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  • 17 Jan 2023
  • In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

Professorship of Business Administration, "HBS alumni were directly involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services
  • November 2022 (Revised March 2023)
  • Case

OneSmart

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Meg Rithmire and Shu Lin
At the end of 2021, Xi “Steve” Zhang was facing an existential crisis for himself and his business. OneSmart was a premium educational company founded in 2008 offering K-12 afterschool tutoring for students nationwide under a number of brands. The company was founded... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Crisis Management; Failure; Education Industry; China
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  • February 15, 2022
  • Article

How Managers Can Build a Culture of Experimentation

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Neil Hoyne
Testing in business presents qualitatively different challenges than those in clinical trials and most scientific research. There are very few opportunities for randomized control experiments in a changing, competitive market. Yet, change and competition make testing a... View Details
Keywords: Experimentation; Management; Decision Making
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  • 14 Sep 2017
  • News

The Future of Retail Is Stores That Aren’t Stores

    The New CEO Activists

    CEOs are increasingly taking a stand on divisive social issues that don't directly affect their companies' bottom lines—a dramatic departure from tradition. This Harvard Business Review... View Details

    • September 2017 (Revised December 2017)
    • Case

    Hulu: Redefining the Way People Experience TV

    By: Henry W. McGee and Christine Snively
    In May 2017, Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins announced the launch of Hulu Live TV, a new offering that would "change the way people experience TV." The new service would allow consumers to bypass traditional cable and satellite delivery and use the Internet to access live... View Details
    Keywords: Television Industry; Internet; Television Entertainment; Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Price; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 28 Oct 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: October 28, 2008

    who regulate access to, and interactions around, the platform. We present evidence on Facebook, TopCoder, Roppongi Hills, and Harvard Business School to document the "regulatory" role played by MSPs. We find MSPs use nuanced... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 03 Mar 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

    "I've heard many war stories," says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 06 Jun 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

    that increase confidence in a person’s entrepreneurial abilities. Like the conviction of Marla Malcolm Beck and husband Barry Beck that high-end beauty retail stores and spas, tightly coupled with online stores, was the business model of... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
    • 03 Oct 2016
    • News

    Clayton Christensen On What He Got Wrong About Disruptive Innovation

    • 03 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    January 3, 2017

    Winter 2017 MIT Sloan Management Review Why Big Data Isn't Enough By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore huge databases and find relationships independent of any... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel

      Paul Hamilton

      Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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      • December 2000
      • Background Note

      Online Retailers

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown
      Describes online retailers, companies that use the Internet to sell physical goods. Defines online retailers and describes different ways to categorize them. Explores their economic model and value proposition for consumers in comparison with offline retailers. Next,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Internet; Retail Industry
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      • October 2009 (Revised July 2012)
      • Case

      Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count

      By: Elie Ofek, Jason Riis and Paul Hamilton
      Emotiv is getting ready to launch its innovative brain-computer interfacing (BCI) technology. The company has developed a special headset, called EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions... View Details
      Keywords: Technology Adoption; Sales; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Launch; Business Startups; Technology Industry
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      • 05 Apr 2024
      • Blog Post

      How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Zoe Bhargava

      We sat down with Zoe Bhargava (MBA 2025) to hear more about how she spent her deferral years. Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions process? As an undergraduate business major at the University of California,... View Details
      • Research Summary

      The Origins, Current State, and Future of Capitalism

      By: Sophus A. Reinert
      Starting with the dawn of market capitalism in Renaissance Italy, Professor Reinert works at the intersection of economic ideas, policies, and practices in history, particularly as seen through the lens of national strategies in international competition. He seeks to... View Details
      • May 2018 (Revised February 2019)
      • Case

      The Powers That Be (Internet Edition): Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Julia Kelley and Nathaniel Schwalb
      As of early 2018, five U.S. technology companies—Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft—were among the largest companies in the world. Similarly, three Chinese technology firms—Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, or BAT—had emerged as global players due in part to the... View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Business Ventures; Customers; Analytics and Data Science; Safety; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry
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      • 22 Apr 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

      that, then that company has more capital and can do things that it couldn't otherwise do.” Doing well by doing good is an important trend in business generally and venture capital specifically, with the sphere of impact investing no... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 15 Jul 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

      Innovation in health care treatment seems to far outpace innovation in health care business management. Just ask President Obama—two weeks ago he delayed enactment of a key provision of the new health care law for fear its requirements... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health