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- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
declined or held flat, and return on invested capital (ROIC) has suffered dramatically. This decline in ROIC has been exacerbated by the significant growth in store square footage before the recession. Retail store count exploded through... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
perspectives from founders, CEOs and numerous executives, board members, partners, customers, analysts, and the tech and financial press. Two of the firms became cognitive referents for online investing while the other three fizzled out.... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
at the level of (a) organizational collectives, (b) single organizations, (c) organizational building blocks, and (d) individuals. Building on this framework, we develop a general model that points to major avenues for future research and charts new View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
its voice. Outsourcing social media content creation is often a bad idea." A Re-tweet's Worth Despite the obvious success that Tate has had in engaging new audiences, determining the actual return on investment of its new online... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
these redlined areas form the shape of a so-called Black butterfly, and they suffer the highest rates of poverty, crime, and chronic disease in the city. Studies show that investment is far lower in predominantly Black neighborhoods than... View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
numerous pieces of critical infrastructure. But without appropriate investment and maintenance, that widespread adoption has the potential to become a liability. A preliminary study released February 18, which we View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
Apple's 1984 ad, which aired, not surprisingly, on the 1984 Super Bowl when they announced the launch of the Macintosh personal computer. That is still in the advertising Hall of Fame. It was directed by Ridley Scott, who is a well-known... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
responsibility for the problems, often as a result of the direct or indirect pressures they put on their people. Authentic leaders find ways to resolve this struggle. Expressing humility is a great skill because it not only brings leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
pursue. In the book, we discuss General Electric’s efforts to build their Predix platform. Predix was clearly going to be a multiyear, maybe multibillion dollar investment and one that was increasingly difficult for GE to afford. But it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, a vast majority of the initiatives that companies in our sample are implementing do not require large capital View Details
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
Box” referring to 9/11 with no explanation, suggesting a sinister relationship of some kind. Other snafus, such as recommendations on the children’s YouTube service that directed children watching cute pet tricks to a site featuring... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these... View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
say your book offers a compass, not a roadmap: it points readers in a direction but doesn't tell them exactly which path to take. Datar: The right answer for each school depends on that school's strategy, challenges, constraints, and... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
emerging examples of innovative technologies, financing structures, policies, and geo-politics that are reshaping our global economy as it struggles and strives to transition to a lower carbon footprint and unlock the trillions in View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Emerging Research on Emerging Markets
Is significant foreign direct investment in China a good thing? Conventional wisdom says yes, but HBS associate professor Yasheng Huang disagrees. "Large-scale absorption of foreign View Details
- June/July 2004
- Article
All together now: Clusters and FDI attraction
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment
Ketels, Christian H.M. "All together now: Clusters and FDI attraction." fDi Magazine (June/July 2004).
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Dreaming big for Africa’s future
Tope Lawani (MBA 1995, JD 1996) is cofounder and managing partner of London-based Helios Investments, a private investment firm concentrating on socioeconomic development in Africa. Helios is virtually the only pan-African firm of its... View Details