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- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major trade... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
their worth from their multisided platforms (MSPs), which facilitate interactions or transactions between parties. Many MSPs are more valuable than companies in the same industries that provide only products or services: For instance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
and Mary are unapologetic about the reality that success in their industry requires it. Yet both also spend many hours mentoring subordinates, setting the next generation of leaders up for success. And they each display deep devotion to... View Details
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
San Francisco office, and it also details the evolution of Pentagram itself. In addition, this case offers a thick description of Hinrichs and his team working with a client. This case can be used in business and executive education courses on professional service... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
when they offered the promotion. But it isn't clear that the promotion actually caused this. We wanted to get real data. It is difficult to get sample data from retailers; it takes a lot on their end to supply samples. We chose grocery retail because it is an View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
wrote case studies on MBA programs at Chicago, INSEAD, Stanford, Yale, and HBS, plus a case on the Center for Creative Leadership (all are available from Harvard Business Publishing); collected data on aggregate trends in MBA enrollments... View Details
- April 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Teaching Note
Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?
By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-096. View Details
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was one of the first venture capitalists to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy. She co-founded Construct to expand this focus and pursue the next generation of massive companies to be built in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
United States and five other countries. "We definitely think of ourselves as an entrepreneurial company, even though we've been around for a while," says Thompson. "It's been a productive and exciting time." Many observers believe that the analytical and View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
submitted. Seeking answers from the crowd may be more important than ever. Even as the use of data science is expanding, we face a shortage of 1.8 million data scientists. “There’s a lot of competition for data science talent,” Lakhani said, with medical schools,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
Abernathy, we used our experiences in the auto industry in Japan to better understand what was going on in productivity, quality, and innovation. I became an inveterate comparatist. And I've never met a researcher who's had a similar... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
problem-solving, so you’re probably going to be able to see two or three solutions around something in a way that other people don’t.” The other benefit, the neurologist noted, was creativity. While Lo never saw herself as a creative... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
sells consumables including the 30,000 or so dollar stores in the United States. You only have to take a look at the UK supermarket space to see what is ahead for the US supermarket industry in this regard. Q: The book makes the case that... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Publications The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Harvard Business Press Books, 2012 Abstract Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
students, and achieve top-quality research. Publisher Link: http://www.amazon.com/Building-World-Class-Universities-Asia/dp/1453707778 The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed Authors:Robert Pozen and Theresa Hamacher Publication:John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
most nimble creators will move from a mobile-first to a mobile-only approach. “The strongest brands will continue to do what they do best—superserve their audiences—but the native advertising model will meaningfully challenge the existing, archaic advertising model,... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get
development and analytical and/or creative problem solving. But then she probes deeper. “What have they been involved in outside their official roles?” she asks. Have they helped recruit other employees? Are they involved in community... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation edited by Jim Austin, Judith Bentkover, and Laurence Chait (MBA 1965) (Springer) This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic change in the healthcare View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
on, it pays its key cast and crew members the minimum salary stipulated by industry unions and only pays out sizeable bonuses if a movie’s box-office reaches certain levels, it gives its directors a great deal of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman