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Freedom, Fear, and Feedback: Should Other Companies Follow Netflix’s Lead? | Working Knowledge
company—from vacation policies to performance reviews—help or hurt innovation. Wanted: Achievement and autonomy To many, Netflix is as synonymous with streaming entertainment as Kleenex is to tissues.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
illustration by Taylor Callery illustration by Taylor Callery Artificial intelligence is not a replacement for the human brain. At least not yet. “That is decades away,” says Rudina Seseri (MBA 2005), answering one of the most common... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice
inconvenient, merchants relied instead on “bookkeeping barter,” keeping careful records of a web of debts and credits denominated in shillings and pence, though hard money seldom passed through their hands. To pay up, merchants arranged... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
very grateful. As you know, the Alumni Board of Directors works hard to ensure that the quality of your experience as an HBS graduate doesn't stop when you leave Soldiers Field. The Board meets on campus... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
wants to open a chain of retail shops selling a commodity product you can get anywhere for 25 cents, but he will charge 2 dollars. Of course, you listen politely and then fall off your chair laughing when he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
tempting to want to go after as many customers as broadly and quickly as you can. However, once your new service is out there, you need to learn... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
its competitive edge in the global economy, according to survey results revealed today at a press conference in the nation’s capital. Over the next three years, 71 percent of nearly 10,000 respondents expect the country’s competitive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Online Entrepreneur
growth of social media as an important business tool, “Communispace offers the only social-networking model with a proven track record of providing real business value and competitive advantage to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR
(think data analytics) as global competition for skilled workers increases. Matthew Breitfelder’s (MBA 2002) transition to the field came midcareer, after stints as an international economist at the US... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School. Yet for all his big thinking, Wilcox doesn't necessarily view himself as a visionary. He says he's more the guy to help transform the Big Idea from mere... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
John Doerr Photo courtesy of John Doerr The summer after his first year at HBS, armed with a master's in electrical engineering from Rice University, John Doerr moved to California for two reasons. "I wanted to apprentice with View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
Andresen Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who led the discussion. In the old model, he said, economies of scale regulated success and performers had to be big to spread out high fixed costs. Now, as View Details
Dawn Dobras
Dawn holds over 30 years as a C-level executive, consumer operator, and board member. Most recently, she served as the CEO of Credo Beauty, named “World’s Most Innovative... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products and Services (B2C)
- 01 Sep 2020
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Road Work
history or FICO score necessary to access the capital necessary to launch a business or take an existing venture to the next level. Their businesses could be described as “microenterprises,” with annual... View Details
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
been a favorite moment? I'd say the Cash House dedication. That entire day, and the few days leading up to it, were really special. It was my first in-person event as a member... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
in Asia but in the Middle East that really got Kondo excited about social media. After a stint as a World Fellow at Yale (where he developed Table for Two, View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services
- 20 Apr 2021
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Get Ready for the Relationship Renaissance
sooner rather than later,” McLeod says in a recent article in The Telegraph. All of which amounts to good news for Hinge, “a dating app expressly built to spark serious relationships. Founded by McLeod in 2012 and most popular among... View Details
- 03 May 2021
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Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
socially important decisions all the time. Decisions about what businesses to enter, what products and services to offer, and where to do business all have social implications that we rarely note. That’s just business View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Feb 2023
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Meet the Black Investment Club
companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial View Details