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- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
very fast, agile. They attract people who play around with crazy ideas." The idea is to bring back that agile, experimental, silo-free network. Under his new system, everyone works within a traditional hierarchy, but that hierarchy... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
rationalized step processes vs. open platform systems. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52466 Firm Selection and Corporate Cash Holdings By: Begenau, Juliane, and Berardino Palazzo Abstract—Among stock View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
and attracting entirely new ones. Rethinking A Trip To The Museum A museum trip has traditionally been an intensely physical experience: walking gallery floors, hearing footsteps echo off spacious halls, and seeing up-close the brush... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
in the August 2015 issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, the paper was co-authored by a team of behavioral economists and psychologists: Jooa Julia Lee, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University; Francesca Gino, a professor in the Negotiation,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
School Note 208-037 Provides the background and high-level situation of private equity in emerging markets as of the end of 2006. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208037 PlaNet Finance:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
when there is an adequately sized, attractive market at the high end. This isn't always the case. Firms might not have the ability to reach the next tier of undershot customers. Or undershot customers might... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
continent is also attracting attention from China, Europe, and the US for its immense mineral resources, human capital and consumer opportunity. While opportunities abound in all sectors, more support is needed on the ground: investment,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
Are the world's poor, who individually have less than $5 a day in disposable income, a viable market for new goods and services? Consider the fact that there are four billion people around the globe that fit this description and you have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
that fintechs attract a different type of loan-seeker—one with a higher propensity to overspend—which is not something easily captured in their credit reports. The rise of fintechs Fintech lending’s popularity exploded in the years... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
It’s simple: They create the most value, says Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee. In almost every segment of the economy, the very best companies lead their peers by wide margins. They take share by building on proven ideas and expanding in View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
financial strategy. If the company does not have a distinctive brand or market presence, a focus on identifying an attractive customer segment, such as through Harvard University professor Michael Porter's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
employed marketing and marketing strategies to diffuse products and brands internationally, despite business, economic, and cultural obstacles to globalization. The process was difficult and complex. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
say, a product firm. Consequently, a product firm may not be attractive to various knowledge workers who prefer to work in the consulting environment. A fourth driver is the demand for process and behavior change that IT implementation... View Details
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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni
entrepreneurship immediately, or acquire more business experience first? When you feel ready to be a founder, you'll need: An idea for a problem to be solved And/or a team of partners who have a marketable idea, or have skills/experiences... View Details
- 05 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project
marketing has become an important part of the overall strategy that beauty companies employ. As an avid beauty consumer with a desire to work in the industry, I sought a better understanding of where consumers obtain information, who... View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Best Paper Prize in Asset Management from the Midwest Finance Association for "The Market for Sharing Interest Rate Risk: Quantities and Asset Prices" with Umang Khetan, Jane Li, and Ioana Neamtu. Ishita Sen : Winner of the 2025 Western... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707451 CircleLending, Inc. 2006 Harvard Business School Case 206-137 CircleLending, an innovative start-up, offered individuals the ability to set up and manage informal loans made between relatives and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
traditional resellers. Also, MSPs can be less capital intensive for start-ups. No wonder, then, that an increasing number of entrepreneurial ventures such as thredUP have been attracted to the MSP model. But in 2012 thredUP's management... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
prevailed through the difficulties of finding capital, and through the difficulties of her own very limited social position. In a market in which there weren't many realms where women could play, she found a way. "She lived on a... View Details