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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Enrollment Stories FAQs Start Anytime Key Concepts Master frameworks and tools to execute a high-quality, profitable business model Discover how to conduct experiments to determine your venture’s value proposition, go-to-market strategy,... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
competition is restricted. Using 28 million vehicle emissions tests from more than 11,000 facilities, we show that increased competition is associated with greater inspection leniency, a service quality attribute that customers value but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
professionals with a simplified framework they can immediately apply to create value for customers, employees, and suppliers while maximizing returns and an organization’s competitive edge. Participants... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
model and extending it geographically, with necessary modifications, to maximize the firm's economies of scale. From this perspective, the key strategic challenge is simply to determine how much to adapt the business model—how much to... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
layoffs. Even so, I remember someone pointing at me in a bar, and we hustled out of there. It certainly left a taste in my mouth of the power of strategy and thought, but I felt really bad about it.” The tension between straight-ahead View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
Johnson, David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang Abstract—We consider a price-based network revenue management problem where a retailer aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory over a finite selling season. As common... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
when other approaches would produce better results for customers, employees, and shareholders and foster better long-term performance of the company. “I’ve been a leader during three recessions, and I’ve never heard a management team talk... View Details
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Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked
materials before the program begins. To maximize the value of your learning experience, be sure you understand the time commitment required for your program. Here are some terms you will encounter regarding... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
QE announcements in the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52332 March–April 2017 Harvard Business Review What's the Value of a Like? Social Media Endorsements Don't Work the Way You Might... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
to understand them, and be prepared to educate the VC about why his exercising too much power could hurt both parties in the long-term. Maximize trust. Beneath all the financial projections, the VC negotiation is a process in which people... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
one that has little chance of getting better with the current theories in place,” Martin writes. Clearly, maximizing shareholder value has not worked and needs to be replaced.... View Details
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
so primarily because of the belief that corporations have a responsibility to several stakeholders. Bing’s comment reflects this: “He deserves an A. The Milton Friedman concept of shareholder value deserves... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
that sent interest rates into negative values. This recent increase in rates towards their average historical values has been welcoming news for savers. While it is tempting to attribute this behavior of interest rates to inflation, which... View Details
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
shareholder value is created. Every company should start with a clear purpose and set of values that go beyond making money. It is the purpose and View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
interests of the corporation. Contrary to popular belief, this does not mean maximizing shareholder value without regard for the effect on employees, customers, suppliers, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
value over the short, medium, and long term. These audiences will be privileged for resource allocation purposes, and they will determine what the company deems to be material for reporting purposes. If the board decides, for example,... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
What are shareholders good for? Maybe not as much as most people think. Basically, shareholders are supposed to provide three functions: money, information, and discipline. Let's examine each. Money. In... View Details
- 14 May 2024
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship
importance of a culture that encourages progress, outlining how “sustainability-oriented innovation involves making intentional changes to an organization's philosophy and values.” But what kind of philosophy and values lead to a... View Details
- September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Helmy Abouleish: Making a Desert Bloom
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Maxim Pike Harrell
This case examines the history of prominent Egyptian-based social enterprise SEKEM from its foundation in 1977 until the COP27 conference held in Sharm El-Sheikh in 2022. Led by father and son team Ibrahim and Helmy Abouleish, SEKEM turned desert into farmland using... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Climate Change; Values and Beliefs; Social Enterprise; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Egypt
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Maxim Pike Harrell. "Helmy Abouleish: Making a Desert Bloom." Harvard Business School Case 324-029, September 2023. (Revised January 2024.)