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October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Richard Spellman (B)

Presents the final version of the agreements introduced in the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Internet and the Web; Executive Compensation; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Management Teams

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March 2000 (Revised June 2000)
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Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (C)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States

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28 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business

its release can be quite long, with some government data taking up to two years before it can be viewed. “You can look at Yelp data to get metrics that aren’t in government datasets, and you can look at data more quickly. It’s all sitting... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

respect. While the prestige and group identity that spring from working for a particular institution can be a motivating force for employees, it's pride in what they do—recognition of the intrinsic value of... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

its traditional slow-paced and bureaucratic system of R&D to emulate the relatively fast pace and entrepreneurial system of biotech companies." The firm created several specialized research View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

Deontology teaches “aggressive responsibility.” A deontologist, focused on universal duties and morals, might concentrate on leaders’ responsibilities to their teams and... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

salesmen. Business schools need to look at what differentiates a professional school from a vocational school. For management, the impetus came much more from a small cadre of academics, a group of people who were concerned about what was... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

reality is that some days you need to drive your kid to school.” So, what’s the alternative? Beshears teamed with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University in 2015 to test... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

17 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

because how do you tap into something that comes from who knows where? If I'm a media company like WPP Group and I'm dealing with a major account, I would probably want to put a measurable amount of that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

research team looked at how major events affected the philanthropic activity of 2,571 firms in 157 metropolitan areas, between 1980 and 2006. In assessing the effects of natural disasters, the researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Oct 2005
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

Summing Up Globalization could spur organized labor to rethink its premises, objectives, and strategies. But the prospect for that is not clear, according to respondents to this month's column. As Arun Joshi put it, "Now that the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Social Network Marketing: What Works?

it's important to understand both who influences purchase decisions in online communities and which groups of users can be influenced. “Viral campaigns truly leverage the network aspect of these social... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising; Publishing; Retail

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

first generation of forecasters in the early 20th century, including Roger Babson, John Moody, and economist Irving Fisher. And a group at Harvard published an economic... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

12 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 12

Venezuelan subsidiary's financial statements into euros. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111119-PDF-ENG International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade

combined into one “industry” in which those teams compete, independent from the other industry groupings. With each round, teams can see how they’re faring and how their rivals... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education; Food & Beverage

12 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 12

Yael BraidHarvard Business School Case 813-101 HealthCraft's three founders are about to craft their founding agreement and split the equity among themselves. Uncertainty lingers over each member's future contributions, though-how is the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

emphasis on services naturally accompany the growth of a knowledge society, representing an insurance policy for the continuance of innovation and progress necessary to maintain world economic leadership? What do you think? Original... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

26 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210012-PDF-ENG Managing Talent at Bertelsmann AG (A) Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Mark C. Maletz, and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 410-010 Bertelsmann's EVP HR Immanuel Hermreck... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales

increases” Grouping products into a category shows people the way to make clear judgments about how to spend their money, Karmarkar says. Seeing similar options seems to reinforce the idea that the consumer is on the right track by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Advertising

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

PeopleImages New business school graduates have now made their way from campus to workplace. For them, this should be a time of optimism and energy, of setting ambitious goals and testing new ideas. At... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

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