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  • December 2004 (Revised February 2005)
  • Case

Exporting Spanish Olive Oil to the U.S. Market

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Hal Hogan and Miguel Angel Llano Irusta
Spain is the largest olive oil producer, yet it sells much of its product to Italy, where it is repackaged as Italian olive oil. The decision maker in the case wants to develop Spain as the olive oil leader not just in production but in quality and value added. He... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Goods and Commodities; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Brands and Branding; Decisions; Customization and Personalization; Product Design; Product Development; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Spain; United States; Italy
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  • 18 Apr 2022
  • HBS Case

Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

murder of 17 students and teachers in Parkland. And with those words, Stack, a gun owner and gun rights supporter, set in motion a series of corporate actions that may serve as a model for other CEOs trying to balance their personal... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • September 1989
  • Case

Steve Shirley

By: Shoshana Zuboff
Traces the career development of a well-known British entrepreneur who, as a young girl, was forced to flee the Nazi's occupation of Central Europe. Details her early work experiences in the heavily male dominated workplace of post-war Britain and follows the... View Details
Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Great Britain
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  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

tool? Paul Healy: The tool was first developed to show students who were taking BAV how discounted cash flow (DCF) and earnings-based valuations work and can be reconciled. Over time, based on feedback from students about the value of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2024
  • What Do You Think?

Have You Had Enough?

(Illustration created using image generated by Midjourney, an artificial intelligence tool.) Last month, I posted a column in HBS Working Knowledge titled, “What’s Enough to Make Us Happy?” Over the last few months, I’ve been asking myself the same question: “What’s... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Program

Launching New Ventures

required resources and support Recruit and develop the talent needed to support an entrepreneurial mindset and effort Balance vision and pragmatism as you pursue growth Expand your personal and professional... View Details
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes

By: Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, Will Levinson and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
This paper compares the careers of Ivy League athletes to those of their non-athlete classmates. Combining team-level information on all Ivy League athletes from 1970 to 2021 with resume data for all Ivy League graduates, we examine both post-graduate education and... View Details
Keywords: Outcome or Result; Higher Education; Personal Development and Career; Human Capital
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  • 09 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

(website) Uninformed Consent By: John, Leslie K. Abstract—Companies want access to more and more of your personal data—from where you are to what’s in your DNA. Can they unlock its value while respecting consumers’ privacy? Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS

ultimate team player and not at all as the type of person who would strike out on their own. I love getting dropped into new situations and diverse teams to solve new problems and this interest in team dynamics, problem solving, and rapid... View Details
  • 03 Apr 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan
  • 06 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

times. How True North Groups Work In a True North Group you gain experience in giving and receiving feedback in nonjudgmental ways without taking it personally. This approach is more likely to enable individuals to absorb the feedback and use it for View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • September 2019 (Revised May 2021)
  • Case

pymetrics: International Expansion

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In August 2018, pymetrics, a solution offering neuroscience-based recruiting tests, closed a $40 million funding round that valued the business at $160 million. Over 60 companies around the globe were using pymetrics tests in their recruiting process, including... View Details
Keywords: BrainTech; Psychodynamics; Psychology; Hiring Of Employees; Hiring; Strategic Evolution; Strategy And Execution; Startup; Start-up; Startups; Start-ups; Entrepreneur; Bias; Rapid Growth Stage; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Strategy; Business Startups; Employment; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Strategy
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  • Career Coach

Hillary Mann

Professional Development resources to support students in achieving their unique career goals. As a career coach, Hillary partners with students to define their career vision and leverage job search strategies such as creatively... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Education; Entertainment / Media; Hospitality; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Real Estate; Retail; Social Enterprise; Sports; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship
  • 09 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

up from 73 percent in 2008. Mikes and her colleagues first examined the banks' "risk management tool-makers." Often viewed as risk "compliance champions," these functional experts don't influence decisions directly. At first sight, they spend their days behind the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Targeting, Personalization, and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service

By: Susan Athey, Shawn Cole, Shanjukta Nath and Jessica Zhu
ICT is increasingly used to deliver customized information in developing countries. We examine whether individually targeting the timing of automated voice calls meaningfully increases engagement in an agricultural advisory service. We define, estimate, and... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Knowledge Dissemination; Customization and Personalization; Performance Effectiveness
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  • 11 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

profits and, by and large, paying a living wage to their editorial employees, the study notes. That stability also enabled the field’s moral calling to mature and develop like it never had before, with a belief in the mission of... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • December 2004 (Revised July 2005)
  • Case

Extend Fertility

By: Myra M. Hart and Sylvia Sensiper
Focuses on the search for opportunity, the generation and evaluation of business concepts, creation of a business plan, and the start-up process. Follows experienced entrepreneur Christy Jones as she combines her business skills and personal experience to generate new... View Details
Keywords: Opportunities; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Gender; Business Startups; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 08 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

A racial salary gap has persisted in the US for more than 50 years among minority groups, with Black people currently earning 30 to 35 percent less than Whites. Now new research shows that in addition to receiving smaller paychecks, Black workers are also less likely... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 26 Apr 2024
  • HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

subordinates feels micromanaged, which is bizarre.” It’s a leadership approach focused on self-discipline and personal accountability, one that might be considered refreshing in a business world often bogged down by managers who... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
  • 14 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

A few years ago, DJ DiDonna seemed to have everything going for him. He had started a successful venture called the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, which used psychometric factors to help banks issuing microloans in the developing world... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding