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  • 09 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “They have a tendency to reproduce one another's work, and so they get the feeling that they're making progress. But in reality, there's not... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 21 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?

players use to compete. "People are thinking about ways to design policies and products so you can actually engage with the product in more responsible ways without getting people too overinvolved in playing and spending." A new paper by Tomomichi Amano, assistant... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Media & Broadcasting; Media & Broadcasting

    Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time

    One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world's complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems.

    Over a decade ago, renowned innovation... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consumer

    By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

    Changing consumer behaviors have redefined what it means to be direct to consumer ("DTC"). What once began online a decade ago as a distribution and disintermediation strategy has since evolved into a multifaceted approach for the modern-day brand.

    The... View Details

    • July 2020 (Revised July 2023)
    • Case

    Live Nation and Pharrell Williams

    By: Anita Elberse and Kate Christensen
    “We’re in business together, and whether we lose a few million dollars or make a few million dollars, let’s do this. If you think you can pull it off, I’m behind you.” Michael Rapino, chief executive officer of Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment... View Details
    Keywords: Music; Entertainment; Superstars; Talent; Labor Economics; General Management; Music Entertainment; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Joint Ventures; Marketing; Strategy; Music Industry
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    • Web

    Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

    company poised to make the right bets for long-term success? And how could it ensure defensibility as the GenAI space evolved? About the Unit The Accounting & Management unit at Harvard Business School strives to be the worldwide leader... View Details
    • April 2017 (Revised March 2024)
    • Case

    Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity

    By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
    Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must... View Details
    Keywords: Boycott; Corporate Political Activity; Lobbying; LGBTQ; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Retail; Shareholder Activism; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
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    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    Thinking Ahead

    As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
    • August 2024
    • Case

    The Walt Disney Company: Management Guidance

    By: Joseph Pacelli and James Weber
    In November 2023, financial analyst Aurora Fee was forecasting The Walt Disney Company’s earnings and stock price, with the goal of providing an investment recommendation to her clients. Disney, one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies, had just... View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Accounting; Investment; Communication; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Earnings; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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    • 19 Mar 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: March 19

    recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four audit firm, and have a higher percentage of independent directors. Controlling for these effects, we find that firms with abnormally low anticorruption efforts have relatively higher subsequent View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Help - Alumni

    Clubs Visiting Campus Giving to HBS Alumni Benefits Baker Library Bulletin & Class Notes General Information General Information What constitutes Harvard Business School alumni status? A Harvard Business... View Details
    • Web

    Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

    growth and leveraging the family's influence in a shifting social media landscape. Citation Purchase Related Kerr, William R., and James Palano. "Influencer-led brand building: Hairitage and the McKnights." Harvard View Details
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    Partners, an international private equity firm. He has been involved in Asian communications businesses for more than 15 years. Previously, he was director of telecom at the Asian Infrastructure Fund; director of telecom and View Details
    • 13 Jul 2016
    • HBS Case

    How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

    New businesses often struggle finding their first customers. The challenge is even more difficult with startups in the sharing economy that launch as platforms connecting independent service providers with consumers. Take Uber. Its... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
    • Web

    Marketing - Faculty & Research

    the time and find comfort. Then, amid growing shortages in commodities, a vaccine arrived, businesses began to re-open, and consumers benefited from federal relief aid. This perfect storm of high demand amid stock shortages generated the... View Details
    • 05 Apr 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: April 5

    company's business model. We analyze this process to explain how, under conditions of ambiguity, organizational goals can form through a collaborative social exchange that resembles the innovation process. Our research suggests that,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2022
    • Case

    Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
    Maestro Pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
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    • 17 Feb 2020
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

    discovery to validate a problem but don’t yet have a product, my follow-up question is: “How do you know people or companies will use your product?” Answers are equally discouraging. More often than not, I hear examples of interest tests, such as hits on social View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Austin
    • 17 Oct 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

    2017 Boston: Harvard Business Review Press Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job By: Bussgang, Jeffrey J. Abstract—Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

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    our office to learn more about our students and alumni or to develop a customized recruiting strategy. Name* Contact Email* Subject* Employer Name Select Industry Consulting Consumer Products Energy / Utilities Entertainment / Media... View Details