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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
business owners to understand their own cash flow and prospects. Now the fintech innovation cycle is at an inflection point—new streams of data have the power to illuminate the opaque nature of a small business’s finances. The playing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights
turn away LGBTQ customers and potential hires in 2015. This development was met with an immediate loss of 12 business conventions worth $60 million and the launch of the Indiana Competes business coalition advocating for LGBTQ... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
increases a viewer's interest in watching an ad. After a certain amount, however, that persuasiveness starts to decrease and advertisers lose the link to the brand and the power to influence buying. In other words, too much entertainment... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
whether, when, and for which type of customer the introduction of a new channel helps and hurts sales in existing channels. Our framework separates short- and long-run effects by analyzing underlying channel capabilities. It suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
table generating competing offers or involving other parties — that is, enhancing one's BATNA. Of course, a good BATNA may provide added leverage, since there is a great deal of perceived power in a party's willingness or apparent... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
about helping executives to get beyond these misconceptions by opening their eyes to new vistas." e-Leadership is also available as an electronic version that can be downloaded and customized at the reader's discretion. More information... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Manufacturing, IBM; Sanjay Kumar, chairman & CEO, Computer Associates International, Inc.; Alfred S. Chuang, founder, chairman, & CEO, BEA Systems “Web services are underhyped at this point. Customers are quietly starting to use this... View Details
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
deeper understanding of what has happened, and a broader conception of what must be done. Such understanding is all the more crucial given the evolution of business in recent years. Business is a remarkably dynamic and quite powerful... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
employer (1,100 workers) and biggest taxpayer ($500 million and counting). “If we treated the Afghans with respect, it would create a brand loyalty and empathy they’d never had a chance to experience before,” Khoja says of the company’s initial, basic strategy. “In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
inequality. We are hoping to engage more and more companies and alumni in bringing the power of the market system to the inner city." Partnering for Success A small number of key business leaders can make a big difference by leveraging... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
inattention to customer feedback — led to stagnating sales and declining profits. "When I walked into this company in 1994," says Claiborne's straight-talking chairman, president, and CEO Paul Charron, "it was a $2-billion corporation... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- Web
Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
have workers who can do the job openings at a time when millions of Americans are looking for work That's inexcusable." 2 Eureka Ed, Inc. focuses on closing the gap in American STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. Our View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
together before the season," O'Reilly says. Guided by its extensive customer research, fan polling, and tracking of fan-engagement data across all its platforms, the NFL "gets smarter every day in terms of what our different fan segments... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
essentially demands acceptance of a massive expansion & transfer of a conscription power which is currently limited to Congress and not available to any government agency.” ZBV may have been responding to a comment by superf88 that,... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
markets, from regulations to a demanding customer base that includes individuals, institutions, and broker/dealers. To meet these challenges, he said, the New York Stock Exchange has become "a very electronic market" whose... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
Wine Director, and a passionate Chief Beer Guy. Two and a half years in, Reveler Beverage is thriving and gaining loyal customers through their selection of interesting and top quality products, beer and wine tastings, and wine club. As... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Xu Abstract—We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to more product returns in the online retail industry. Using detailed sales data of more than two million transactions from the Indian online retail market, where price promotions are very common, we document two... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
companies that can afford to buy that—but there aren’t millions. And it’s very difficult to price discriminate on something which is a physical asset that you sell. Because if you’ve got effectively the exact same box that you’re selling to one View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
content—including no disruptive advertising. “We’re not trying to eradicate YouTube,” says Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor (MBA 2004). “We’re offering creators a different environment and business model that we think will be much more powerful by... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment