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- May 2013
- Case
Launching Krispy Natural: Cracking the Product Management Code
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Heather Beckham
Pemberton Products is a U.S. market leader in the cookie and bakery snacks segment of the sweet snack market. Looking to expand into the salty snack market, the company acquires Krispy Inc., a maker of salty snack crackers located in the southeastern U.S. To compete... View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Competition; Organizational Culture; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Expansion; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Acquisition; Food and Beverage Industry; Ohio; United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Heather Beckham. "Launching Krispy Natural: Cracking the Product Management Code." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-574, May 2013.
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
to the effectiveness of their marketing instruments” Thomas J. Steenburgh, an associate professor in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School, has developed a new analytical tool that more accurately measures the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
included those that “women have greater analytical skills and coordinate activities with much (greater) ease than men while upholding company values and strategy” (Mathews Daniel Kapito); “Having senior female leaders should lead to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- August 2023
- Case
Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR
By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek
Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management industry View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Customers; Nationality; Learning; Entrepreneurship; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Values and Beliefs; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Job Offer; Job Search; Job Design and Levels; Employment; Human Capital; Europe; United Kingdom; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney, and Carolina Bartunek. "Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR." Harvard Business School Case 424-004, August 2023.
- 12 Mar 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
CEO. I once advised the chairman of a third-generation family business who was having difficulty with his son, whom he had recently named CEO. The new CEO was a decisive leader, smart and capable, with an MBA and a strong academic record. His View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
managers and policymakers whose actions we study.” The consequence of the lack of relevant research is that the business world—and the rest of the world, for that matter—is losing out on some serious brainpower and analytical reason.... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
analytics, to take the emotion out of the decisions-- all day breakfast was a great example of relying on a very consumer-focused idea. But allowing the analytics and the pilot market, so the test versus control, to highlight the... View Details
- March 2022
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-046, March 2022.
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
data-driven, fact-based, analytical decision-making. The problem is that data are only available about the past. If you're trying to be innovative, and you have this data-driven mindset, you can't go forward. So experimenting essentially... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
of the four projects developing high-speed analytical devices for military purposes. In 1951 it introduced the UNIVAC, the first giant commercial computer, but IBM immediately followed with its own 700 computer. IBM's continued dominance... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Second Place in the 2024 Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize Competition for “The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance” with Nicholas Otis, Rowan Clarke, Solène Delecourt, and David Holtz. Rembrand M. Koning : Winner of the... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
rigorous analysis in the study of American business history. More broadly, Al taught us the power of analytic history (if I may call it that) and showed us by example how it should be done. Part of his genius as a scholar was his ability... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2024
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-704, January 2024.
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without limitation, analytics and information processing; processing transactions; providing, operating, securing, or administering the Websites or a Service or part of them; providing or updating content for the Websites or any of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
four investment funds with approximately $750 million of capital for private equity investments. Most important thing learned at HBS: “About my own limitations. I'm not a very analytical person, so I got a wonderful framework for looking... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
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missing an actionable dataset that quantifies its climate impact. To address this gap, I am building Metric to provide ESG analytics software that measures corporate ESG performance and quantifies the financial impact. With the right... View Details
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Capitalism as a System of Governance
My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
walk through the analytics of each teaching plan collectively as a group. The attention to detail is tremendous." It was this environment and the School's extensive resources that attracted Gilbert to HBS. Formerly a consultant with the... View Details
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Overview
My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details