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08 Mar 2022
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Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

when they think through a decision point or reflect on the leadership journey described in the case. But who are these “model” leaders? Since 2015, the HBS Gender Initiative has been analyzing gender representation in HBS cases. After... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19

have become quite influential and controversial in the technology industries they touch. The goal of this paper is to shed light on the role and efficiency tradeoffs of these new patent intermediaries. Finally, we offer a provisional... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2023 (Revised May 2025)
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On

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger and Sascha Mader

Founded in 2010, in just one decade, the Swiss company On had established itself as a main player in global sports footwear and apparel. Based on an unconventional strategy which one of the founders labeled as “obsessively distinct,” On grew its sales with a compound... View Details

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04 Sep 2019
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From Retail to Real Estate

family business was making the initial steps of what would become a decade-long transition from operator to investor. “I completely shifted my curriculum,” he says, turning his focus to finance. “Suddenly, as a family, we had this big... View Details

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A Letter from Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative A Letter from Michael Porter A Letter from Michael... View Details

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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

that clarity and offer alternative paths forward better suited for your skills and interests. Examples include adding new dimensions to your current role or making a lateral move to another company. External Assessment To better... View Details

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 22 Mar 2024 Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag Alumni Student & Alumni Stories Nneka Chime’s (MBA 2015) career path offers an alternative road map... View Details

02 Oct 2006
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Negotiating in Three Dimensions

broad diagnostic questions follow our three-dimensional scheme. First, you should ask whether it is a tactical or people-related barrier like communication, trust, misperceptions, or the like. Second, you should ask whether the problem is deal-related: Does the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Oct 2019
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Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

into the field so often, so it does.” Develop an algorithm that goes deep. Large firms may be able to design their own in-house machine learning algorithms to employ their AI system. Smaller firms can contract one of the many consulting companies that View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Dec 2019
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Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

data, including repeat customers, could then train and calibrate the model to offer firm-specific predictions about new customers based on their initial purchases, she says. In the future, Ascarza expects... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

01 Jun 2023
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Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

restaurants The French Laundry and Daniel and in recipes for meals offered by Blue Apron. It also can be found on the shelves of Whole Foods and Dean & Deluca, as well as on the company’s website, where a range of products are available... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

22 Dec 2008
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10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

service awards, employee of the month awards, and recognition of workers as "Champions" or "Legends" for extraordinary achievements or service. Managers at all levels offer frequent informal recognition and send... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler

09 Feb 2015
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Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

participants who read the professional networking story gave much higher ratings to the cleansing products than those who imagined the friendly party. The neutral products received similar ratings across the board. The Effect On Job Performance Having proven their... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?

half its value the moment it is driven off the lot? In a recent roundtable interview at HBS, Avery and Schlesinger joined Ryan Buell, an assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit, to discuss what’s wrong with the auto distribution... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

information systems for Salomon Brothers. In 1981, with the idea for a technology company that would bring greater transparency and fairness to the financial system, he launched a small startup in a one-room office. Today, Bloomberg L.P. employs some 20,000 people in... View Details

23 May 2018
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Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987

markets—where she handled the initial public offering of UPS, the largest IPO to date in 1999. Now, as vice chairman, she oversees the firm’s multicultural client strategy and has organized an industry... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Inside the Learning: Wellness on Campus

area, with its unique shopping and restaurants, as well as the historic Harvard Yard. Discover Shad Hall HBS offers excellent athletic facilities. The award-winning Shad Hall Fitness Center is the HBS hub for fitness. This three-story... View Details

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Loeb House | About

Another initiative dear to both John and Frances Loeb’s hearts was the Loeb Fellowship program at the Graduate School of Design. This prestigious, one year fellowship program has for five decades has offered... View Details

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

entrepreneurial culture relative to its Wall Street counterparts, but competition in the investment banking industry is intensifying in 1997 due to a wave of mega-mergers. The new combined banking entities are able to offer customers a... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Street in Cambridge. Land received offers to join General Electric and Harvard Medical School where he would have far more access to funds, equipment, and personnel for research and development. But the young entrepreneur preferred... View Details

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