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- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
digitally enabled open platforms. I go on to argue that the competitive success of open platforms against closed platforms gave rise to the "vertical-to-horizontal" transition in the computer industry in the 1980s and 1990s.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
standard deviation increase in the divergence increases the average loan spread by approximately 18%, or 35 basis points. The effect of the excess control rights on the cost of bank debt is more pronounced when the borrowing firm is family-owned and the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Rumi, the company has grown into a successful for-profit social enterprise that ships spices directly from farmers in Afghanistan to a certification plant in Turkey, then to their Chicago office for distribution. In addition to Jung,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
to the most successful online hotel platform, with some 1.5 million room-nights booked daily. “They fundamentally believe that the ability to run large experiments has been critical to their success,” says Thomke. At Booking,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
firm boundary. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-104.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe HLB Turnaround Lynda M. Applegate, Bhaskar Chakravorti, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 810-023 Ford Pearson has recently taken over as View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
within three years it had four million active customers. This success prompted line-of-business managers to request that Jen and Doug include more functionality in the bank's mobile app that was specific to its businesses, such as credit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
process that has led to many successful product launches, but are there areas of customer need that are undervalued by the traditional process? A novel online customer analysis approach suggests untapped opportunities for innovation, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)
in case discussions and workshops with current and past CEOs aimed at uncovering the reality of how to best prepare to become CEO and how to function effectively in the role. The course starts by analyzing... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
organizations can be built on remote work and remote workers, even those working in a hybrid manner with some time spent in the office. Greg Carmichael, CEO and chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp, quoted in a previous column, put it most... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Web
Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
your leadership skills to drive organizational success and effectively implement transformative change. 7 weeks 6-8 hours per week 7 modules Self-Paced This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn .... View Details
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
Specialisterne almost implies a seal of approval, offering reassurance for companies worried about accusations of exploiting a vulnerable population, Austin says. Anka Wittenberg, SAP’s head of diversity and inclusion, was so impressed by Ferose’s effort that in 2013... View Details
- 26 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
How to Build a Resume That Stands Above the Competition
Jill Huggett is the CEO & Founder of Bridgepath Career Advisors, LLC, a full-service career management firm, an Expert Content Contributor for Forbes.com, and an HBS Career Coach. She specializes in propelling people forward in their... View Details
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
Case 714-417 A Note on Strategic Interaction No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/714417-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-421 Taking Dell Private In July 2012, Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
Summing Up Three themes appear to characterize many of the responses to this month's column: (1) leadership talent is portable, (2) the reasons that we chase stars are traceable to human nature, and (3) women have qualities that explain why they have greater View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
Financial resources don’t determine the quality of education, but it would be absurd to deny that money helps. "Adding to the challenge, 65 percent of Black college students are also juggling full-time jobs or families." Merck CEO Kenneth... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988
attention to detail,” says Will Danoff, portfolio manager of Fidelity’s Contrafund. After nine years managing money, she was ready to try a new challenge: managing people. Her success there led her to become president of the Asset... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
and Hirotaka Takeuchi. Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun Publishing, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance Authors:Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh Publication:Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
each year since its first event took place in September 2011; last year saw 11 events in eight countries, including a foray into mainland China (Beijing). In 2015, the target is 24 events, with 10 in China, according to ONE FC CEO and... View Details
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
A&M Vice Chairman Steve Berman, Live Nation's global touring CEO Arthur Fogel, William Morris Endeavor agent Marc Geiger, and producer Vincent Herbert. Go Big or Go Home? In the autumn of 2009, Lady Gaga was set to go on the road with... View Details