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  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

New research suggests that organizations wishing to avoid gender stereotyping in the hiring or promotion process-and employ the most productive person instead—should evaluate job candidates as a group, rather than one at a time. “The... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

market share. Its Mach3 shaving system was a blockbuster product, but the company was suffering the effects of its own reliance on trade loading—the practice of offering discounts to retail customers at the end of a quarter in order to move View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

    Elizabeth E. Boit

    specialized in the production of women’s undergarments that were eventually sold by Lord & Taylor department stores. Boit was considered a maverick in improving the working conditions for her mostly female employees. She even... View Details
    Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

      Forrest E. Mars, Sr.

      Under his leadership, Mars built the world’s largest candy company. After Milky Way’s and M&M’s success, he began to diversify the company’s production and introduced packaged pet foods to the British market. He also adopted a... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        John R. Kimberly

        During this time, Kimberly-Clark became a leading developer of such products as disposable clothing, bedding and cleaning products. By the end of Kimberly’s tenure, the firm had over 80 plants in 28 different countries, and earned... View Details
        Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

          Fred M. Gibbons

          Gibbons was one of the early pioneers in the software development industry. While working at Hewlett-Packard, he developed the Pfs:file software suite which enabled Apple Computer users to manage a host of productivity applications.... View Details
          Keywords: Computers & Electronics
          • 01 Sep 2010
          • News

          The Sweet Spot

          the clock five days a week. An overnight shift produces hundreds of breakfast pastries and muffins. Later, production shifts to desserts — up to 700 petit pastries, pies, cakes, and dessert bars plus 600–1,000 cookies daily. How sweet it... View Details
          Keywords: Pastry; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
          • Career Coach

          Michelle Luo

          Michelle wants to help students explore opportunities available in Tech and Entertainment & Media. She worked as a Product Manager at Google prior to HBS and then transitioned to Entertaiment & Media and can help to navigate how... View Details
          • 17 May 2016
          • First Look

          May 17, 2016

          base. However, Leung knew that the current growth trajectory would not lead them to the milestones needed to receive an additional round of financing. Leung must decide whether to continue pursuing user acquisition experiments, explore other View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 12 Jun 2019
          • Research & Ideas

          Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

          product and need access to a buyer inside a potential large customer or trying to develop partnerships for your business (B2B or B2C), investors can provide invaluable insights on what drives particular companies, who the “real” decision... View Details
          Keywords: by Julia Austin
          • 03 Aug 2010
          • First Look

          First Look: August 3

          in bringing their products to market, yet we know very little about the kinds of strategies they can employ to influence regulatory actor decision making. In this paper, we highlight a firm's strategic use of symbolic signaling in... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace
          • 23 Mar 2010
          • First Look

          First Look: March 23

          incumbent that faces a low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace
          • May 2024
          • Case

          Pernod Ricard: Uncorking Digital Transformation

          By: Iavor Bojinov, Edward McFowland III, François Candelon, Nikolina Jonsson and Emer Moloney
          This case study explores the opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation journey of French wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard. As part of the transformation, the company launched four key digital programs (KDPs) aimed at using data and artificial... View Details
          Keywords: Business Organization; Business Divisions; Talent and Talent Management; Global Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Advertising; Sales; Organizational Culture; Product Development; Decision Making; Technology Adoption; Alignment; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; France; Europe
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          • 01 Dec 1996
          • News

          New Releases

          management. The Development Factory by Gary P. Pisano (Harvard Business School Press) Product development has long been a source of advantage for firms. In The Development Factory: Unlocking the Potential of Process Innovation, Associate... View Details
          • 25 Aug 2014
          • News

          Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

          razor-sharp focus on the future. Although the products have changed over the years—from the glass bulbs for Thomas Edison’s electric light to the cover glass in Apple’s iPhones—Weeks sees a steady pattern of innovation paired with an... View Details
          Keywords: Susan Young
          • 30 Jan 2018
          • First Look

          January 30, 2018

          historically, only government-subsidized products have achieved widespread adoption. A recent contractual innovation, which links insurance payouts to realized weather rather than farmer indemnity, has spurred substantial research in the... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 06 Jun 2017
          • First Look

          First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

          forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen Abstract—Assessing the View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 01 Mar 2004
          • News

          Toy Story

          products — and such cheerleading is literally paying off. One company that has certainly ridden — and perhaps created — the wave of increased interest in the market is LeapFrog, the developer of the LeapPad system, a computerized device... View Details
          Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
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          The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation | Information Technology

          Featured Case The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation In 2024, VideaHealth was a pioneering startup that sought to make artificial intelligence commonplace within dentistry. Creating an AI factory, they developed View Details
          • 01 Jun 2012
          • News

          FIELD 3 Tests Students

          FIELD course. FIELD 3, the final module, thrust students into experiencing the real-world roles of entrepreneur, analyst, marketer, and investor. It challenged them to refine the leadership and teamwork skills they learned in FIELD 1 last fall, and the View Details
          Keywords: FIELD program