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- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
strategic inertia. What did it do wrong? A: In the 1980s Circuit City discovered a good business model and started rolling it out across the United States. The company was growing very, very fast-20 to 30 percent a year. Best Buy, which... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online
Subjects Why Us Learning Model Programs Request Info Harvard Business School Online offers certificate and credential programs that help your employees master essential business concepts. Whether you represent a View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
climate change by investing capital into all of the components that will be necessary to support changing grid operations as we integrate large quantities of intermittent renewable resources (renewable energy, high response units, energy... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
to sort of leverage this subtle change in the founding story over time,” he says. When startups are pivoting to adapt their product or service, they need to be aware of how they frame those changes for external stakeholders and their employees. A dramatically changed... View Details
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
do not have to be mutually exclusive. Since my childhood, my mother has been a great source of inspiration. She modeled what working full time, raising three children and being an all-around badass could look like. Gender equality can... View Details
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
When it comes to the job hunt, many of us have a traditional view of what it takes to find a new position: A worker searches for available openings, sends in a resume, and waits for an interview. Much of academic research assumes that’s the way people find jobs, too.... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
model, poor people give little because they expect donations to come mainly from richer individuals. In others, donations by poor individuals constitute a large fraction of donations, and this raises the incentive for poor people to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
Resellers can offer significant added value (and benefit from reputation effects) by verifying the quality of goods when that quality is difficult to confirm. But that position can be prohibitively risky and costly if large numbers of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
through the learning curve? Are there regulatory hurdles to overcome? Develop your data strategy from day one. Training machine-learning models to improve based on experience often requires large amounts of... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
model for explaining how network resources contribute to organizational performance. Reach is the extent to which an organization's network connects it to diverse and distant partners. Richness represents the potential value of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
expected to grow. Those combined forces present an existential challenge—and a megalopolis-sized opportunity—for entrepreneurs. “As population growth and weather-related pressures increase, the necessity of using our existing resources more efficiently will make the... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
worldwide in high-tech industries. The technological and institutional infrastructure of the new consumer electronics industry was determined in the crucible of international competition between four companies in the 1970s and 1980s—RCA, Sony, Matsushita, and Philips.... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
especially for smaller tenants. Co-working space is here to stay and this is largely attributable to Neumann. Can the company ultimately be profitable? Probably, as there are other companies engaged in similar View Details
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
"Category killers," those highly focused retailers that specialize in a category of goods including Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, and Staples, were once the bane of mass-market retailers' existence. Their wide assortment, aggressive pricing, View Details
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The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
let them withdraw their own money until a certain amount or date has been reached. It gives their control over to the bank to help them overcome short-term impulses to spend. The product had a large and significant effect on clients'... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
located in a largely Black section of Miami-Dade County. After teaching at a public school in Harlem for two years, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey rose through the ranks at Teach for America, moving to Miami as the organization’s regional... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
models and introducing changes that would have otherwise taken years to happen. Despite the differential impact COVID-19 has had on small compared to large businesses, our interviews show that creativity and... View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High 1900 s 19 Model T Plastic Safety razor Widespread use of steam engine, electricity, and openhearth furnace allows businesses to expand nationwide Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19 First... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
out of its downward spiral and rekindled its self-confidence. The large impact of small change in leadership Any business leader looking to emulate such a turnaround with an existing team can learn five essential lessons about the impact... View Details