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- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
these sources of money is actually looking for an economic return. They're definitely looking for a social return. That being the case, I don't think that nonprofits should quickly jump at creating for-profit enterprises. In certain View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
strategy, but “getting things done” is difficult and results may fall short of desired outcomes. While there is some overlap among modules on the course frameworks for action planning, the distinct lessons of each segment of the course... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
ushered in by Avatar hasn't been quite the saving grace that Hollywood had hoped, Lopez has a more practical outlook as a veteran of the consumer packaged goods industry: "Any time you can take a chunk of your business and move it to a View Details
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
would allow RTR to aggressively expand its inventory and customer acquisition efforts in order to serve a broader range of customer segments with a wider selection of products (e.g., accessories, maternity wear). Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
Because it gives GM a better shot at establishing OnStar as the industry standard. And because GM extends its OnStar distribution to market segments they may not otherwise reach with their auto brands." Invent the competitor who... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
supply chain (SC) industries (i.e., those that sell primarily to businesses or government) from business-to-consumer (B2C) industries (i.e., those that sell primarily to consumers). We find that the supply chain economy is a distinct and large View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
an account—the basis for most firms' segmentation schemes but too broad a unit of analysis for performance pricing purposes. Neither is a POB an order, which is the focus of sales efforts but is really an output of a POB situation. More... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
And these innovations are now influencing the original model. Alex says it’s no coincidence that Uber has begun to experiment with financial services offerings and that its fastest-growing segment is UberEats. Alex: Second, is this notion... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
report higher future sales growth and show a negative relation between profitability change and sales growth in high corruption geographic segments compared to firms with high anticorruption efforts. The net effect on valuation from sales... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
of declining, she must decide whether to continue her focus on the alarm clock category or to branch out into new categories. If the former, the question is which segments to pursue and what features to develop, and, if the latter, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
Imagine you've arrived for a meeting at a corporate campus. But now you discover that the conference room is in another building a quarter mile away. Sure, you could walk there but in the rain? Up purrs an automated people mover, a vehicle shaped like a View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
microprocessor industry in new directions. However, in 2006 it was not clear whether Opteron's success in the server segment would translate into success in other microprocessor segments, notably corporate desktop and laptop, and whether... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
digital powerhouse." Kodak's big dilemma is that while 80 percent of the company's revenue comes from traditional film products, that segment is growing at just 2 percent per year. One observer calls this "perhaps the most... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
is still an industry, with economic inputs, business models, competitors, value chains, and a dynamic, challenging marketplace. Gaylin examines each of the major segments (Broadway, regional theater, orchestra, opera, and dance) along... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
promising source of potential savings for other segments of the commercial insurance market. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53250 September 14, 2017 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin From... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
effective, we must be close to practice. We need to be in the field." As part of this global initiative, in January 1998, the Business School will launch a new executive program for global leadership that will include a three-week segment... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
emerged from its first sales season with two distinct customer segments: the High Net Worth (HNW) woman and the High Earner, Not Rich Yet (HENRY) woman. As it began to scale its operations, it had to decide which customer segment was the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
respect to fair trade policy. The issue revolves around what actions the various private and public decision makers will now take to make this ruling work while not placing too big a burden on any one segment of the economy. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Abstract—Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman