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  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

based on the costs of using efficient processes and contingent on achieving superior outcomes. The end result will be a more effective and more productive health care sector. The paper concludes with suggestions for accounting research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Faculty Research Online

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration Robert Simons explains how managers can... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

What Industrial Policy?

for only about one in 10 American jobs. A major reason for the decline in manufacturing employment in recent decades is the huge increases in the productivity of American factories. With those productivity... View Details
Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Agriculture; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Manufacturing
  • October 2005 (Revised September 2008)
  • Case

Kevin Sharer at Amgen: Sustaining the High-Growth Company (A)

By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
Keywords: Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Management Succession; Personal Development and Career
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  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

safety net for emergencies, but also would reduce financial stress and improve their quality of life. "In the private sector, a lot of startups fail, and the market provides a signal about whether the product is viable," says... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 10 Jul 2024
  • News

Next Level

Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
  • January 2009
  • Case

VOSS Artesian Water from Norway

By: Youngme E. Moon, Gail J. McGovern, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Vincent Marie Dessain
VOSS is a Norwegian bottled water company that produces one of the world's purest drinking waters, sold at an ultra-premium price in a sleek cylindrical glass bottle of minimalist design. In the U.S. (the company's primary market), VOSS's high-end brand presence is... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product; Luxury; Food and Beverage Industry; Norway; United States
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  • 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost structures and fat gross margins. They are highly defensible once established, owing to network effects.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2015
  • Blog Post

Just Starting to Recruit?

alumni and students for your hiring needs or to get started on your recruiting strategy for the coming year. -Hillary Mann, HBS Career & Professional Development View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Hard Choices

human potential. It has made the US an economic powerhouse. It has played a major role in capital being allocated to the most productive uses. Free enterprise has led to the creation of a staggering number of jobs that support families... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
  • Web

Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

society. Our ultimate goal is to create networks of dedicated leaders who collaboratively identify and implement innovative strategies and business practices. Additionally, these discussions provide valuable insights for our Harvard... View Details
  • Career Coach

Laurie Matthews

Whether working with clients on their own leadership development or focusing on navigating a particular career juncture, Laurie helps her clients crack their own codes to figure out how to make the most of their professional and life... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

    Marcus Loew

    Loew, a pioneer in the development of nickelodeons (by 1919, he owned 100 with assets of $25 million), built a vertically integrated movie production operation. He created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as a... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
    • 28 May 2019
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

    Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything, authors Conn and McLean—both veterans of McKinsey & Co.—offer a seven-step, systematic approach to creative problem solving, developed in top consulting firms, that will... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2012
    • News

    Cracks in the Foundation

    I couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom as I read the results of the recent HBS alumni survey on US competitiveness. It revealed that alumni overwhelmingly believe the United States is losing its competitive edge, particularly when compared to powerhouse emerging... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 07 Jan 2009
    • What Do You Think?

    Is the World Really Flat?

    three-by-three matrix composed of high/mid/ground-level products and services and high/mid/ground-level know-how—for example, developers of high-level (think microprocessors), mid-level (motherboards), and... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • 13 May 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: May 13

    "freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Sep 2017
    • News

    What Fellowships Make Possible

    of HBS’s robust fellowship program; over time, the School has also developed summer exploration fellowships for those who want to try out new careers between their first and second years, as well as loan assistance programs that encourage... View Details
    Keywords: budget; need-blind; Admissions; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
    • 01 Mar 2006
    • News

    One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

    in losses suffered mostly by poor farmers in developing countries. They have made a huge sacrifice. However, culling as a protective measure occurs unevenly across countries. Does a market-based system adequately respond to the need for... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
    • 18 Aug 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: August 18

    approximately welfare neutral. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-011.pdf Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity: Evidence from Software Development (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace