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- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Whether you sell widgets, designer fashions, or life-saving drugs, mastering the art and science of better analytics can set you ahead of your competitors, according to HBS professor Ananth Raman and Wharton professor Marshall Fisher. Raman explains how in an e-mail... View Details
- October 2009 (Revised January 2014)
- Teaching Note
Genzyme Center (A), (B) & (C)
Teaching Note for [610008], [610009], and [610010]. View Details
Keywords: Environment; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environmental Operations; Environmental Protection; Environmental Regulation; Standard Setting; Standards; Environmental Accounting; Engineering; Governance; Energy; Economics; Operations; Projects; Social Enterprise; Infrastructure; Construction Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Real Estate Industry
- 01 May 2013
- News
Dhruv Agarwala, MBA 2002
been a fundamental part of my career progression,” says Agarwala, who held several leadership positions at GE, including head of its infrastructure business in India, before embarking on a successful career as an entrepreneur. His latest... View Details
Mills B. Lane, Jr.
accounts. He was recognized by the Journal of Marketing as a pioneer in bank promotions. Beyond expanding the base of the bank, Lane was instrumental in building Atlanta’s cultural and commercial infrastructure after the Second World War. View Details
Keywords: Finance
Don H. Barden
build the cable infrastructure for the city. Barden eventually signed up over 100,000 customers (one-third of the homes in Detroit) and sold his cable division in a deal that netted $100 million in 1994. Barden has gone on to pursue... View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 18 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016) - Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate
in my career journey. When you applied to HBS, did you know that you wanted to pursue a career in climate? I knew I wanted to be engaged in solving problems on the ground and that I wanted to be involved in solving core infrastructure... View Details
- 10 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
infrastructure needed to support women with children.” Myers, Lakhani, and their co-researchers queried nearly half a million scientists across some 20 categories for their work in mid-April, roughly one month into widespread shutdowns... View Details
- Portrait Project
Val Mendeleev
Morocco; starting a global TV network that influences, entertains, and educates millions toward happier, nonviolent lives; and investing in the tourism infrastructure of my home country. I also dream of changing my career every five... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- News
Risk and Rewards
Adebayo Ogunlesi (MBA 1979) is chairman and managing partner of Global Infrastructure Partners. In this interview he talks about the rewards of taking risks on unexpected opportunities. “People often ask me, ‘What is the best advice you... View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
Imagine a retail chain that offers customers not only the lowest prices but also personalized customer service. Employees receive above-average wages and 20 times more training than the average American retailer. Sounds like a recipe for retail suicide, especially in... View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, a groundbreaking report that pushed the issue of medical errors into the public spotlight. That we all make mistakes was certainly nothing new: Operational failures occur across all industries. But the... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
Often overlooked in essays on leadership is the role of the organization's measurement and management system. Effective leaders, however, know that measurement and management systems play a critical role in communication; in establishing the culture and values of the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- December 2015 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Jibo: A Social Robot for the Home
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Christine Snively
In January 2015, Jibo Inc. had completed a raise of $25.3 million in Series A financing after a successful 2014 crowdfunding campaign for preorders of Jibo, the first social robot for the home. Over 4,800 Jibo units were preordered, generating $2.6 million in sales. On... View Details
Keywords: Business Development; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups; Technology Industry
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Christine Snively. "Jibo: A Social Robot for the Home." Harvard Business School Case 816-003, December 2015. (Revised May 2016.)
- March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Climate Action in Miami
The Miami metropolitan area is a global epicenter of climate risk from heat and sea level rise, but leaders have only recently mobilized for action to respond to this systemic challenge. Resilient 305 began a collaboration across officials in the cities of Miami and... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Climate Impact; Change; Leadership; Cross-sector Collaboration; Coalition; Ecosystem; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Green Business; Adaptation; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Green Technology; Environmental Management; Miami
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Climate Action in Miami." Harvard Business School Case 322-101, March 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Driving the family business onto a global stage
vehicles, Mahindra has engineered mergers and acquisitions that have catapulted the Mumbai-based corporation onto the world stage. Today, the multibillion-dollar enterprise is involved in information technology, logistics, infrastructure... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Courage and Hope in Africa
the country's economy and infrastructure in shambles and with its enormous social problems (Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world), Van Gerpen is seeking aid for UNICEF from Western governments and international... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Built to Last
North Carolina, and founded in 1926, CTE encompasses a portfolio of companies that sell, lease, and service heavy equipment like the backhoes, excavators, and forklifts used for everything from creating iconic infrastructure like the Blue... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
Tamin Pechet (MBA 2007) founded and manages a platform of firms that support and invest in innovative water and infrastructure resources. He is CEO of Upwell, chairman of Imagine H2O, and founder of Banyan Water. In this interview, he... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
were outraged and went to the streets in protest. These blackouts were specifically due to the increased power usage for air conditioning in the summer months but were more generally caused by the removal of subsidies for power companies and a dearth of public and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
geopolitical tensions around resources, technologies, and standards, which could undermine the economies of the developing world. Speakers in nearly every session mentioned the critical role of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan View Details