Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (2,185) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (2,185) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 42 of 2,185 Results →
  • Web

The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade

issued by the Chinese government, the hong merchants enjoyed considerable power. All foreign trade was required to be channeled through them. They purchased most of the imports, arranged for exports back to America, and made sure Westerners followed View Details
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

The following excerpt is taken from the "Lessons of Restructuring" section of Gilson's introduction to Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring. Although the case studies in this book span a wide range of companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook rental followed by a period of explosive growth. Resulting challenges in scaling warehouse operations, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Overcrowded – Designing Meaningful Products in a World Awash with Ideas

    We live in a world awash with ideas. Thanks to the web and to powerful ideation approaches such as open innovation, design thinking, or crowdsourcing, organizations have today easy access to an unprecedented amount of novel concepts. In this context, what... View Details

    • Web

    Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

    Values The teaching of ethics here is explicit, not implicit, and our community values of respect, honesty, integrity, and accountability are reinforced every day. Conflict of Interest The policy is intended... View Details
    • February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
    • Case

    Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

    By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
    This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
    Related
    • 28 Aug 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Channels of Influence

    Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun & Christopher J. Malloy
    • 04 Jun 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Can a Continuously-Liquidating Tontine (or Mutual Inheritance Fund) Succeed where Immediate Annuities Have Floundered?

    Keywords: by Julio J. Rotemberg; Financial Services
    • 16 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

    Keyra Lynn Johnson. “The frontline perspective can give management important insight into the employee experience and what customers really want from the airline.” Delta has reclassified most jobs that had previously required a degree and... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation
    • 12 Apr 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

    applicable to every listed company in the world: "The market capitalisation of any company listed on the [Johannesburg Stock Exchange] equals its economic value and not its book value. The financial report of a company, as seen in its... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Web

    HBS - The year in Review

    Custom programs. And, while the HBS Online portfolio continued its rapid growth with four new certificate programs and three new Certificates of Specialization, it also hosted Connext, an annual gathering of learners, in a hybrid format... View Details
    • May–June 2020
    • Article

    The New-Market Conundrum

    By: Rory McDonald and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt
    Brand-new markets are like the wormholes of science fiction, where the usual rules of time and space do not apply. When a market has just been born, the forces of competition there are constantly in flux, it’s unclear who your customers really are, and conventional... View Details
    Keywords: New Markets; Markets; Business Model; Strategy; Framework; Innovation and Invention; Value Creation
    Related
    • 05 May 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can

    many took advantage of economies of scale and other more efficient production processes. Yet, firms increasingly held on to the savings they gained from these reduced costs, rather than passing them on to customers in the form of lower... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 14 Nov 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

    organizations have made sizable investments in information technology. They’ve used their IT systems to replace paper records with electronic ones and to improve billing processes, thereby boosting revenue. But so far, IT has been of little View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 16 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Strategy and the Internet

    powerful tool for strategy. It is much easier to customize packaged Internet applications to a company's unique strategic positioning. By providing a common IT delivery platform across the value chain,... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    The Effects of Inconsistent Work Schedules on Employee Lateness and Absenteeism

    By: Caleb Kwon and Ananth Raman
    Problem Definition: Employee lateness and absenteeism pose challenges for businesses, particularly in the retail industry, where punctuality is vital for optimal store operations and customer service. This paper relates employee lateness and absenteeism with... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior; Employees; Human Capital; Retail Industry
    Related
    • Web

    Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

    value proposition, and stage of development. The Team: Information on founding team and any other key team members or advisors, including HBS affiliation, relevant skills and experiences. The Market/Context: Market need, size of... View Details
    • August 2015 (Revised June 2021)
    • Case

    Amazon.com, 2021

    By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock, Gabriel Ellsworth and Galen Danskin
    In February 2021, Amazon announced 2020 operating profits of $22,899 million, up from $2,233 million in 2015, on sales of $386 billion, up from $107 billion five years earlier (see Exhibit 1). The shareholders expressed their satisfaction (see Exhibit 2), but not all... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Retail; E-commerce; Amazon; Internet; Amazon.com; AmazonFresh; Jeff Bezos; Cloud Computing; Marketplaces; Streaming; E-reader Market; Digital Media; Mobile App; Online Retail; Shipping; Database; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Smartphone; Delivery; Digital Platforms; Competition; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Profit; Revenue; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Business History; Human Resources; Resignation and Termination; Books; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Price; Applications and Software; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Working Capital; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Retail Industry; Advertising Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Publishing Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle
    Related
    • Web

    FAQ - Alumni

    counted in that year’s giving totals and listed in HBS's annual Report on Giving . For questions about an existing pledge or to customize your pledge fulfillment schedule, please contact HBS Gift Management at gifts@hbs.edu or... View Details
    • 10 Feb 2020
    • In Practice

    6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

    suggests) has focused more on value capture and competition within existing business models, and yet the most valuable companies in the US today simply did not exist 30 years ago. The technology they exploit creates enormous View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost