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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
CANDICE CARPENTER has led some high-profile enterprises - Time Life Video and Television and the electronic retailing enterprise Q2 Inc. among them. But nothing, she says, has prepared her for the rocky terrain of online business better than her experience View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
reality going forward? Is AR the next big thing? Willy Shih: Microsoft Windows users in the late 80s and early 90s might remember that Microsoft came up with a Solitaire game as a way of introducing people... View Details
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
Reinhardt called this a cautionary tale about the risks of differentiating your product in the marketplace. For differentiation to make business sense, he said, you need a willingness to pay on the part of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
against it," he notes. "It's kind of like going to a casino and discovering there's a roulette wheel out of balance; you have a way to beat the house." Taking bold steps and meeting tough challenges is... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Jun 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?
required." Whether this is the case or not, several voiced the need to link pay to both financial and non-financial performance measures. As Ellis Baxter put it, " sanity is View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Mar 2012
- News
It Pays to Be Happy: The Progress Principle at Work
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
research out of Harvard Business School. In fact, these are just a handful of suspect titles companies are using to classify hourly workers as supervisors and avoid paying an estimated $4 billion in overtime... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
of business, and it taught me how to think as a businessperson,” says Fisher. “The case-study method is fantastic at making you assess all the factors you have to deal with. It... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
slight chance to win a jackpot, which increased as they saved more money. "They had not thought before that gambling might be a way to get people to save," says Norton. "Their insight was that you might be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
It's a much believed assumption in the retail world: If you're going to compete on the basis of low cost, then you can't afford to invest in your employees. Extensive training—who has the time to give?... View Details
- 31 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
When Good Teams Go Bad
go in the varsity boat, just as a business would tap for its frontline team the best available finance or marketing person. But sometimes, as in business, crew coaches find... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
network needs to act as a "channel steward" who looks out for the interests of all players and customers. In this interview, Rangan discusses his concept of channel stewards and why companies need them. Q: View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers
$100 for the item, plus shipping, plus taxes. Now, the bill [for the first installment] says $25. You say, ‘OK, now I'm going to buy it for sure.’” Consumers spend more with BNPL BPNL credit burst onto the... View Details
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
than retaliate. Next, since higher-paid workers want to hold on to their jobs, they would not be as likely to steal as lower-wage workers might. In this case, not stealing is "not a matter of being... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh
"consumers now understand that business needs their personal data and will pay for it. We see ClickRebates as the leader in this emerging field of consumer-to-business e-commerce; we've even trademarked a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new industries and workers to fill them? Do... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- News
LED Bulb Firms Wait for Light to Go On
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
The cover of last January's Harvard Business Review featured the subhead, "When it's OK to fake it till you make it." “Faking it” is the antithesis of authentic leadership. Following this advice is the most likely path to... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
It’s going to be a beautiful summer…
This past weekend I was at a BBQ where techie entrepreneurs from around the valley mingled over beers and hot dogs. Someone would approach, and ask me what I did, to which I would reply that I am a business school student currently interning at Sephora. “Sephora?” they... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail