Richard B. Fisher - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

instrument that will both disrupt traditional business models and potentially preserve them. The early works of William Abernathy on roadblocks to innovation and Richard Rosenbloom on technology and information transfers in the 1960's and... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change Faculty Presenters: Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991) , Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society; Board Director, Thermo View Details

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Business in 2021. Krishna G. Palepu : Winner of the 2021 Case Centre Award in the Production and Operations Management category for “Ant Financial (A)” with Feng Zhu, Ying Zhang, Anthony K. Woo, and Nancy Hua Dai (HBS Case 617-060). George Serafeim : Winner of the 2021... View Details

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Bibliography – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

North. The Industrial Worker: a Statistical Study of Human Relations in a Group of Manual Workers . Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. Secondary Sources Adams, Stephen B. and Orville R. Butler. Manufacturing the Future: a History... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Bandiera and B. Kelsey Jack A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

opportunity for a new jewelry & lifestyle brand appealing to changing demographics of women-self purchasers in the $53 billion dollar industry. Travelguru.com Ashwin Damera Vonkata Jarad Fisher Business Track Runner-Up Travelguru.com will... View Details

April 2021 (Revised March 2024)
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Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

This case explores the competitive war between Snap, Facebook, and TikTok in 2021. The strategic focus is on Snapchat: how should it respond to the emergence of TikTok, and how should it compete with the dominant competitor in its space—Facebook. The case examines... View Details

Keywords: Strategy Development; Competitor Analysis; Strategy; Network Effects; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Social Media

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05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

unaccommodating behavior by the slighted party. In their 1991 book, A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations (ILR Press), Richard E. Walton and Robert B. McKersie recount such a scenario. After a string of... View Details

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April 2019
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Walmart Update, 2019

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher

In 2019 Walmart was still the world's largest company, with over $500 billion in annual revenue and operations around the world. Although it had mostly vanquished its rival discount retailers in the U.S., it was struggling to find the right growth strategy. Facing a... View Details

Keywords: E-Commerce Strategy; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Range; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; E-commerce; Retail Industry

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Campaign Leadership Committee - Alumni

inspired and energized alumni around the world, and strengthened the HBS community—as many continue to do today. “ I believe an investment in the School is ultimately an investment in a better world. ” John B. Hess (AB 1975, MBA 1977)... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Service Challenges Mitchell B. Weiss (MBA 2004), Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice Five Technologies Changing the Future Shikhar Ghosh (MBA 1980), MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management... View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research in 2013. Raffaella Sadun : Named Harvard Business School Richard Hodgson Fellow in 2013. David B. Yoffie : Elected 2013 Fellow of The... View Details

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Inclusion in the MBA required curriculum and Negotiations in the MBA elective... Katherine B. Coffman... View Details

06 Mar 2006
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Four Strategies for Making Concessions

Richard E. Walton and Robert B. McKersie's book A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations: An Analysis of a Social Interaction System (ILR Press, 1991). The head of a manufacturing firm was preparing to... View Details

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01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details

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01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

for Freedom By Richard B. Levine (MBA 1990) Fidelis Publishing The maintenance of liberty rests upon America’s faith, its founding, families, and commitments to uncorrupted education and science, writes... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

General Management) Rohit Deshpande Henry McGee Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Finance) Richard Ruback Royce Yudkoff Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X... View Details

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

discusses the root ca... Re: Stephen Moret (MBA 2001); Joseph B. Fuller (Professor of Management Practice); William R. Kerr (Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty... View Details

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GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble

GenapSys, a California-based startup, was soon to release a new DNA sequencer that the company's founder, Hesaam Esfandyarpour, believed was truly revolutionary. The sequencer would be substantially less expensive—potentially costing just a few thousand dollars—and... View Details