor says. Fired toxic workers can leave a big mess for companies to clean up.... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
1989 about service in the auto industry, Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service, puts it best: “Nothing much has changed over 25 years. The experience is still generally awful.” Sure, there have been pockets of customer-service... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
investment performance of passive maturity transformation strategies over this period may mask the underperformance of the specialized bank activities. See Juliane’s other research here and Erik’s other research here . More Info Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
the rest of the employees were safely leaving the building and that the fire was contained. I learned that real leadership means running toward the fire and being concerned about the safety of others before... View Details
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
think of the role of advertising as providing primes that are psychological in nature as a means of persuasion, you can take something that exists in society—a consumer preference for fair skin—and leverage it for good or for bad.” Advertisements under View Details
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
strategy and operations (or tactics) are both important but they are different. The normal course of events is for companies to focus on day-to-day operations and short-term problem solving. Management meetings focus on fighting fires and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
for developing job descriptions and scoring candidates. Rethink your product development prioritization process. Make sure sales best practices are being disseminated systematically within the go-to-market organization. View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
and three siblings during the Korean War. A bomb blast—friendly fire from US troops—killed everyone except Kim’s mother and her younger brother. The story is included in Offerings, Kim’s 2020 bestseller. In October 2023, news broke that... View Details
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
owed $130,000 in sales commissions for the work he had done prior to being fired from the firm a few months earlier. The executive, on the other hand, claimed the employee was owed nothing—in fact, he... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
model helps measure that." The Ideal Mix When planning marketing campaigns, brand managers have a wide portfolio of weapons to draw on, including in-store merchandising, advertising, coupons and sweepstakes, trade promotions, prices, and deployment of a direct... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
employs: Bean typically structures these around an outdoor activity such as hiking or cross-country skiing. For example, when sales of the once best-selling Crest Hiker began to decline, L.L. Bean assembled groups of testers, product... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
3, a startup competitor—but was fired when his strategic recommendations for expansion didn’t align with upper management’s. At that point, Keen made good on his HBS application essay and joined Cherokee Nation Enterprises (now Cherokee... View Details