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- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
numbers, many of those responsible for social engagement online reached out to key decision makers in the company to try to obtain an ever-larger budget for such efforts. Invariably, however, they are met with the same question: "How much... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
he notes, “but I’m in a place where I can influence really important decisions every day, and that’s just where I’ve always wanted to be.” — DB Pushing the Ball Forward: As director of strategic initiatives, Jennifer Houston is overseeing... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
the concept that the person who “owned” the final purchaser actually could control the supply process all the way up the line, by controlling the shelf space. From that evolved the concept of private labeling, and Peter formed a company,... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
reward their own drives." Inspired by the writings and insights of Charles Darwin, specifically his 1871 masterwork The Descent of Man, Lawrence's new book, Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership, offers managers an integrated understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
the twentieth century, companies relied on a "full-service" agency for most or all of their advertising service needs, including both creative development and media planning and buying. Agencies were compensated primarily by commissions related to the volume of media... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "The team discovered that having access to laptops and finding uses for them wasn't the main problem. A greater problem was financing the purchase and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
chaos, damage to customer relations, and harm to the brand that swirl around any product recall. Nope. By five o’clock that afternoon, the SmartPak customers who had purchased the batch of the product in question had received either a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
we could only dream of just a few years ago, ranging from unobtrusive physiological and neurological measures to massive databases on billions of individuals' decisions about consuming, saving, investing, and living their lives. As... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
fully extended attraction models (Cooper and Nakanishi 1988). Utilizing a database of store-level scanner data for 25 categories and 127 brands of frequently purchased branded consumer goods, we find that about 18 percent of a total of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
inappropriate centralized and bureaucratic organizational design on the target firm. Management was unable to make critical decisions without multiple approvals. "As a result, the organization lost its vitality, performance began to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
to get done. It's really the country's decision to determine which problems to solve, although we will say when we can't be helpful in a particular area." Ebrahim's case on the MCC (coauthored with V. Katsuri Rangan) describes the... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
compromises. But it can happen.” In a unanimous decision made shortly after her concluding remarks, the school board appointed Cognetti to its vacant seat. Headlines the next day put Cognetti’s Harvard MBA front and center—a fact she... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
has paid lower prices for a huge range of high-quality foreign-made goods. The resulting increase in the purchasing power of consumers’ income—combined with our highly efficient retail distribution system—has created a shopper’s paradise... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
in K-12 education, has brought to a collaboration with Hewlett Packard (HP) high credibility and access to key curriculum decision makers in the public education system. A leading designer, manufacturer, and service provider of products... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Image by John Ritter In 2019, US restaurants topped $860 billion in revenues; prior to COVID-19, Americans spent more for food away from home than food purchased for at-home consumption, whether it be a pitstop at fast food drive-through,... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
a moment in time of its financial position. In buying a share on any stock exchange, the purchaser makes an assessment of the economic value of a company. The assessment considers the value of matters not accounted for, such as future... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
household decision making and the development of the financial system more broadly. What interests me in the topic is the extent to which the issues involved link developments in households, the economy, and public policy in the United... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
sets. To demonstrate the sets, he secured informal permission from his employer to string an electrical wire from a local hilltop to serve as an antenna for the reception of signals from Philadelphia stations. When customers who purchased... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different floors of the same building. Diane... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
figuring out what to wear in the morning by making the decision for him or her. Her initial presentation is tentative; she is not sure where to go with the idea. Then the brainstorming starts. The suggestions whip around as Foalea... View Details