Filter Results:
(1,299)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,095)
- People (3)
- News (399)
- Research (1,299)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (571)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,095)
- People (3)
- News (399)
- Research (1,299)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (571)
Sort by
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
integrating operations to avoid corruption. The difference, the authors believe, lies in the choice between “push” and “pull” investment. MNCs seek growth by pushing current products onto emerging middle-class consumers. They retain some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
and Latin America. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53078 Harvard Business School Case 818-025 Bluemercury: Leading High Growth Businesses No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
book excerpt The Importance Of Being Innovative From Chapter 4, Can China Lead: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan One can surely doubt that creativity can be mandated or... View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
consequentially experienced higher asset growth and increased market share during the crisis. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54253 November 8, 2018 NEJM Catalyst Transitioning Payment Models:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
Dictators who devote resources to acquiring information are individuals whose giving is particularly responsive to recipient type. They use the information mainly to withhold resources from "undeserving" types, leading to a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Garvin and Carin-Isabel KnoopHarvard Business School Case 311-008 In late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-presidents Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
down leads and making personal visits with potential clients. They also spend considerable resources in traditional marketing, especially the large firms. Those setup costs must be recovered over time through fees. Wealthfront keeps those... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
creating the final versions. Some companies even base their business model on co-production; Build-a-Bear stores allow consumers to create personalized teddy bears. "With the growth of customizable technology, there is an appreciation of... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
make the best use of their time by providing logistical and research support, establishing contacts with leading CEOs in the region, and sharing expertise that comes from living and working in the Asian environment on a daily basis."... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
Meanwhile the Mongolian government, facing scorching economic growth rates, had to lead the country through its most significant transformation since the time of Ghengis Khan nine centuries earlier. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
Others say that many different groups cannot agree on anything, so such differences lead to a greater chance of civil war. The role of geography is also open. Nepal has a huge amount of diversity in all these dimensions. Geographically it... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
Over the past two decades, there has been a tremendous boom in the venture capital industry. The pool of U.S. venture capital funds has grown from less than $1 billion in 1976 (Charles River Associates 1976) to over $60 billion in 1999. This View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
completely aligned with managerial needs. Therefore, our goal is to draw on previous research and current practice to provide insights on managing retention and identify areas for future research. This examination leads us to advocate a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
Competition? By: Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Abstract—When does increased service quality competition lead to customer defection, and which customers are most likely to defect? Our empirical analysis of 82,235... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
companies was Pierre Foods, a producer and distributor of processed and precooked protein products that had experienced several years of promising sales growth and held a leading market position. Despite... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
quarterly earnings reports, reflecting the complexity of corporate restructurings and other long-term growth strategies. Lessons To Be Learned There are important implications of these differences for public company boards, even though... View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
Japanese competition. In the second research stream, conducted with Wheelwright, Bruce Chew, Takahiro Fujimoto, Kent Bowen and Marco Iansiti, Clark made the case that product development could be managed in new ways that would lead to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
level of its access to resources, identify and seize growth opportunities. Know Your Customers' Mindsets—intimately Innovation comes in two varieties: technology-push and customer-pull. Technology-push—introducing new products based on... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
prosperity. How can the future of capitalism be secured? And who should spearhead the effort? Many observers point to government. But in Capitalism at Risk, the authors argue otherwise. While they agree that governments must play a role, they maintain that businesses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
will be the sanitary condition of the Ganges? What will India and the world look like economically, politically, and in terms of electricity and water in twelve years? We can put students in the position of the lead administrator and talk... View Details