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  • 06 Jan 2020
  • News

From Know-It-Alls to Learn-It-Alls: Executive Development in the Era of Self-Refining Algorithms, Collaborative Filtering and Wearable Computing

  • 19 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

populations, one expects such attitudes to be sacrosanct and nearly inalterable, perhaps for generations to come. On the other hand, even these attitudes may be informed by social cues that interpret violence in different ways and that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • June 2005
  • Case

CarMax

By: Rajiv Lal and David Kiron
Carmax is the largest multi-market used car dealer in the U.S., and has no format-to-format competitor in the $375 billion used car market. CarMax is trying to do what some analysts believed to be impossible: sell used cars profitably on a national scale, and at the... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Brands and Branding; Digital Platforms; Segmentation; Auto Industry
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  • October 1987 (Revised March 1992)
  • Case

United Parcel Service (A)

United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1987 faced serious challenges to its long-standing policies of on-the-job training and promotion from within. Increased competition in its traditional business of ground transport found UPS lagging in computerization and in need of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Service Industry; United States
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  • 07 Mar 2014
  • Blog Post

Let’s Go! Highlights from the Dynamic Women in Business Conference

pearls of wisdom, and even a little of her legendary singing. In all, the conference featured 19 panels, over 100 speakers, and 3 workshops. The industries and themes covered in the panels spanned numerous topics, from education to View Details
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

Short Takes

Smoking Gun When impressionable teenagers light their first cigarettes, they initiate what all too often becomes a lifelong, life-threatening habit. The vast majority of smokers begin in their teens, yet the tobacco industry has... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

New Releases

chosen." In Down to Earth, Reinhardt draws on studies of companies in industries as diverse as energy and packaged consumer goods to illustrate approaches for reconciling shareholder value with environmental performance. One such company,... View Details
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

publishers, and producers in other sectors of the entertainment industry live by this approach. You might think that spreading resources evenly across product lines is the safest approach, especially because no one seems to know for sure... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • Profile

Blake Landro

Making a dramatic shift in both industry and location, Blake decided to make a difference at Google, in Mountain View, CA, where he worked on Google Checkout, an online payment platform for small- to medium-sized businesses. “It had just... View Details
  • Student-Profile

Ryann Noe

the world,” she explains. “Part of the beauty of academia is that there is room for intellectual freedom, but also a sense that we are part of a shared endeavor.” Research Ryann’s research explores how industries and organizations emerge... View Details
  • 2022
  • Case

Can Salesforce Compete in the Carbon Accounting Market?

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
This case describes Salesforce's development of Sustainability Cloud, a suite of software tools built to help companies measure, track, and report carbon emissions and other sustainability metrics. The goal of this case is to provide students with a background and... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Applications and Software
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  • 2016
  • Teaching Note

Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Teaching Note for Case 314-030. Following a successful career as a lawyer, Chief Administrative Officer of Fidelity Investments, and law school instructor, David Weinstein became a 2011 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During his Advanced Leadership... View Details
Keywords: Writing; Online Platform; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Internet and the Web; Competency and Skills; Leadership; Change Management
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  • April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
  • Background Note

Cleveland Turnaround (C), The: Facts and Figures

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias
Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Analytics and Data Science; Economic Growth; Business and Community Relations; Cleveland
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  • 15 Jan 2014
  • News

Deal Maker Relies on Extensive Database

Keywords: big data; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

What's Trending at HBS?

With the start of the new school year, HBS faculty are preparing several virtual programs for alumni through the Trending@HBS webinar series. In hour-long sessions, they will discuss their research and views on timely business topics, as well as take questions from... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 17 Aug 2011
  • News

How Birchbox Is Disrupting Beauty

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
  • Summer 2021
  • Article

Platform Leadership and Supply Chains: Intel, Centrino, and the Restructuring of Wi-Fi Supply

By: Roberto Fontana and Shane Greenstein
In this paper we examine Intel’s launch of Centrino and interpret it as platform leaders attempt to restructure a supply chain. We provide a narrative of key actions and how they coordinated changes and offer a framework of the predictable consequences for... View Details
Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Launch; Supply Chain; Restructuring; Framework
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  • October 2004
  • Case

World Wide Licenses Ltd.: From Disney to Polaroid

World Wide Licenses (WWL) was a low-technology firm that licensed famous brands, which it then applied to timepieces, stationery, and back-to-school products. It transformed into a digital imaging company and landed worldwide rights to the Polaroid brand name. Explores... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Brands and Branding; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Transformation
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  • February 2020
  • Supplement

Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature

By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing so, the company developed direct... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Supply Chain; Social Enterprise; Product Development; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Digital Platforms; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Climate Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • Web

Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details