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  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

to make inventory predictions and optimize the buying, sourcing, and distribution of inventory among the omni-channel network. “Syrup gives you the recommendations, and then you as the merchandiser are the decision maker,” Theuerkauf... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 27 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

together at every level—from the core central concepts of the strategy to the minute details of execution. New World, New Roles When companies generally made their money in a large number of mid-sized accounts, marketing was typically seen as the View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

Chinese system evolves quickly, the implications of those changes will have important commercial consequences. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611057-PDF-ENG Global Strategic Management Jordan SiegelHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

the sale right away and improve the chance of attaining club membership. In the paper, Larkin uses actual choices of hundreds of salespeople facing this decision to statistically estimate the average salesperson's "willingness to pay" for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Mar 2021
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

defensive for years. Organizations have been delayering—eliminating middle management jobs—to try to be more agile, with faster decision making and execution. Downsizing in the name of economies of scale has hit middle management hard.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

typically used in conjunction with another question type, whether cold call, warm call, or volunteer. The results of a vote – e.g. deciding to “keep or sell,” giving a company or individual a letter grade, or selecting among strategic... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

reason that the issue of trust arises is that these individuals are expected to exercise judgment—based on specialized knowledge and methods of analysis that they alone are thought to possess—in areas in which their decisions affect the... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 30 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 30

nutrition, health, and wellness (NHW) company in the world. Over the next 13 years, the NHW strategy guided strategic decisions and choices at Nestlé including merger and acquisition choices, strategies for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

idea, validate your business model and financially manage your company. Launching Tech Ventures focuses specifically on technology companies and the early strategic decisions that founders, joiners and VCs... View Details
  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence of asset managers engaging in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

organization, has some 43,000 employees worldwide, most of the strategic decisions are made by 80 or so senior officials. Headed by the secretary-general, the Secretariat plays key roles in agenda-setting... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 06 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

services. On the other hand, when an incumbent announces an entrant's emergent growth market is a strategic priority, it could indicate a lack of asymmetries. Asymmetric skills act as a weapon a company can brandish to attack its... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth
  • Web

Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

strategic opportunities and articulate the business case for sustainability to achieve corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals within your or your clients' organization. "I now have a better understanding of sustainability and which... View Details
  • 10 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

accurately when certain product categories will shift to the web, we believe this is the wrong question to pose. Retailers need to ask the more strategic question of how to best deploy the assets of a store to generate a compelling return... View Details
Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
  • 18 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

president of the company's e-commerce business, a key strategic initiative for the future success of the company. The best managers are those who have an appetite for learning and are willing to work on themselves. This manager, like the... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
  • January 2025
  • Case

Netflix: Takedown Troubles

By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell
In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details
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  • 07 Feb 2019
  • Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

managers for missing disruptive threats, but I don’t think it’s entirely fair. Leaders making decisions are staring in a foggy lens into the future. In retrospect these disruptive threats look painfully obvious, but they are not obvious... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

and decision making? According to new research, there seems to be a link between luxury and self interest, an insight that may help curb corporate excesses. Roy Y.J. Chua of Harvard Business School discusses findings from his work... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 12 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 12

Self-Knowledge, Unconscious Thought, and Decision Making Authors:Maarten W. Bos and Ap Dijksterhuis Publication:In Handbook of Self-Knowledge, edited by Simine Vazire and Timothy D. Wilson. Guilford Press, 2012 Abstract An abstract is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

considers the effect of consolidation within the industry on firm value. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/213065-PDF-ENG Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer (Abridged) Stuart, Toby, and James WeberHarvard Business School Case 813-029 Describes a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne