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- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Products, Platforms, and Services (PPS) business, headed by Sanjay Purohit. This case focuses on the company's efforts to makeover its brand in the U.S. market amidst several challenges. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Field Evidence on Individual Behavior & Performance in Rank-Order Tournaments
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
students of learning by the case method. An approach to studying a case, individually or as a group member, for classroom discussion is outlined. Also summarizes the basic characteristics of a case discussion. 1940 Because Wisdom Can't Be... View Details
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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
guests), students work in small groups supervised by their faculty mentors to conduct due diligence on a business for possible investment by the HBS Impact Investment Fund and/or one of our local partners. Working closely with... View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
members at Cape Cod Retreat The HBS Africa Business Club has a special place in my heart. I currently serve as the CFO of the club and it has been great to plan events for the school year with other devoted executive View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption
By: Anita Elberse
Because online retailers are often able to provide products in a more cost-efficient manner than bricks-and-mortar stores, online channels are characterized by a vast assortment of products. Proponents of the "long tail" principle recently argued that the demand for... View Details
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Advent International
Accelerating the Careers of Diverse Rising Stars div class="shim15"/> "We believe that having a group of talented executives with diverse backgrounds is going to make us better as an organization." David Mussafer Chairman View Details
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
learning, support and opportunities through interactive group programming. Inspiring Capital The Return with Purpose Fellowship is a year-long experiential learning program with exposure to Inspiring... View Details
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
out the best in others by applying and adapting your leadership style and managing the conditions that drive team performance. 6 weeks 7-9 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
also realized was that the expectation that I had for the group to turn around their operations either the next week or the next month, or even in that quarter, were wildly unrealistic and unfair. But by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
economy was entering a recession. Great timing!" Leading a group of seven other Polaris managers and joined by his late father, William (MBA '40), he acquired the unit, accomplishing one of corporate... View Details
- March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Teaching Note
OpenInvest
By: Boris Vallee and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their portfolio to their personal values in an automated way, for instance by screening out weapon manufacturers stocks or overweighting LGBTQ... View Details
- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
selecting, training, and rewarding Taj employees for their work. Mandate To Delight Awards are given for longer terms of service, for example, with Group Chairman Ratan Tata (HBS AMP 71, 1975) personally... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- HBS Seminar
Daron Acemoglu, MIT
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
have waited it out and not encountered the ice floes that the whalers at South Georgia predicted were coming. Both groups of students pointed to his impetuosity in hiring. They also pointed out that he... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
fluctuations. Zhang and her coauthors were curious whether the algorithm might help reduce racial inequalities by optimizing nightly rates for both white and Black hosts, so everyone could benefit... View Details
- March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health
In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
Gulati, Ranjay, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover, and Emily Grandjean. "WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health." Harvard Business School Case 424-029, March 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care
SCIENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP is led by Professor Peter Barrett , and provides a select group of alumni with the opportunity to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science... View Details
- 04 Apr 2016
- HBS Seminar