Filter Results:
(864)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(864)
- People (1)
- News (201)
- Research (459)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (158)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(864)
- People (1)
- News (201)
- Research (459)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (158)
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
maintenance and repair parts and equipment in the U.S., had just held its November 2014 board meeting. The meeting had been productive but not without some soul searching for both the company’s management team and financial sponsors. Was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
When analyzing problems, how to balance: 1) desk and field research; and 2) qualitative and quantitative research. With respect to solution development, our learning objectives will include building skills and understanding: How to decompose a problem into subproblems... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
man! — Rindge Leaphart (MBA 1997) I am a partner at a small but rapidly growing executive search firm. Back in the spring of 2010 we conducted a client survey that clearly pointed out a strategic imperative (and opportunity) for us to... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
in designing and assessing policy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54968 Large-Scale Demand Estimation with Search Data By: Amano, Tomomichi, Andrew Rhodes, and Stephan Seiler Abstract—Many online... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
seeks to address how leaders develop a customer-centric organization, as well as how an organization saves its flagship brand after a crisis. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511703-PDF-ENG Aardvark Thomas... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
prototypical large-enterprise form in contemporary emerging economies. By exploring the evolution of the diversified business groups organized around British trading companies from the late eighteenth century until today, this chapter... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
budgets have entered the EV space.” The ads, she noted, confirm the growing consumer interest in and target market for electric vehicles. Tesla’s boast that it delivered 1 million cars last year shows “that the technology is viable and that consumers want it.” View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
when more than 50 people in 11 states were sickened by an initial E. coli outbreak. “Do those smaller local organic growers have the experience, resources, and commitment to test their products for various food safety risks?” The chain... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
multinational that employs more than 150,000 people and produces 40 percent of the world's platinum. She was the first woman and first non-South African to head the company. Addressing how to change the culture of a large and diverse View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
of working at a large organization for the chance to be in charge? Search diligently and efficiently. Plan to spend six months to two years—full time—following leads and systematically vetting business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
fees, brand globalization, the rise of holding companies, client obsessions with shareholder value, the digital and Internet revolutions—and outlines the steps senior agency executives need to take to restore health to their organizations... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Authors:Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Das Narayandas Publication:Chap. 9 in Legends in Marketing: Philip Kotler, 114-122. Sage, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book235569 Working PapersFairness,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training and education. By investing in training... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
A variety of academic work argues a relationship exists between the structure of a development organization and the design of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products are often... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
host of factors. Intermediary relationships, institutional commitments, legal restrictions, entrenched customer behavior, and competitive practices often limit the type and extent of changes that a firm can realistically make. 2. Within companies, channels often are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Damon Silvers’s description of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, currently before Congress, was particularly misleading. Here are the facts: Today, union organizers are able to call an election in a nonunion workplace by obtaining... View Details
- Career Coach
Lauren Murphy
Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate,... View Details
Keywords: Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund; Search Fund
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
"And so a Web project seemed like a great opportunity for us to explore that process." The researchers decided to join forces in early 2007 while attending the Institutional Foundations for Industry Self-Regulation Conference they View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
provide insights for marketers and the advertising industry. Until as recently as last year, for instance, most Internet advertising had been Web-sponsored, promoting firms such as Internet service providers, search engine developers, and... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
convincing story about the sector’s success, but to what extent have the loans meaningfully improved livelihoods? That question has been more difficult to track, say Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth. Both development economists and assistant professors at HBS, Rigol and Roth... View Details