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  • 10 Feb 2020
  • In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

monetizing their offerings in very different ways. The fact that many of these digital firms are based on a ‘platform’ business model—a term that only applied to railroads a few decades ago—only goes to show how far the new technologies have transformed the strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 15 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

auto market in the 1950s. The industry leader, unbothered by competition and looming threats, began to coast on its former glory, however, and bypass such areas as consumer preferences and industry innovation. View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

performance of hybrid organizations that pursue a social mission, and sustain their operations through commercial activities, by studying work integration social enterprises (WISEs). We argue that social imprinting and economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

Summing Up The depth of the global financial crisis is becoming clearer day by day. In the United States, it is being used as a reason to set aside ideology regarding government ownership of important financial institutions, possibly... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 19 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 19

paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

Scott. The book looks at the changing image of the salesman, represented by the likes of George Babbitt and Willy Loman. In the end, says Friedman, salesmen not only fed America's thirst for consumerism, they also shaped it. Laura Linard:... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
  • 07 Jul 2011
  • What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

investment, for example)." As C. J. Cullinane put it, "we have to be adaptable and flexible but Too much adaptability can lead to lack of direction " RT said that there is "No shame in revising ideas—publicly and to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 17 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News

media would benefit their personal reputations more than spreading misleading articles, the research shows. Furthermore, when political articles are shared on Twitter (now X), accurate information tends to garner more approval, finds Jillian View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 16 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

tasting and flavor pairings, and chocolate decoration techniques. "It involves being a leader in connoisseurship and giving our customers a real, value-added experience by learning and connecting with the category," Koen... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products
  • July 1986 (Revised August 1987)
  • Background Note

Note on Comparative Advantage

By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Discusses David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage and the refinement of his model developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. Presents several criticisms of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory, including Wassily Leontief's empirical demonstration that the nature of... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics; Trade; Theory
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  • 01 Sep 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

improvement in the average produced a 2.5 percent improvement in unit revenue, or $250,000 in added revenue per hotel. In spite of the economics, organizations apparently are doing a poor job of building positive employee experiences, whether through trust or other... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • July 2012
  • Case

Generation Investment Management

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
Examines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Generation; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Welfare; Financial Services Industry; India; United Kingdom
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  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

  Working PapersInternational Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Abstract This paper examines differences in the size and roles of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Feb 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

it, " the question should not be rational decision making OR intuition, but rather how to combine both." David Kendall said, "In the most difficult case of no-time and high-risk, reliance on 'rational intuition' may be a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 22

on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Policy,” in which University of Michigan Professor Andrew J. Hoffman wrote, “One of the reasons (among many) that the public discourse on critical scientific issues of our day has become so confused is that too many academics, according... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Thinking Ahead

from angel investors,” she says. “Creating a business, and understanding the pain points, is still the greatest challenge for any new venture, regardless of the economic climate, but the barriers to entry have gone way down, thanks to some of the tools out there. You’d... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/109071-PDF-ENG foursquare Mikołaj Jan Piskorski, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and David ChenHarvard Business School Case 711-418 Co-founders of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2013 (Revised November 2013)
  • Case

Blackstone and the Sale of Citigroup's Loan Portfolio

By: Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein
The credit boom that preceded the 2007-2009 financial crisis led to several lending practices that exposed banks to large risks. In particular, when the financial crisis unraveled, there were several billion dollars' worth of leveraged buyout (LBO) loans that were... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Financial Markets; Investment; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 09 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

information is significant and avoiding information overload. David J. Collis, the Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Michael G.... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott