Filter Results:
(248)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (248)
- Faculty Publications (45)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (248)
- Faculty Publications (45)
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
your circle of competence, then operate inside that perimeter,” Huang advises. 2. Own your constraints and encourage others to see past them In Huang’s freshman year of college, she was shocked to fail a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
transient investors. This result is more pronounced for firms with high growth opportunities, not controlled by a family, operating in 'sin' industries, and exhibiting commitment to IR. I find that the results are robust to the inclusion... View Details
- Web
Finance - Faculty & Research
of members in Humana Medicare Advantage plans now had access to Humana-provided primary care, home care, behavioral health, and mail order pharmacy services. Innovative partnerships with private equity firms had helped finance the acquisition and View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?
COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details
- Web
2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
put together. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Professor Lakhani discussed how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
priority criteria, e.g., waiting time, medical urgency, etc., or a combination thereof. Rather than making specific assumptions about fairness principles or priority criteria, our method offers the designer the flexibility to select his desired criteria and fairness... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Too often, there's a huge gap between a company's overall business strategy and the way its salesforce operates in the field. In fact, says Frank V. Cespedes, articles and books about strategy rarely take sales into consideration at all.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Profiles - MBA
steam engine in the main hall not only piqued my interest in learning how these fantastic machines worked, but also in how they were designed with operational and market constraints in mind. Because of this,... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
principles into every aspect of the organization. This purpose serves as a compass to guide all decisions, but also as an operating system that shapes all facets of the business, including its strategy, culture, and its public relations.... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
schools are public schools of choice that operate outside the governance and policies of their local school districts. In nearly all states, charter schools must be open to all students, just like traditional public schools. Families... View Details
- Web
Historical Data & Sources - Business History
Set in Excel Carrefour: Countries of Operation Carrefour Kingdom of Saudi Arabia “Carrefour Exits Japan and Mexico,” BBC News, 10 March 2005 “Retailer Carrefour to Sell Stake in Greek Joint Venture,” BBC News, 15 June 2012 “About... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
job."1 It was remarkable that the corporate image of a company whose brands were so well known, and whose operations were so widespread, was so indistinct. There were times between the 1960s and 1990 when Unilever appeared amorphous.... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
important factor in a lift out's success. Operational integration is the focus of the third stage. Ideally, teams will start out working with the same or similar clients, vendors, and industry standards. The fourth stage entails full... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
dynamic consumer segmentation, which operates independent of the homogenization effect, and can in fact be stronger when the homogenization effect is weaker. We also find that bundles are treated as separate products (distinct from... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
analysis from EIA data, it is clear that the Northeast has the highest electricity rates (16 cents per kilowatt-hour) on average and thus the largest operating costs associated with heat pumps. Conversely, the South has the cheapest... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
senses road conditions and applies the appropriate wheel traction and suspension system pressures. CEO and senior management must understand that historical constraints of every kind continue to be knocked off IT because it is a... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Info Segmented Arbitrage By: Adi Sunderam , Emil Siriwardane & Jonathan Wallen NOV 2021 Financial intermediaries play a key role in determining asset prices. The authors use arbitrage activity in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets to characterize the... View Details
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
product developers is a mindset. Western designers, who usually create products by following time-tested methods, struggle to overcome the constraints and leverage the freedoms of emerging markets. They tend to fall into common mental... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne