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- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
"Category killers," those highly focused retailers that specialize in a category of goods including Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, and Staples, were once the bane of mass-market retailers' existence. Their wide assortment, aggressive... View Details
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
personnel who had no previous experience with measuring costs at all. Working with local administrators, the team designed a simple procedure for collecting data on patient care. As the case explains: “The process started with the data... View Details
- 29 Nov 2023
- News
A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway
and leaders from Southern California. We’re expecting a great turnout and we’re optimistic that we can again offer a substantial set of scholarships.” During the dinner, several past recipients will share their experiences and talk about... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
First, pricing and value are inherently intertwined. Yet, most companies use cost-plus pricing. That's dangerous in an information-rich world. Amazon, for instance, takes thousands of SKUs for consumer goods and distills this into... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 03 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know About Independent Projects
areas. Laura Little came to HBS determined to pursue an interest in early stage healthcare. She gained experience through classes, her summer internship, and independent projects (IP) in her second year. We checked in with Laura to find... View Details
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John H. McArthur | About
information, he also saw a need for the School to experiment with new technologies and forms of packaging intellectual content, which had emerged as part of the changing competitive landscape for business schools. In typical fashion,... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
the hypothesis, the researchers used a variation of the "Marshmallow Task," a classic psychological experiment in which children were shown one marshmallow, and told they would be rewarded with two marshmallows if they could... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
to the USS Constitution, the oldest ship in the U.S. naval fleet, which first saw action in the late 1790s. Go apple or pumpkin picking. Nearby orchards and farms offer an enjoyable experience for everyone. If you don’t want to pick your... View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
answer is obvious. "Women executives have to be at least twice as good as their male counterparts to get to that level.” And Hugh Quick asked the possibly rhetorical question, “Could it be that some women are View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
you beyond your limits in terms of intellectual challenge, diligence, and time management. But you emerge from the experience a better student, attorney, businessperson, leader, manager, and even a better person. Second, the program may... View Details
- Web
HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
board service right for you? How do you find a nonprofit board that is a good fit for your values, interests, and skills? HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Director Amelia Angella guides you through the fundamentals of nonprofit board... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
spirit of “founders first” says Enan, a mantra that maps well with her own priorities. “I don’t think I have any secret sauce when it comes to investing,” she says frankly. “I’ve made bad investments. I’ve made good investments. But first... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
reality is that we don’t really know if commercial space flight will ultimately be a money maker, how many competitors will fit in the market, or what demand will be for consumers taking off on space vacations after the initial enthusiasm wears off. Will this be a mass... View Details
- Profile
Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen
out, he embraced the oil and gas industry because "it offered excitement, good pay, plus opportunities for international travel—I wanted to explore connections in the larger global community." At ConocoPhillips, Sergio not only... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
serve didn’t enter my mind until late in high school. My father served a career in Army Special Operations, but I did not fully appreciate that until I left home. I think my 18-year-old mind figured this was a good idea, and the deeper... View Details
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
Kaplan says. "Once you have a better matching of your time with priorities, you'll want to encourage your direct reports to do the same." Do You Coach And Also Solicit Feedback From Your Key Subordinates? Most good leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to the JD/MBA Program
interested in international policy, spent several summers working in government, and thought law school would be a good fit. After working for a few years, I became interested in corporate social responsibility because I like working in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Marketing Giant Ted Levitt Remembered
unsuspecting students. In the September 2004 Bulletin, Bill Dunaway (MBA ’64) recalled his first experience with Levitt: “We were all anxious to talk and make a good first impression. I held my hand up until... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
yields—is a good proxy for the level of term premia. The nominal-real covariance has declined since the early 1980s, driving down term premia. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52370 October–November 2016... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
memories took place in national parks. I spent 80% of the pandemic going up and down parks along the Pacific Coast Highway. Using business skills to give back to an organization that had provided so much joy sounded too good to be true. I... View Details