landscaping - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

expenditures under the entry of new generation lab managers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46697 Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape By: Moldoveanu,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Sep 2019
News

Hollywood Ending

the dark of evening. “I got a package here; just need a signature,” he says, straining for a look inside the house. Whitman tilts her phone 90 degrees, switching from landscape to portrait mode, which triggers a shift in perspective: Now... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

communities Share your experience with brand engagement 5 hrs Module 6 Allocating Budget and Measuring Success Discover how to measure the success of digital marketing campaigns and what to account for when creating digital marketing budgets. Explore major trends that... View Details

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

afford groceries is the reason we see so much plastic in grocery aisles today. “Despite our best efforts, Gotham Greens is a small company with limited influence in the packaging sector. Changing the landscape requires the collective... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

the structure of the industries in which their firms competed. Bogle and Kelleher died earlier this month, more than 40 years after each made their mark on the competitive landscape by leading organizations that provided both low cost and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

forthcoming Handbook of Structural Transformation Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—Multinationals exhibit distinct agglomeration patterns, which have... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2024
News

The Exchange: Chance Encounters

physical proximity and virtual connection, and the increasing human tendency to isolate oneself. You write that this moment represents a rare opportunity to reimagine the workplace. What does the landscape look like now, and how strategic... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

its leavings. Every night on the outskirts of Manila, thousands of people lie down to sleep amid acres of rotting food and industrial detritus in a vast urban dumping ground called Payatas. At dawn, they rise and swarm across a featureless View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The HBS Climate Rising Podcast Reaches 50 (Episodes)

someday play a major role in stabilizing the climate. Our episodes provided an overview of the landscape and conducted deep dives into some technology- and nature-based solutions. These proved to be among the most challenging topics to... View Details

15 Nov 2013
News

Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again

things. Even when I was young, I started a landscaping business that I ran for several years. It taught me customer service, following a rigorous schedule, buying and maintaining equipment, and dealing with employees—all of which have... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

Profile

Mike Maples Jr.

I was a kid, my dad once told me `It’s only over when you decide to quit.’” So Maples plowed ahead into his investing career. To raise his chances for success, Maples did what has been characteristic of his career: view the View Details

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

Complex trends in globalization, demographic shifts, and new technologies are raising urgent challenges for managers on an everyday level. Because of the number of companies undergoing digital transformation, managers need to navigate an intense speed-to-market View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

leadership, an understanding of the current talent landscape in order to create strategies, and a willingness to listen, learn, and sometimes unlearn to better understand lived experiences. “Building an inclusive culture is about building... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

As big box bookstores Barnes & Noble and Borders spread across the landscape in the 1990s, retail observers sounded the death knell for small, independent booksellers. But they had no idea of the onslaught that was coming. Amazon.com... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

21 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design

services. Their unique position at the center of many other companies has enabled them to see the landscape and take advantage of opportunities to improve their own footprint while also acting as part of the solution for its suppliers and... View Details

01 Jan 2007
News

Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

environment being among them. The Wyss Foundation, for example, focuses on preserving extraordinary landscapes in the intermountain west and the Colorado Plateau, where Wyss first hiked and climbed as a 23-year-old exchange student.... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Case Study: Moment in the Sun

hospitality. Offices and health care facilities could both offer the company access to huge sectors of the $80 billion lighting market. The Question: Hoskins describes the competitive landscape as “a land grab.” He’d love to do some pilot... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

has been a tremendous shift to the better over the past 15 years” By the time he retired in 2002, the board-serving landscape had changed considerably. These days, serving on a few boards can comprise almost a full-time job. While... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Profile

Michael Maples