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- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
operations that Guide Dogs had been responsible for, such as running hotels and holiday programs for the blind. "She sought partners who would have the capability to take ownership and continue running those programs. The contract... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
square foot have not improved significantly since the depths of the recession—and the decline in ROIC is even more stunning for category killers. “Best Buy and many similar businesses didn't see the bullet coming” The inexorable adoption... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
capacity, shelf life, and customer demand. Such risks aren't new. In fact, "the underpinnings of problems today started two decades ago," says Craig Holmes, director of business continuity planning for Aon Risk Consultants,... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
the bias belted tire, claiming that it conferred significant performance improvements and launched an advertising campaign questioning the benefits of radials. Firestone, Uniroyal and General Tire quickly followed Goodyear's lead and... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
genetic engineering, we can not only make these microalgae orders of magnitude faster growing and more resource efficient than traditional crops, but also expand the range of materials and products these microalgae can produce, improving... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
distribution strategy for Glass, a wearable computer that projected information on a display viewable with an upward glance. Options, which were not mutually exclusive, included 1) continuing to sell Glass directly through online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Business Review for “Getting Serious About Diversity” (November–December 2020) with David A. Thomas. Robin J. Ely : Received the 2020 Robert F. Greenhill Service Award for continued outstanding contributions to the HBS community. Robin J.... View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
for director Louis Malle (for Elevator to the Gallows, 1958) in a single night was important. There he might have realized that simplicity was one way to create great music in a very short time. Maybe he realized that this recipe could be View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
which continues to dominate the market. "Ted had an intense desire for people to think, capital 'T' think," observes Berolzheimer. "He was tough on students who didn't use their imagination, and for that reason I didn't... View Details
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
audit firms affects the nature of accounting regulation, Ramanna says. Future research, the authors hope, will continue to probe the changing audit oligopoly and its consequences amid increasing globalization, View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
and economic inequity that deny so many Black people safe, healthy, and attractive housing. And with multiple studies showing income inequality at its worst since the Roaring Twenties, cities around the country facing a lack of affordable housing, and the racial wealth... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
new book, Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads. Employing a wealth of interviews and quantitative data, their book takes the first comprehensive approach in decades to examine the evolving MBA marketplace and its threats as well as possibilities for... View Details
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
expedient work around? The nurses overwhelmingly chose to work around a problem, because that is what allows them to get their very demanding jobs done in the most efficient way. Tucker's future research will continue focus on how human... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
"We're reemerging as a high-margin, health-and-wellness company," says Silk, speaking from Smith Brothers headquarters in Chicago. "We'll continue to make our traditional cough drops, but we've also introduced a variety of... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
“Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and by being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things, but it can tell you where you should invest. You can make data-driven decisions, rather... View Details
- 26 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health
instill a value of continuous improvement across the organization. Know your core value proposition to your customers. You may be tempted to stray from these values at some point and having them View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- Portrait Project
Brendan Sullivan
ourselves. They inspired us to work to improve the lives of others even, and perhaps especially, when to do so is daunting. Twenty-five years later, I continue to care for the elderly. But now they are my... View Details
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Though his father had turned IBM into a tremendously successful company, the firm that Thomas Jr. inherited was largely a mix of loosely organized divisions that competed with one another for resources. After an intensive restructuring, which View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Philip K. Wrigley
In addition to continuing the success of the chewing gum products, PK Wrigley greatly improved labor relations at the firm, instituting an “income insurance” plan, a gradual retirement program, and an... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco